#tokyo

Japanese serial killer who kept nine bodies in coolers met the victims through Twitter

Wed 10:56 AM 19,891 0

#TOKYO
Police make arrest after nine headless bodies found in Tokyo flat

Tue 8:18 AM 30,773 10

#BEHEADINGS
Japanese reporter died after working 159 hours of overtime in a month

Oct 6th 2017, 8:26 AM 24,401 34

#KAROSHI
Explainer: What is Bitcoin, and why is it making headlines again?

Jul 15th 2017, 9:45 AM 23,228 27

#COINING IT
Boost for Irish amateur boxing as Joe Ward commits to IABA until Tokyo 2020

Jul 12th 2017, 4:10 PM 1,618 0

#VESTED INTEREST
50-cap Toner a tower of strength and more talking points as Ireland win battle with Blossoms

Jun 24th 2017, 9:14 AM 12,933 19

#REACTION
This luxury Japanese train could rival a five-star hotel

May 6th 2017, 10:30 AM 20,376 18

#SHIKI-SHIMA
52 seconds of passion: Two giant pandas mated for the first time in four years today

Feb 27th 2017, 3:20 PM 18,292 27

#IN THE MOOD
Fortune teller ordered to pay damages to client she forced into prostitution

Jan 22nd 2017, 9:00 AM 25,579 26

#TOKYO
A businessman in Japan has paid over €600,000 for a single fish

Jan 5th 2017, 10:57 AM 34,364 53

#ONE MORE TUNA
Five-year-old boy dies after Tokyo arts festival display catches fire

Nov 7th 2016, 8:36 AM 10,449 2

#JAPAN
Child pornography is still widely available in Japan, a year after it was criminalised

Sep 10th 2016, 10:00 AM 25,617 43

#LEGAL GREY AREA
At least 19 people killed and 20 wounded in attack at centre for disabled people

Jul 26th 2016, 6:40 AM 102,830 70

#TOKYO
Japanese pop star stabbed repeatedly by "obsessive fan"

May 22nd 2016, 11:15 AM 37,632 22

#MAYU TOMITA
Video of journalist missing in Syria emerges as kidnappers look for ransom

Mar 17th 2016, 7:49 AM 11,284 6

#JUMPEI YASUDA
Actor stabbed to death with sword at Japanese play rehearsal

Feb 16th 2016, 4:17 PM 17,818 9

#TOKYO
"I could try some ... maybe": Tokyo tries to reel in tourists with whale meat festival

Oct 11th 2015, 5:00 PM 8,778 14

#DARK MEAT
Japan has scrapped the 2020 Olympics logo after a plagiarism scandal

Sep 1st 2015, 12:14 PM 15,633 8

#NO LOGO
Japanese man flushes lawyer’s penis down the toilet ‘as revenge for affair’

Aug 13th 2015, 9:41 PM 34,845 68

#TOKYO
Three killed after plane crashes on housing estate

Jul 26th 2015, 5:31 PM 18,246 18

#TOKYO
Islamic State confirms execution of Japanese hostage

Jan 25th 2015, 6:34 PM 22,827 92

#RANSOM DEMANDS
Video shows terrifying scenes inside airplane forced to make emergency landing

Dec 17th 2014, 3:51 PM 21,919 54

#EXTREME TURBULENCE
Japan's sozzled salarymen: corporate samurai turning into a lost tribe

Oct 11th 2014, 4:30 PM 13,795 9

#FOOT SOLDIERS
Sumo wrestlers make babies cry on purpose - but that's a good thing

Sep 22nd 2014, 3:15 PM 11,454 7

#SUMO WRESTLE CRYING BABY
Do you find turn-by-turn directions a bit boring? Try following penguins instead

Jul 21st 2014, 8:00 PM 12,085 7

#ICE-BREAKER
Vagina artist arrested in Tokyo on obscenity charges

Jul 16th 2014, 7:30 AM 18,612 34

#ART
UN court tells Japan to leave the whales alone

Mar 31st 2014, 11:35 AM 8,184 37

#SAVE THE WHALES
Irish lad and his hurley crash Tokyo's St. Patrick's Day parade

Mar 18th 2014, 8:59 AM 2,978 1

#CHANCER
Heaviest snow in decades leaves 11 dead, over 1,000 injured in Japan

Feb 9th 2014, 2:29 PM 15,829 46

#SEVERE WEATHER
Taoiseach arrives in Japan for five day trade trip

Dec 1st 2013, 12:58 PM 6,550 66

#TOKYO
Hello, world: New island off Japan coast after volcano eruption

Nov 21st 2013, 10:43 AM 18,006 46

#NEWBIE
WATCH: This Tokyo restaurant is entirely automated

Oct 18th 2013, 8:30 PM 2,131 1

#ONLY IN JAPAN
Actual snake on a plane delays 370 Qantas passengers

Sep 23rd 2013, 1:26 PM 12,841 19

#SNAKES ON A PLANE
Someone has been queuing for the new iPhone for the last week

Sep 17th 2013, 5:01 PM 1,298 2

#PHONE HOME
Wrestling wins reprieve for 2020 Olympics

Sep 8th 2013, 5:40 PM 1,154 10

#COMEBACK
Tokyo's Olympic win impacts Germany's Euro bid

Sep 8th 2013, 12:52 PM 2,222 0

#DEVELOPMENT
Radar malfunction forces Boeing Dreamliner to abort flight

Aug 26th 2013, 2:45 PM 11,642 17

#DASHED DREAMS
Man dresses up as a Power Ranger to help out at Tokyo subway station

Aug 23rd 2013, 2:11 PM 969 0

#GO GO POWER RANGER
VIDEO: Lightning strikes a moving train in Japan

Aug 14th 2013, 9:37 AM 11,150 26

#JAPAN
Study: Your dog yawns with you because they love you

Aug 8th 2013, 7:12 PM 12,803 29

#YAWN