Japan's Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by major advertising firm Dentsu Group, which was fined 300 million yen, or about 1.9 million dollars, for rigging bids linked to the Tokyo Olympics and ...

A court also backed lower court rulings that sentenced Koji Henmi, formerly of the sports department of Dentsu, a subsidiary of the group, to a suspended two-year prison term.

A Tokyo court ruled Monday that a man who deceived a woman he met through a dating app must pay about 1.5 million yen, or nearly 10,000 dollars in damages.

The 26-year-old, who has appeared in many movies and television dramas, including “Tokyo Revengers,” allegedly possessed some ...

Japanese actor Hiroya Shimizu, known for his role in the "Tokyo Revengers" movie series, admitted to a marijuana possession charge during the first hearing of his trial in Tokyo on Monday. Prosecutors ...

In a blow to the Japanese LGBTQ+ community, a court has ruled the country’s ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional. The decision handed down by Tokyo’s High Court on Friday (28 November) outlined ...

Eight people, including same-sex couples living in Tokyo, sought damages from the government, arguing that provisions ...

Tomihiro Tanaka, Japan head of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, widely known as the Unification Church, resigned from the post Tuesday. "We cannot underestimate the fact that we ...

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