The Hiroshima Municipal Government on Nov. 4 returned the remains of a victim of the atomic bombing to a relative after an ...

In the U.S. midterm elections on Nov. 3, the governing Republican Party was soundly defeated, and the opposition Democratic ...

The mayor of the suburban Tokyo city of Hachioji, a former member of the Self-Defense Forces, took a hunting license ...

A one-day trial run of a restaurant staffed by elderly people with dementia opened in this central Japan city on Nov. 1, with ...

A seven-year prison term was finalized on Thursday for a former truck driver whose use of a smartphone while driving caused a ...

The demolition of a building is underway that served as the workplace of manga artist Akira Toriyama, creator of the globally ...

How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for Nov. 5 to test your news knowledge. Ready ...

A Bank of Japan policymaker said at its September monetary policy meeting that the central bank had entered a new phase in ...

What did the local weather observatory announce about the northern Japan city of Sapporo on Oct. 28?

An advisory body of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has recommended adding Japanese ...

U.S. stocks soared Wednesday after President Donald Trump's party lost its sole control of Washington in the midterm ...