Man kills 3 family members, then himself

CHIBA Two elderly people perished in a house fire Saturday night in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, police said Sunday. Police said that flames were seen coming form the second floor of the two-story wooden house at around 10 p.m. Saturday. NTV reported ...

By press time, Ugandan singer Iryn Namubiru was still in custody at Chiba Prefecture prison in Japan, where she was arrested with drugs on May 3, ahead of her prosecution that starts on

The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau filed a complaint with the Chiba District Public Prosecutors Office accusing the operators of three farms in Chiba and Tochigi prefectures of evading some 180 million yen in taxes, it has been learned. Two of the ...

It all started 20 years ago when I was doing my residency in a rural hospital in Chiba prefecture. During my post in the emergency room, I was shocked by a report I happened to read titled "World Development Report 1993: Investing in Health" by the ...

CHIBA An outlet mall opened Friday in Shisui, Chiba Prefecture, targeting foreign visitors and people in the greater Tokyo area. Shisui Premium Outlets, run by Mitsubishi Estate-Simon Co., is about 12 km southwest of Narita airport and has 121 ...

Mitsui Fudosan acquired a factory in Nishiura, Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture in March 2013. The seller was printing ink manufacturer and distributor Sakata Inx and the price was 2.4 billion yen [$25 million]. The site has a land area of 15,517 ...

Disney characters greet tourists at Tokyo Disneyland in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, April 11, 2013. Tokyo Disneyland, the world's third Disney amusement park, started a new noon parade to mark its 30th anniversary. (Xinhua/Ma Ping) 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...

Koki Chiba sells seafood products at a booth at a festival in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture. (Mainichi) ONAGAWA, Miyagi -- While this town suffers a continuing exodus of young people unable to find work after the March 2011 quake and tsunami, recent ...

CHIBA JR East said Friday that a train in Funabashi, Chiba prefecture, traveled 48 kilometers with one carriage door open after a cord from a passenger's rucksack became stuck in the mechanism and prevented it from closing. According to NTV, the ...