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ASHIKAGA, Tochigi Prefecture—The upcoming special exhibition of the renowned Yamanbagiri Kunihiro sword at a public museum here has drawn a killer response from its fans. But officials may have ...

But this isn’t a nursing home – it’s Japan’s largest women’s prison ... live here forever,” said Takayoshi Shiranaga, an officer at Tochigi Women’s Prison located north of Tokyo, during an extremely ...

CNN only passed through one security gate at Tochigi, where one in five inmates is elderly, and the prison has adjusted its services to account for their age. Across Japan, the number of prisoners ...

Police filed additional charges in connection with the murder of a Tokyo couple whose charred bodies were discovered in a wooded area of Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, last month. On May 11 ...

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A sinkhole that suddenly opened up on a road just northeast of Tokyo and swallowed a truck has captured national attention as ...

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A government investigation has confirmed that tunnel construction for the shinkansen bullet train line extension to Sapporo caused a nearby･･･ ...

Three people are dead following a double homicide and deputy-involved shooting that happened in the early morning hours of ...