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• Hokkaido Zoo Employee Under Investigation After Admitting to Burning Wife’s Remains in Animal Incinerator

  Published: Apr 29, 2026

  Section: Crime

  Police in Japan are questioning a 30 year old zoo worker who confessed to using an onsite incinerator to dispose of his wife’s body. The gruesome discovery at Asahiyama Zoo has for...

• Powerful 7.4-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Northern Japan Triggering Three-Meter Tsunami Warning

  Published: Apr 20, 2026

  Section: Asia

  A massive 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Iwate Prefecture on Monday afternoon, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue urgent tsunami warnings...

• Japan Faces Surge in Unlicensed Foreign Ski Instructors as Niigata Reports Record High Tourist Influx

  Published: Apr 2, 2026

  Section: Asia

  Local officials in Japan’s premier winter sports regions, including Niigata, Nagano, and Hokkaido, are raising alarms over an influx of foreign nationals operating as ski instructo...