A Russian court handed down prison sentences of between 42 and 66 months Friday to three lawyers of the late Russian ...

Visitors from near and far flock to anti-corruption cafe in Hong Kong and Japan prison museum to get a taste of crime and ...

Koichiro Ito, widely known for his work on globally loved films such as ‘Suzume' and ‘Your Name’, has been under ...

The alleged leader of a crime syndicate based in Japan admitted in federal court Wednesday to charges accusing him of conspiring to traffic uranium and plutonium from Myanmar, believing the materials ...

MMA pioneer Paul 'Boom Boom' Cahoon once fought in the US and Japan but was left sleeping on the floor of a Dubai prison cell ...

Toru Kubota backed calls from three former foreign secretaries William Hague, Malcolm Rifkind and Jack Straw for Aung San Suu ...

January 8 has seen pivotal events. On this day in 1992, US President George HW Bush vomited at a state dinner in Tokyo with Japan’s then-prime minister, Kiichi Miyazawa. It also marks the birthdays of ...

Her book "Farewell to Manzanar," which was based on her family's experience at the World War II relocation camp, was widely ...

Japanese producer Koichiro Ito is believed to have targetted over 100 victims in child pornography case. He was arrested last ...

Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, of Japan, entered the plea in Manhattan federal court to weapons and narcotics trafficking charges that carry a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison and the possibility of life ...

Fusako Shigenobu, leader of the Japanese Red Army terrorist group that went on an international hijacking and kidnapping spree about a half century ago, will be released from prison on May 28.