The frozen body was found in a crouched position, still wearing clothes, and is thought to have been kept in the freezer for ...

Police in Maibara, Shiga Prefecture, said Thursday that a woman whose body was found in a wooded area on Wednesday, was strangled. A city employee looking for illegal rubbish dumping found the woman’s ...

Three men in west Japan were arrested April 3 for allegedly keeping a body, believed to be of a woman, in a home ...

Shigaraki, renowned for its pottery, is also the home of one of Japan's oldest tea-growing traditions. Meet two dedicated tea ...

SHIGA (TR) – Following the discovery of a woman’s body in a wooded area in Maibara City last week, police have revealed that ...

A 78-year-old man died and his 74-year-old wife is in a critical condition after they were attacked at their high-rise apartment in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, on Wednesday. According to police, ...

SHIGA (TR) – It all started with a suicide note found in Sakai City on April 1. After that, police found a woman’s corpse in ...

About 300,000 daffodils are in full bloom at the Biwako Valley resort facility in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, located west of Lake Biwa. The approximately 20,000-square-meter "Suisen no Oka" area near ...

AISHO, Shiga Prefecture--Residents here started a crowdfunding drive to help a COVID-19-hit school that was set up as a lifeline for Brazilian children struggling to adapt to life in Japan.

RYUO, Shiga Prefecture--Embattled Daihatsu Motor Co. halted domestic vehicle assembly plants after admitting decades of fraudulent certification tests, alarming the municipalities, suppliers and ...

OTSU, Japan (Kyodo) -- An ancient type of sushi called "funazushi," considered by many to be the original form of the raw ...