Kasukabe, Saitama Pref. – Supermarket chain Ito-Yokado on Sunday closed its store in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, that was known as the model for the “Sato-Kokonokado” store that appears in the …
A male employee of Gunma Bank has been dismissed for allegedly swindling clients of a total of ¥55.35 million ($377,000) under the pretext of exchanging old banknotes for new ¥10,000 …
Japan’s first facility exclusively tailored to elderly drivers taking classes to renew their driver’s license has been opened in the city of Saitama by the Saitama Prefectural Police. In Japan, …
The Saitama Institute of Technology (SIT) will introduce Japan’s first autonomous driving major next April, aiming to nurture engineers well versed in self-driving vehicles. SIT’s information systems department will accept …
Saitama Prefectural Police are on the hunt for a gunman after a taxi driver was shot and injured late Wednesday night in the prefecture’s Kawaguchi City. The suspect, described as …
Onna, Okinawa Pref./Ogawa, Saitama Pref. – Nestled in the heart of Okinawa Island, Onna is a pleasant village of just over 10,000 people, with a stunning, elongated coastline that makes …
A strong earthquake registering magnitude 5.3 jolted Kanto region areas in Saitama and Tochigi prefectures at 9:08 a.m. on Thursday. No tsunami warning was issued. The quake, which triggered quake …
The health ministry said Wednesday that a man in his 30s who was living in Saitama Prefecture had died of mpox, the first such death in the country. The man …
Saitama – Prosecutors on Tuesday sought a life sentence for a 68-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a doctor and attacking other medical workers last year during an 11-hour standoff …
A man suspected in a shooting at a Saitama hospital has been arrested after police raided a post office where he had been holed up for hours, with area residents …