Senior Tokyo police and prosecutors visited a cemetery in Yokohama Aug. 25 and apologized at the grave of a former adviser to ...

A former secretary of Japanese politician Koichi Hagiuda, who served as policy chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ...

In a nationwide opinion survey conducted Aug. 23 and 24 by the Mainichi Shimbun, 43% of respondents said Prime Minister ...

Yokozuna Onosato performed in front of a sell-out crowd Monday in Kanazawa, the capital of his native Ishikawa Prefecture, ...

Japan produced several bright moments but were ultimately outclassed 42-14 by Ireland in their opening Pool C contest ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between August 16 ...

A 3-year-old girl died Aug. 24 in a fall from the sixth floor of an apartment building here after she apparently climbed over ...

North Korea on Monday criticized a weekend summit meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean ...

A former local assembly member won Sunday's Yonaguni mayoral election after a campaign dominated by the issue of the ...

Japanese golfer Mao Saigo finished third and compatriot Akie Iwai placed fourth at the CPKC Women's Open won by local f ...

Beneath a park in this city east of Tokyo, there remains an imperial air-raid shelter known within the Imperial Household ...

A man arrested for allegedly stabbing a woman to death at her apartment building in western Japan last week has told police ...