In Japan, some elderly individuals are ready to opt for incarceration to escape loneliness, among other reasons, as ...

The rising level of loneliness among Japan’s ageing population is pushing some elderly women to view life in prison as a ...

The rooms are filled with elderly residents, their hands wrinkled and backs bent. They shuffle slowly down the corridors, ...

This surprising trend highlights the broader issue of loneliness and economic struggle faced by Japan's elderly ...

The increasing number of elderly women in Japanese prisons highlights broader social challenges, including poverty and ...

Japan’s choeki penalty, which mandates prison labor, has been criticized internationally. Many developed nations do not impose such a work obligation on prisoners in line with an international ...

A notorious Japanese serial killer known as the “Black Widow” has died on death row while awaiting execution for poisoning ...

A man has been arrested for selling modded Switch consoles, in what’s thought to be the first case of such an arrest in Japan ...

Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, a Japanese national, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to charges of weapons and drug ...

LONDON (AP) — Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was freed from prison in Greenland on Tuesday after five months in custody, and will not be extradited to Japan where he is wanted on charges of ...