(THE CONVERSATION) At the end of Katsuhiro Otomo’s dystopian Japanese anime film “Akira,” a throbbing, white mass begins to envelop Neo-Tokyo. Eventually, its swirling winds engulf the metropolis, ...

Why are we so captivated by death-themed events like Day of the Dead or Jack the Ripper tours? A recent study dives into this ...

Approximately 42,000 bodies went unclaimed in Japan in fiscal 2023 and were subsequently cremated or buried by local ...

For the Japanese, summer is when the border between the real world and the spirit world becomes weak, and the legendary yōkai ...

A woman and her ex-husband were found bleeding from knife wounds at a bar in Nishitokyo City in Tokyo on Tuesday. The woman was confirmed dead at the scene, and the man is unconscious and in a ...

Hakamada was the fifth death row inmate granted a retrial in Japan’s post-war history. All four previous cases also resulted in exonerations.

Hakamada was the fifth death row inmate granted a retrial in Japan’s post-war history. All four previous cases also resulted in exonerations. Japan is the only major industrialised democracy ...

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He was 76. His family announced his death on his Instagram account. No cause was given. When Foreman returned to the ring after 10 years away, there was skepticism that a fighter of his years ...

The famed escapologist had a reputation for death-defying stunts ... What drove him to these extremes during his relatively short life? The riddle of how and why Houdini pulled off such feats ...

Welcome to Owakudani, one of the most otherworldly destinations in Japan ... culinary delicacy — black eggs, or kuro-tamago — are said to add seven years to your life. To embark on the ...

According to his legal team of Hakamada Iwao, once the world's longest-serving death row inmate, the amount of compensation is the largest of its kind in Japan. The district court decided on ...