A 93-year-old former top bureaucrat who was serving a sentence for a high-profile 2019 Tokyo car accident that left two ...

A woman was arrested Nov. 23 on suspicion of leaving her then 8-year-old daughter, who had brain damage and needed suctioning ...

Australia said Monday it has shortlisted Japan and Germany to build its new fleet of general purpose frigates in a program ...

South Korea paid tribute to wartime Korean forced laborers at Japan's Sado Island Gold Mines in a memorial ceremony on Monday ...

The deadliest place for women is at home and 140 women and girls on average were killed by an intimate partner or family ...

The Japan Volleyball Association announced Monday that Olympic gold medal-winning French coach Laurent Tillie will take ...

The support rate for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plummeted to 31%, while the disapproval rate increased to ...

Many persimmons are being dried in the city of Kaminoyama, Yamagata Prefecture, creating a scenery like orange curtains.

Tries to Naoto Saito and Kazuki Himeno were among the rare bright moments for Japan in a heavy 59-14 defeat to England at ...

The Osaka High Court on Monday upheld a lower court ruling that sentenced a doctor to 18 years in prison for the consensual ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between Nov. 16 ...

Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament winner Kotozakura said Monday he plans to seize the opportunity for yokozuna promotion in the ...