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Prayers for the deceased were offered across Ishikawa Prefecture on Feb. 1, marking one month since an earthquake, which claimed 240 lives and left thousands displaced, struck the Noto Peninsula.

Ensici Murat, a Turkish man who lives in Fukuoka Prefecture, has been providing support and aid to earthquake victims around Japan for more than a decade.

HANNO, Saitama Prefecture--Prefectural police found bloodstained clothes and multiple blunt weapons at the home here of the prime suspect in the triple slaying of an American who once worked as a lobbyist, his wife and grown-up daughter, investigative sources said.

Luxury cars are now at greater risk of being stolen due to a palm-sized device that allows experienced thieves to neutralize the latest in anti-theft technology and drive away in 10 minutes or so.

SAITAMA--Saitama prefectural police on May 31 arrested a woman on charges of neglecting her 3-year-old daughter in late 2021 before she died from injuries to her brain. 

FUJIMINO, Saitama Prefecture--A gunman had demanded that nursing care providers visit his home on the same day that he shot and killed a doctor who could not resuscitate his dead mother, sources said.

A district court judge in Saitama close to Tokyo who rejected a teachers claim for compensation for unpaid overtime nevertheless acknowledged that teachers were getting a raw deal under a special measures law governing salaries and called for it to be updated to reflect their increased workloads.