TOKYO -- As the weather gets hot and humid, the sweaty season has arrived in Japan. Lots of people likely worry about their ...

The popular hot spring resort town of Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, is considering introducing the prefecture's first lodging ...

Enjoy the Mainichi Shimbun's "spot the difference" puzzle. The rules are simple: find the seven differences between the two ...

A bill to create a new system to attract foreign workers to Japan -- one that would allow revocation of permanent residence ...

Enough potassium cyanide and sodium cyanide to kill some 160 to 250 people has gone missing from Osaka Metropolitan ...

Seigo Nishioka was 13 years old the day the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. He survived that catastrophe ...

Amid protests at universities first seen in the United States and spreading worldwide against Israel's invasion of the Gaza ...

A medical blunder in western Japan led to a young child having their permanent tooth pulled out, Hyogo Prefecture announced ...

Cerezo Osaka eased to a 3-0 win at 10-man Avispa Fukuoka in the J-League first division on Saturday, ending their three-game ...

A senior member of yakuza was arrested for allegedly stealing Pokemon cards near Tokyo in April, a case seen as an example of ...

Saitama Wild Knights ensured they remained an ever-present in the Japan Rugby League One championship final Saturday as they ...

Former President Donald Trump is expected to address thousands of members of the National Rifle Association in Texas a day ...