The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the evolving features of lockers installed in train ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An advisory panel to UNESCO has recommended Japan's traditional knowledge and skills for making sake and ...

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

A quote from the preamble of the UNESCO constitution is seen at Ritsumeikan University's Kyoto Museum for World Peace in this ...

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

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

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

Vissel Kobe climbed to the top of the Asian Champions League Elite East standings Tuesday with a 2-0 victory over previously ...

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

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is set to appoint Hiromasa Nakano, a member of Japan's junior ruling coalition partner Komeito, ...

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

The 13-month war between Israel and Hezbollah has killed more than 3,000 people in Lebanon, the country's Health Ministry ...