Even after the radio broadcast of then Emperor Hirohito (posthumously known as Emperor Showa) announcing the end of World War ...

Renowned Japanese singer-songwriter and actor Masaharu Fukuyama has acknowledged making sexual remarks to female employees of ...

Japan's ruling party plans to gauge the support of its members in writing on whether it should hold an earlier than scheduled ...

The Japanese government is shifting its agricultural policy to increase rice production, as recently instructed by Prime ...

A record 135 people in Japan have so far been diagnosed with a potentially fatal tick-borne disease in 2025, figures from a ...

Colleagues of a former Hyogo Prefectural Assembly member, who died after being severely slandered on social media and ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about sunburn to the eyes amid extreme heat.

A male assistant professor at Hokkaido University assaulted and injured multiple students while intoxicated at a social ...

Japan is the only Group of Seven country that has not legalized same-sex marriage or civil unions. The Kyoto Family Court ...

The president of Senegal has expressed hope for Japanese support for boosting technological and digital development in Africa ...

Eef Beach, where the U.S. military landed on June 26, 1945, in the final phase of World War II, is seen in the town of ...

President Donald Trump on Monday vowed more changes to the way elections are conducted in the U.S., but based on the ...