Renowned Japanese actor Ryoko Hirosue was arrested April 8 for allegedly kicking a nurse and causing injury at a hospital in ...

A 23-year-old man who was born in Japan and raised in the Gaza Strip recently enrolled in a vocational school here to study ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about what Japan will do with soil removed around the ...

Japan on Tuesday released a commemorative 500 yen coin for the World Exposition that opens in Osaka this weekend.

A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time pare ...

The chief of the aviation weather station on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, was under the influence of alcohol while ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday commended Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani for his remarkable achievements last ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday failed to secure a tariff exemption during a telephone call with U.S.

The head of Japan's junior ruling coalition partner Komeito party is planning to visit China this month, hoping to hand ...

Shohei Ohtani finished a double shy of hitting for the cycle in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 6-4 loss to the Washington Nationals ...

The number of applications for public assistance in Japan reached 255,897 in 2024, according to preliminary figures. This ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Unit sales of Fujifilm Corp.'s "instax" instant camera series have exceeded 100 million, the company said ...