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

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

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

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

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

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has criticized a joint military exercise by the United States and South Korea, saying it ...

SoftBank Group Corp. will invest $2 billion in struggling U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp., the companies said on Tuesday, marking ...

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

Sayoko Yamamoto, an 81-year-old resident of Hyogo Prefecture, has never seen her father. He was drafted to war in December ...

The operator of the Japanese convenience store chain Ministop said Monday it has suspended the sale of deli items at some ...

Warming Bernabel lined a game-winning single in the ninth inning as the Colorado Rockies snapped a 10-game skid against the ...

The Nikkei stock index hit a fresh intraday record high Tuesday morning as some heavyweight technology issues tracked ...