A lonely and jobless Japanese woman reportedly bombarded first responders with 2,761 fake calls for help — just to get some attention. Hiroko Hatagami, 51, of Matsudo, was arrested Thursday on ...

Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world's oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, an Ashiya city official said Saturday. She was 116.

A 116-year-old Japanese woman is now the oldest living person in the world, the Guinness World Records declared Wednesday. Tomiko Itooka's title comes after Maria Branyas Morera died this week at 117.

The court convicted 22-year-old Lance Cpl. Jamel Clayton of "nonconsensual sexual intercourse causing injury," according to a ...

A Japanese woman on death row for killing two men died behind bars when she choked while eating prison chow in her cell. Miyuki Ueta, 49, a former bar employee, ...

A Japanese woman was arrested in connection to the death of a U.S. airman last week, who was fatally stabbed while at his off-base residence in Western Tokyo, the Air Force said in a statement.

The woman in Suzu city, Ishikawa Prefecture, survived for 124 hours after the 7.6 magnitude quake hit the area on Monday. She was rescued at around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday.

TOKYO (AP) — Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died, ...