Tokyo — Japanese police captured a gunman Tuesday who had holed up inside a post office with at least one hostage for more than eight hours, the country's NHK television network reported. The ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has vowed to work with Jordan to secure the release of a Japanese journalist held by Islamic State militants after the killing last week of another Japanese captive, but it ...

Japan's deputy foreign minister has said negotiations with the Islamic State group threatening to execute a Jordanian pilot and a Japanese journalist have become "deadlocked", local media reported ...

The apparent beheading of two Japanese hostages by Islamic State militants poses a stark diplomatic test for pacifist Japan, underscoring how Tokyo's image as a benign aid donor offers no immunity ...

TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed outrage and demanded Wednesday that Islamic State extremists release a Japanese journalist, as secret talks in Jordan sought the release of ...

Police are working to stop the suspect, who reportedly fled on a motorcycle and after possible involvement in an apartment fire Michael Lee Simpson is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. His work has ...

A new 2:52-minute video allegedly released Saturday by the Islamic State (ISIS) hours after the expiration of the 72-hour ultimatum ISIS had given the Japanese government to pay a $200 million ransom ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The militant group ISIS has threatened to ...

Survivors of Japan’s so-called "hostage justice” system came together recently at the Japanese Diet to share their stories of the long, painful history of abuses under Japan’s legal system. Nearly 200 ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Efforts by Japan and Jordan to secure the release of two of their nationals held captive by Islamic State militants remain "deadlocked" and the situation remains highly unpredictable ...