A former head of a hospital in northeastern Japan and his doctor brother were sent to prosecutors on Saturday for allegedly covering up the murder of a patient by another patient in 2023, police said.

The death certificates were found during a search of Michinoku Kinen Hospital in April 2023 over suspicions that former hospital director Takashi Ishiyama, 61, and his physician brother ...

NARITA, Chiba -- Two interior decorators who rescued a woman and her pets from a burning house have received letters of appreciation from Chiba Prefectural Police's Narita Police Station.

The two arrested doctors are brothers. The older brother, Mr Takashi Ishiyama, 61, was the director of the hospital at the time and the younger brother, Mr Tetsu Ishiyama, 60, was the primary ...

Police arrested Takashi Ishiyama, 61, the former head of the Michinoku Kinen Hospital, and his brother Tetsu Ishiyama, 60, both from Hachinohe, on Friday and raided the hospital and other ...