Ten years after the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line opened its Nagano-Kanazawa extension, sightseeing spots along the line are ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nuclear deterrence should not be the "final form of security," a Japanese forum said Monday in its ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between March 1 and 9. The first story was ...

These developments come as Japan is increasingly alarmed by the prospect of an invasion of Taiwan. Read more at straitstimes.com.

An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...

Spring marks a peak travel season in Japan, with cherry blossoms drawing visitors from around the world. However, tourism may ...

Since the end of November, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has caught four of these men in the act of solicitation, which violates the Tokyo metropolitan government’s nuisance ...

In such a world of equality and women empowerment, dare you put forth a proposal to provide sanitary products free of cost in ...

TOKYO - The government’s latest forecast on the damage from a possible Nankai Trough megaquake indicates that faster ...

The government’s latest forecast of damage caused by a possible Nankai Trough mega earthquake indicates that quicker evacuations will be the key to minimizing casualties, as the predicted death toll ...

KUMAMOTO — Kumamoto Prefecture’s mascot Kumamon celebrated the 15th anniversary of his 2010 debut in March. Kumamon is one of Japan’s most beloved characters for regional promotion. The prefecture is ...

Lawyers for Iwao Hakamata, who was acquitted in a retrial for a 1966 murder case in Shizuoka Prefecture, plan to sue the central and prefectural governments for damages in August. They aim to take ...