Shigeru Ishiba, president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, is suspected of having fallen asleep during a plenary ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Police said Monday they have launched an investigation after the kanji character for "death" was found ...

A contest for unusual produce was held in this northern Japan city on Nov. 8, showcasing fruit and vegetables with rare ...

Narita International Airport has become the first airport in Japan to introduce a basic policy against customer harassment, ...

Morihisa Aoki, who was Japan's ambassador to Peru when a hostage crisis took place at the ambassador's residence in 1996-1997 ...

New ozeki Onosato gave a dominant performance Monday at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament as he overpowered rank-and-file ...

Japan wingers Keito Nakamura and Junya Ito scored one goal each as Reims ended a three-match losing streak with a 3-0 win ...

Shigeru Ishiba was formally reelected as Japan's prime minister on Monday after a rare runoff vote in parliament that his ruling coal ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has estimated the cost of one of the world's largest fountains planned for Odaiba Seaside ...

Easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun, a newspaper for children. This is perfect material for ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between Nov. 2 and ...

English Premier League side Crystal Palace said Sunday they are investigating a report of racist abuse aimed at Japan ...