M emorial services were held in Tokyo and across neighboring Saitama Prefecture on Sept. 1 to mark 101 years since the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake and to honor Korean residents who were massacred ...

A 31-year-old man accused of killing a then 21-year-old woman in 2018 has reportedly told police, "I practiced random street assaults," and･･･ ...

Tokyo and its northern neighbor Saitama Prefecture abound with historic sites, modern buildings and lush greenery, while carrying on the legacy of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

A 14-year-old middle school girl died and a 15-year-old high school girl was seriously injured after they plunged from a ...

At a game center in this eastern Japan city near Tokyo, children try to win prizes in a crane game. But here, the winnings are not ...

Saitama Prefecture is located in the Kantō region, just north of Tokyo. The east of the landlocked prefecture is a mixture of urban and agricultural areas, and the west consists of the ...

Neighborhoods in Saitama and Chiba prefectures have risen in popularity as preferred places to live in among residents of the greater Tokyo metropolitan area, a survey showed.

Residents of Tokyo and Saitama are up in arms at an Environment Ministry plan to reuse decontaminated soil from Fukushima Prefecture in their midst, including a major park in the capital's ...

On Tuesday, part of a road intersection in Saitama prefecture, about 18 miles north of Japan’s capital, opened up, swallowing a three-ton truck and its driver, a 74-year-old man, prompting a ...

Memorial services were held in Tokyo and across neighboring Saitama Prefecture on Sept. 1 to mark 101 years since the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake and to honor Korean residents who were massacred ...