An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 struck southwestern Japan on Monday, with no immediate reports of injury or ...

Lone yokozuna Terunofuji dug deep for his first victory of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday, forcing out stubborn ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between Jan. 4 and ...

Police arrested a former chancellor of Tokyo Women's Medical University on Monday over alleged breach of trust in relation to ...

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The accumulation of multiple human errors can occur. To prevent accidents, it is essential to establish systems that ensure ...

A man has been confirmed dead after reportedly falling from the Shibuya Parco shopping center in Japan's capital on the ...

After a weekend spent blocking the explosive growth of fires that destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 24 people ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his South Korean counterpart Cho Tae Yul are expected to affirm the importance of ...

A group of Japanese ruling bloc lawmakers led by the secretaries general of the Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has decided to subsidize up to 100,000 yen (about $640) for the cost of painless delivery, ...

For foreign women who moved to Japan to work as technical intern trainees, taking maternity leave has rarely been a realistic ...