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 divisive mobilization law in Ukraine came into force on Saturday, as Kyiv struggles to boost troop numbers after Russia ...

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- The administration of President Joe Biden will deploy an official dedicated to monitoring Chinese ...

China's senior international liaison official plans to visit Japan later this month to meet with ruling and opposition ...

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

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa on Saturday asked central Japan constituents how "we women can call ourselves ...

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 ...