Ninety-seven filmmakers in Japan recently released a joint statement opposing discrimination against LGBTQ people and other ...

A Tokyo couple arrested on suspicion of killing three family members with a chemical found in antifreeze were served fresh ...

Sculptor Etsuro Sotoo on Friday became the first Japanese to be awarded the Ratzinger Prize by a Vatican City foundation for ...

A Sugi Pharmacy sign is seen in this file photo. (Mainichi/Yukiko Murata) TOKYO -- A major pharmacy chain in Japan and the ...

The Hyogo Prefectural Assembly plans to ask the national government to take measures against online slander and ...

Japan's labor ministry is aiming to submit draft legislation requiring businesses to have measures in place against ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's government has finalized its first major fiscal stimulus package -- worth 22 trillion yen ...

With a series of incidents on the rise of people being killed or injured due to reckless driving in Japan, the government is ...

Japan Post Co. announced on Nov. 22 the release of a set of stamps featuring Shohei Ohtani in recognition of him being ...

Taisei Miyashiro hit the 64th-minute winner as Vissel Kobe saw off neighbors Gamba Osaka 1-0 to secure their second Emperor's ...

NAGANO, Japan (Kyodo) -- Japan's Miho Takagi won the women's 1,000 meters Saturday at the speed skating World Cup in Nagano.

A key U.N. General Assembly committee adopted a resolution late Friday paving the way for negotiations on a first-ever treaty ...