A woman’s romantic affair lasted for only eight months, but it gave her plenty of international travel, opportunities to meet new people, and what seemed like an unlimited supply of money. The ...

Yuki Watanabe used to spend 12 hours every day toiling away in the office. And that’s considered a short day. A typical 9-to-9 workday is the bare minimum. “The latest I would leave [the office] would ...

The leader of a fraud ring based in the Philippines was rearrested with three others on Aug. 22 in connection with a burglary in Tokyo in January, investigative sources said. Yuki Watanabe, 39, was ...

A man suspected of being behind a string of robberies across Japan that were coordinated from the Philippines also allegedly committed fraud remotely from Thailand, investigative sources said on ...

Since the cases against Yuki Watanabe and Tomonobu Saito have already been dismissed by the court, the two can now be deported back to Japan MANILA, Philippines – Pasay City Regional Trial Court ...

MANILA, Philippines – Japanese police have drawn connections between a string of robberies that have hit 14 prefectures across Japan and several of its citizens currently detained in an immigration ...

A crowded Susukino intersection is seen in Sapporo's Chuo Ward on Feb. 3, 2023. (Mainichi/Taichi Kaizuka) On a snowy night in Sapporo's Susukino entertainment district in Japan's northernmost ...

The Tokyo District Court on Tuesday sentenced a senior member of the "JP Dragon" crime ring based in the Philippines to three years and six months in prison for fraud. Tomohiro Koyama, 51, is believed ...