LAW & CRIME
She Searched for “Perfect Crime.” A Japanese Court Found Her Not Guilty of Murder
Sudo Saki stood accused of murdering her husband - a notorious playboy who went by the flamboyant nickname "the Don Juan of…
scandal
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LAW & CRIME
JAPANESE LANGUAGE
2024 Kanji of The Year Is, Once Again, All About Money
The people have spoken: The Kanji of the Year for 2024 is, once again, 金 (kin, kane), meaning money or gold -…
FEATURED
Report: Tokyo University Program Used “Tiananmen Square” Keyword to Block Chinese Admissions
The student-led paper for Tokyo University says a graduate program used an HTML trick to prevent mainland Chinese students from applying.
SOCIETY
Entire Staff Quit At Four Nursing Homes in Japan
After being forced to work for months in horrible conditions, staff at four nursing homes in Japan quit en masse, simultaneously. How…
POLITICS
Japanese Public Fumes as Politicians Caught Gaming, Napping
An elementary student who exposed a politician gaming is the latest Japanese citizen to catch elected officials sleeping or goofing off.
LAW & CRIME
Why Did Hokkaido Police Party with a Murder Suspect?
A teenage girl in Hokkaido is dead because she took someone's picture. And now it's emerging that local cops knew the suspect…
POLITICS
Tokyo’s Election Poster Boards are Out of Control
A legal loophole has enabled one party to "hijack" the official election boards for the Tokyo governor's race. The result is pure…
ENTERTAINMENT
New Reports on Manga Author Ashihara Hinako’s Death Poorly Received
Authors and fans alike are criticizing reports from TV station NTV and publisher Shogakukan on the death of manga author Ashihara Hinako.…