Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Navy has relieved both the commanding officer and his deputy, the executive officer, from their posts leading the U.S. Naval ...

Many residents would say that Japan is, by a lot of objective metrics and subjective judgments, a pretty great place to live. One unpleasant annoyance of life in Japan, though, is the practice of ...

National Police Agency figures showed that 337 personnel had to be disciplined last year, the highest in a decade.

TOKYO — A serving of wasabi can be its own punishment, but rarely for two. A Japanese officer has been suspended for a month for forcing a subordinate soldier, who was caught dozing, to eat the strong ...

TOKYO -- Do you believe that people who have committed crimes can be rehabilitated? This is a question that workers in Japan's prisons and juvenile reformatories constantly face. In June this year, a ...