A man has been arrested for allegedly using a counterfeit version of a newly issued banknote, police says, in the first ...

A man accused of using a fake new 10,000-yen (around $67) note at a convenience store in February has been arrested, marking ...

Tokyo, March 13 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department recently arrested a man on suspicion of using a fake of ...

A store employee called police after noticing the bill was missing a watermark and its hologram did not reflect light, according to the police. Japan issued new versions of its 10,000, 5,000 and 1,000 ...

According to the sources, Saito allegedly used a fake of a new 10,000 yen note to pay a bill totaling 690 yen for a drink and a packet of cigarettes at a convenience store in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward ...

Last month, lawmakers in Japan introduced a new bill regulating medically assisted pregnancy, sparking criticism from ...

When it was first dug, the Chidorigafuchi moat was meant to keep people away from the shogun’s stronghold of Edo Castle, ...

A growing number of Japanese are ... salary was 150,000 yen ($1,422). “I knew it was illegal, but I believed I would never be arrested,” he said. On one day, he spent 10,000 yen for one ...