The issue has drawn attention because Pakistan's Ambassador to Japan, Abdul Hameed, attended the mosque's inauguration earlier this year.

Japan could force demolition of ‘illegal’ mosque inaugurated by Pakistan’s ambassador - City mayor says she wants the mosque ...

The mosque is located in Kawagoe, in Japan's Saitama Prefecture, on a 4,500-square-metre plot classified as mountain forest land. The area falls under an urbanisation control zone, where construction ...

The mayor here ordered a halt to all services at an illegally built mosque and condemned its “brazen” opening ceremony that ...

A newly built mosque in Kawagoe, Japan, faces demolition for City Planning Act violations. The Pakistan Embassy has completely distanced itself from the project.

RIYADH: Muslim-majority countries including regional heavyweights Saudi Arabia and Turkiye said on Thursday that ...

Tokyo: The recent incidents across Japan, including at the Kawagoe mosque, allegations of illegal structures in Hokkaido linked to Pakistani communities, and protests in Fujisawa over ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At least 31 people were killed and around 170 were injured in a bombing at a Shi’ite mosque in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad ...

ISLAMABAD — Pakistani security forces raided multiple locations and arrested four suspects, including the alleged mastermind, behind a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque on the outskirts of the ...

Pakistani authorities said four people have been arrested in connection with the suicide bomb attack that killed at least 32 people at a Shi’ite Muslim mosque in the capital, Islamabad, as they ...