An 88-year-old man was cleared of murder after spending 46 years on death row — mostly in solitary confinement

Tech Insider
Japanese former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada, who was sentenced to death for the murder of four members of a family in 1966, speaks during an interview.
Iwao Hakamada (pictured giving an interview in 2018) spent 46 years in prison. He was the world's longest-serving death row inmate.

KAZUHIRO NOGI/Getty Images

Japan accuses China of sailing into its waters just days after a Chinese spy plane violated Japanese airspace

Tech Insider
A Chinese Navy survey ship sails in blue waters.
A Chinese Navy survey ship in Japanese territorial waters west of Kuchinarabu Island.

Japanese Defense Ministry

Japan is having a hard time convincing employees to take 4-day workweeks

Tech Insider : Economy
Overview of people walking Japan
Japan is having a hard time coaxing people to take a four-day workweek.

© Marco Bottigelli/Getty Images

A US Army vet moved to Japan with his wife and bought an abandoned house for $35,000. They have no plans to leave.

Tech Insider
The exterior of an akiya in Japan.
A US veteran moved to Japan and bought an abandoned house, or akiya, with his wife.

Coco Lencho Japan.

I moved from North Carolina to Japan with my family. I was surprised at how family-friendly bathrooms are.

Tech Insider : Travel
A young foreigner woman looks around an alley with yellow paper lamps lanterns in the background in Japan.
A woman looks around the streets of Japan

ablokhin/Getty Images

Lonely Dolphin Blamed for Rash of Recent Swimmer Bites

Gizmodo

Image of a dolphin with a warning from Japan's Coast Guard.

Japan says China's increasingly aggressive air force breached its airspace for the first time ever

Tech Insider
A soldier from the Japan Air Self-Defence Force stands in front of a PAC-3 surface-to-air missile launch system.
A PAC-3 surface-to-air missile launch system at the Yokota Air Base, west of Tokyo. Japan claims China violated its territorial airspace for the first time.

AFP Contributor via Getty Images

The Pentagon knew about the gearbox failure 10 years before it caused the deadliest V-22 crash in Air Force history, docs show

Tech Insider
a front view of a US Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey
A US Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey conducts its flight demonstration during an air show in North Carolina.

US Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Williams

Japan's 2nd-busiest airport was put on lockdown after a pair of scissors went missing from a store, where they were later found again

Tech Insider : Travel
Passengers and visitors are seen at New Chitose Airport in Chitose, Hokkaido, northern Japan November 24, 2016.
New Chitose Airport.

REUTERS/Issei Kato

Japan's prime minister is resigning, under pressure from scandal

Tech Insider : Politics
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at a news conference in Tokyo on August 14, 2024, where he announced his intention to step down.

Pool/Getty Images

Subscribe to Japan