A woman in her 60s living in Aichi Prefecture has been conned out of more than 80 million yen in cash and gold bars by someone she met on social media, following a false investment scheme. According ...

Police in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, have arrested a 22-year-old woman on suspicion of attempted murder after she allegedly stabbed a 37-year-old male acquaintance in the abdomen with a knife.

A 54-year-old Chinese woman has been arrested after failing to return to an international cruise ship in Nagasaki City. Police said the woman, who was arrested on suspicion of violating the ...

Police in Sapporo have arrested a 76-year-old woman on suspicions of stealing items from a supermarket. Police said the woman is suspected of stealing seven items (with a total retail price of 3,167 ...

A Ground Self-Defense Force member was arrested Saturday for attempted murder after a woman in her 40s was stabbed and suffered serious wounds in Tokyo's Akasaka district days earlier, police said.

One month after Sanae Takaichi became Japan's first female prime minister, young women share mixed views: from hope and ...

South Korean prosecutors have indicted a Japanese woman without arrest for allegedly forcibly kissing a member of BTS, widely regarded as the world's most famous K-pop group, at an event in Seoul in ...

The world of sumo could be rocked this month if Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi presents a trophy in the ring, where women have traditionally been banned. AFP looks at the ancient sport, at previous ...