To tip or not to tip -- that is the question on some people's minds as Japan welcomes a surge of tourists against the ...

A couple accused of abusing and causing the death of their malnourished 2-year-old daughter in west Japan's Wakayama ...

Toyoake Mayor Masafumi Koki does not see smartphones as the enemy. He uses one himself to track baseball games and check map ...

Nissan Motor Co. is considering selling its stake in the operator of Yokohama F. Marinos, a J-League first-division football ...

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

In the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership election, all five candidates are calling for tougher policies toward ...

Sony Financial Group Inc., Sony Group Corp.'s wholly owned financial unit, listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's top-tier ...

The number of general visitors to the ongoing World Exposition in Osaka reached 22.21 million as of Sunday, the organizer ...

A van carrying kindergartners on Monday crashed into a residential property in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo, killing the ...

A fire broke out Monday at a demolition site near Tokyo's Haneda airport, though the incident did not affect air traffic and ...

The "Okuma Kabuto Festival," an autumn event with a history of about 400 years, took place in the city of Nanao, Ishikawa ...

Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi and North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui voiced their opposition to unilateralism and ...