Goalkeeper Daniel Schmidt, a Japan squad member at the 2022 World Cup, has joined Nagoya Grampus from Belgium's Gent on a ...

Okagi Hayashi, a 115-year-old woman in Toki in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, has become the country's oldest person ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday ruled out the possibility of forming a grand coalition with opposition parties for ...

As Japan embraces increasingly diversifying family structures, there is a need to bring about a society where an individual's ...

Tokyo stocks ended lower Monday, the first trading day of 2025, as investors took profits following the Nikkei stock index's ...

Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture and Haneda Airport in Tokyo's Ota Ward rank among 12 hub airports awarded ...

The Japanese government's official English-language X (formerly Twitter) account introduced The Braille Mainichi weekly ...

University admission exam prep school Nichigaku in the capital's Shinjuku Ward suddenly closed its doors just before Japan's ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between Dec. 28, ...

Nippon Steel Corp. on Monday reaffirmed its resolve to challenge President Joe Biden's decision to block its $14.1 billion ...

YUZA, Yamagata -- Traditional "amahage" demon deities recently visited some 20 homes in this northern Japan town to warn ...

President Joe Biden on Sunday called on incoming Democratic lawmakers who will govern in the minority to always be mindful of ...