A powerful quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck northeastern Japan late Monday night, with the weather agency ...

An amendment to Japan's Penal Code to introduce the crime of damaging the national flag with the intent to insult the country ...

Japan said Monday that Chinese military aircraft locked radar on its fighter jets even though there was a safe distance ...

Amid a diplomatic row between Tokyo and Beijing over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remark regarding a potential Taiwan ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between November ...

A large sign displaying proper etiquette for inbound foreign tourists to observe while approaching deer at Nara Park, such as ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its junior coalition partner Nippon Ishin (the Japan Innovation Party) put ...

Survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor have long been the center of a remembrance ceremony held each year on ...

Japanese lawmakers on Monday began deliberations on an 18.3 trillion yen ($118 billion) extra budget for this fiscal year, ...

Japanese actor Hiroya Shimizu admitted to having cannabis at his home during the first hearing of his trial at the Tokyo ...

This year's Nobel chemistry prize co-winner, Susumu Kitagawa, said Sunday that long-term support is vital for scientists to ...

A reading performance conveying voices from the Palestinian territory of Gaza, where Israeli attacks have continued despite a ...