Saitama prefectural police have arrested a 28-year-old truck driver in connection with a hit-and-run incident in which a 61-year-old man was hit and killed on a crosswalk. The incident occurred at a T ...

SAITAMA, Japan -- Just north of Tokyo is a prefecture called Saitama where many people who work in the capital live, but where few travelers from overseas visit. For many visitors from abroad coming ...

Saitama Prefectural Police have arrested a 30-year-old man on suspicion of sexually assaulting and robbing a woman in her 20s last month. The incident occurred last around 12:10 a.m. on Oct 28 as the ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Vacationing in Japan doesn't always have to be about Tokyo, as the country is not lacking in interesting destinations to visit. One of them is the Saitama prefecture, a mere ...

A sequel to the 2019 hit comedy “Fly Me to the Saitama” has been announced. Stars Nikaido Fumi and Gackt will return, as will director Takeuchi Hideki. Details about the production start date and ...

A man was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison for driving in the wrong direction under the influence of alcohol, which led to a fatal collision with another vehicle in Saitama Prefecture last ...

SAITAMA -- "Leave Japan, you terrorist. Get out of Japan, you idiot." In December 2023, a Kurdish man in his 30s living in Saitama Prefecture received a barrage of hateful phone calls at the ...