About 10 citizens recently staged a protest along National Route 50 in this eastern Japan city in response to repeated ...

Shoshi Maekawa, 60, has been acquitted in a retrial over the 1986 murder of a junior high school girl in the city of Fukui.

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the Japanese government's minimum wage council ...

An outdoor museum of vending machines in northeastern Japan that opened in March is seeking to showcase the country's ...

Soil collected in decontamination work near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex was transported to central Tokyo ...

Seiya Suzuki hit a three-run shot for his 26th home run and a National League-leading 80th RBI as the Chicago Cubs beat the ...

Kansai Electric Power Co. plans to launch a geological study in preparation for the construction of a nuclear power plant, ...

Ichika Kajimoto won Japan's first gold medal at the aquatics world championships in Singapore on Saturday after finishing top ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces an increasingly uphill battle in Sunday's upper house election, and a loss could ...

When I finally go back home, there are some things I think I will want to take back and unfortunately, others that I cannot.

Shohei Ohtani is adding author to his list of accomplishments. The Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar has co-written a ...

HIROSHIMA -- "We want to convey the message that even when the war has ended, the suffering that remains with people lasts a ...