Officers at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport on Tuesday discovered 36kgs of crystal meth stashed in exercise equipment among air cargo bound for Japan.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held an emergency ministerial meeting and sent the minister in charge of disaster management to affected areas. The government also set up...
The storm, which the government said could be the strongest to hit Tokyo, Japan since 1958. It brought record-breaking rainfall in many areas, including the popular...
Japan has raised defense spending by a tenth over the past seven years to counter military advances by China and Pyongyang. Including defenses against North Korean...
The main reason behind the auto sales decline is tougher standards for auto loans. "The rejection rate by credit checks has reached 20%," said an executive...
An online petition demanding that any sex without consent be defined as rape was signed by more than 47,000 Japanese women. The petition has been submitted...
Chon Buri Immigration police officers arrested Jinnai Yamato, 30, at his room at the Surawong City Resort in Bangkok’s Bang Rak district.
BANGKOK – A a 69-year-old Japanese man has been arrested for allegedly having sex with at least three underage girls in northeastern Thailand. Pol Colonel Setthaphat...
BANGKOK – A Criminal Court on Monday sentenced a Thai woman to death over the murder of her 84 year-old elderly Japanese husband. Poranee Napadol, was...
CHIANG RAI – Japan’s Consulate-General has handed over an earthquake-resistant building to a nursery-primary school in Mae Lao district that was severely damaged by a quake...
BANGKOK – Thailand Immigration authorities have arrested an alleged Japanese Yakuza gangster and an alleged Chinese fugitive wanted in China for real estate fraud. Acting Immigration...
BANGKOK – Japan’s former national team coach Akira Nishino has formally agreed to be head coach of Thailand’s national soccer team and its under-23s, the Football...
TOKYO – A knife-wielding psychopath carrying a knife in each hand and screaming “I will kill you!” brutally attacked a group of schoolchildren waiting for a...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Acting immigration police chief Lt Gen Sompong Chingduang. has told a press briefing that Thailand will extradite 15 Japanese men suspected of being...
TOKYO – Japan’s Emperor Naruhito inherited the sacred sword and jewel that signaled his succession and pledged in his first public address Wednesday to follow his...
TOKYO – Japanese Emperor Akihito announced his abdication at a palace ceremony Tuesday in his final address, as the nation embraced the end of his reign...
TOKYO – Faced with a shrinking workforce, Japan has made it easier for migrant workers to get a visa. Conservative critics are concerned about the impact...
PATTAYA – Thailand’s Immigration police has arrested Fifteen Japanese nationals suspected of scamming millions of dollars from victims in Japan from a home in the resort...
BANGKOK – A 57-year-old Japanese man, who is an alleged former member of a gang in the Yakuza criminal syndicate has been arrested by Crime Suppression...
BANGKOK – Japanese motorcycle maker Honda Motor Co has projected a decline in the Thai market this year due mainly to lower agricultural product prices. New...