U.S. President Donald Trump is back with an administration led by "America First" policies, and the independence of Japanese ...

Fuji Television Network Inc. is expected to discuss whether President Koichi Minato should step down following allegations ...

The Oku-Musashi Ekiden is a challenging race with a 120-meter elevation difference, and some participating teams have also ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has become the country's first leader to be indicted, less than two weeks after he was ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between Jan. 18 ...

Over 300 tips were provided by the public to a police hotline set up following a fatal stabbing spree in front of JR Nagano ...

At Koga Falls in the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, the water flowing down the falls has frozen completely again this year ...

Tokyo stocks ended mixed Monday as banks lifted on hopes for improved profits, while technology issues dropped on fears that ...

Three newborns infected with echovirus 11 (E11), which causes the common cold, died of acute liver failure and other ...

Grand Sumo Tournament winner Hoshoryu on Monday was still feeling the effects of the grueling three-way championship playoff ...

Russia on Sunday claimed its troops had captured a strategically important town in eastern Ukraine as part of a grinding ...

Four men, including a former director and the current deputy director of Tokyo's Sunshine Aquarium, were referred to ...