The victim was identified as Shizuka Takase, a 37-year-old restaurant worker from Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture.

The woman entered the Hakodate Line tracks near Asari Station in Otaru to photograph the ocean with her phone.

Global tourism generated nearly $1.6 trillion (about ¥250 trillion) in 2024, about 3% more than the previous year and 4% more than in 2019.

U.S. federal prosecutors sought Thursday a prison term of four years and nine months and a three-year probation period after release for Ippei Mizuhara, a former interpreter for Major League Baseball ...