Junko Ogura

1 week ago | cnn.com | Kathleen Magramo |Junko Ogura

Parents hold their children before the start of their "crying baby sumo" match at the Sensoji temple in Tokyo on April 26, 2025. Philip Fong/AFP/Getty Images CNN  —  Japan’s estimated child population has shrunk for the 44th straight year to a record low, government data showed Sunday, as the country grapples with a demographic crisis underscored by falling birth rates and a rapidly aging population.

2 weeks ago | local3news.com | Jack Guy |Junko Ogura

(CNN) — Authorities in Japan have rescued the same climber from the slopes of Mount Fuji twice in the space of a week. The 27-year-old man was first rescued on Tuesday after falling ill, Shizuoka prefectural police told CNN on Monday. He had to be rescued again on Saturday after returning to the mountain to retrieve his belongings, including a cell phone, that he had left behind, they said.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Jack Guy |Junko Ogura

Authorities in Japan have rescued the same climber from the slopes of Mount Fuji twice in the space of a week. The 27-year-old man was first rescued on Tuesday after falling ill, Shizuoka prefectural police told CNN on Monday. He had to be rescued again on Saturday after returning to the mountain to retrieve his belongings, including a cell phone, that he had left behind, they said.

2 weeks ago | en.pressbee.net | Jack Guy |Junko Ogura

By Jack Guy and Junko Ogura, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Japan have rescued the same climber from the slopes of Mount Fuji twice in the space of a week. The 27-year-old man was first rescued on Tuesday after falling ill, Shizuoka prefectural police told CNN on Monday. He had to be rescued again on Saturday after returning to the mountain to retrieve his belongings, including a cell phone, that he had left behind, they said.

1 month ago | cp24.com | Junko Ogura |Helen Regan

TOKYO - Japan's largest yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing "trouble," authorities said, as the mafia-like groups contend with falling membership and increased police crackdowns. Three senior members of the Yamaguchi-gumi visited the Hyogo Prefectural police headquarters onMonday and delivered a letter to officerspledging to "end all internal fighting" and to "never cause any trouble," police told CNN.