This photo taken on Oct. 22, 2024, shows abandoned motels lived in by overstaying Vietnamese in Bando, Ibaraki Prefecture.

The Kanagawa Prefectural Police headquarters is seen in Yokohama's Naka Ward. (Mainichi/Akihiko Yamamoto) YOKOHAMA -- A ...

A man mixes mash during alcoholic fermentation at a sake brewery in Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture, on Oct. 22, 2024. (Kyodo) TOKYO ...

Veteran southpaw Tsuyoshi Wada has decided to retire after 22 years in professional baseball, the Pacific League champion ...

The sixth game of the Japan Series, which decides the No. 1 professional baseball team in the country for the year, was held ...

Japan's parliament will convene a special session from next Monday following the general election, the top government ...

Naoko Nishimoto stands next to the Mazda RX-7 she has driven for 25 years, in the town of Togitsu, Nagasaki Prefecture, on ...

Tokyo stocks rebounded Tuesday on buybacks of technology shares after heavy losses, while investors were focused on the ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The number of babies born to Japanese nationals in the country fell 6.3 percent in the January to June period from a year earlier to 329,998, government data showed Tuesday, as the ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese manga artist Kazuo Umezu, known for horror pieces like "Hyoryu Kyoshitsu" (The Drifting Classroom) ...

Hanshin Tigers right-hander Koyo Aoyagi is aiming to sign with a Major League Baseball club in the offseason via the pos ...

NARA -- Local authorities here are boosting deer awareness efforts as injuries caused by bucks in Nara Park have been on the ...