Japanese women struggling with loneliness and financial issues commit petite crimes to go to prison, where they find ...

The rooms are filled with elderly residents, their hands wrinkled and backs bent. They shuffle slowly down the corridors, ...

KANUMA, Tochigi Prefecture--Tochigi prefectural police may be the best equipped force in Japan to catch felons in high-speed car chases. Some of Japan’s fastest sports vehicles are among the ...

Akiyo was lodged in Tochigi Women's Prison, Japan's largest women's prison, located north of Tokyo. It houses nearly 500 ...

The upcoming special exhibition of the renowned Yamanbagiri Kunihiro sword at a public museum here has drawn a killer ...

In Japan's Tochigi Women's Prison, an 81-year-old inmate, Akiyo, has found an unexpected sense of stability behind bars. Serving her second sentence for theft, Akiyo's story sheds light on the ...

A group of third-year high school students as part of a class project produced their first-ever sake with the help of local ...

Akiyo deliberately committed crimes to secure a place in prison, where she could live for free after being abandoned by her ...

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