TOKYO -- Moto Hagio, Ryoko Yamagishi and Waki Yamato, pioneering artists who transformed "shojo" (girls) manga into one of ...

Japan has tightened eligibility requirements for students of foreign nationality under its expanded free high school tuition ...

This 27-year-old Mainichi Shimbun reporter spent seven hours stranded on flooded roads after torrential rain hit Chiba ...

During the record rainfall across Chiba Prefecture on Aug. 13 to 14, many vehicles were submerged as roads flooded.

In part of the town of Yuza in Yamagata Prefecture, a local custom is getting underway as residents hang toy cars under the ...

Roki Sasaki pitched six innings of two-run ball as the Los Angeles Dodgers lost to the Milwaukee Brewers 5-4 on Thursday.

Welcoming the Asian Games in summer for the first time in 32 years next month, Japan is aiming to eclipse its record tally of ...

The Topix index ended at a record high for the third consecutive trading day on Friday as the release of a ...

Foreign visitors to Cambodia's northwestern Siem Reap province, home to the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Angkor temple ...

Firefighters were tackling multiple fires in central England on Thursday after the U.K. recorded its hottest day of the year ...

With arms raised and fists clenched, rescuers in Colombia called for silence Thursday as they listened for signs of life in ...

Four people died and one remained unresponsive as heavy rain pounded eastern Japan on Thursday and continued into early Friday, with ...