One of the two women accused of murdering Kim Jong Nam, the exiled brother of North Korea's leader, was hired to take part in what she believed to be a Japanese prank show in the weeks prior to his ...

Two Japanese men were arrested this week for allegedly contaminating a communal bowl of pickled ginger at a fast-food restaurant as part of a prank that has spiraled into what some have called sushi ...

Tokyo/Hong Kong (CNN) — A Japanese sushi chain targeted in a spate of pranks that has sparked concern over hygiene has devised a digital conveyor belt to serve food to customers. Instead of placing ...

A series of viral videos showing unhygienic behavior began popping up on social media late last year. TOKYO — A wave of pranks dubbed “sushi terrorism” has made Japanese diners think twice about the ...

A 16-year-old boy in Tokyo has been referred to prosecutors after allegedly posting a photo of an unwrapped condom placed in the plate collection slot of a Kura Sushi restaurant. The incident occurred ...

A Japanese hacker who’s taunted police for months with false trails may have just perpetrated one of the greatest criminal pranks of the Internet age. After solving a series of emailed riddles, ...

This may be the meanest/best/coolest prank I’ve ever seen. The Japanese are not known for pulling punches on pranks but this one really takes the cake. It starts with the victim walking down the ...

Blithely accept the mask of democracy which is promoted in Japan? The NHK party (intentionally or not) has blatantly exposed (even more so) the deficiencies of the Japanese electoral system. it really ...

In this clip from a Japanese candid camera program, a fellow sits down to use a mirror and is immediately harassed by angry ghosts straight out of Ringu (or perhaps ...

All the mysteries around ‘One Piece’ match perfectly with the enigma that is its own author, the legendary Eiichiro Oda. A mangaka of whom there are very few images of on the Internet, and some of ...

Some candidates in Tokyo's upcoming gubernatorial race have been criticized for making a mockery of the electoral process by posting sexually explicit posters or covering large parts of official ...