The approval ratings of the Cabinet of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi declined to 57% in a nationwide Mainichi Shimbun opinion ...

Japan boasts some 56,000 convenience stores nationwide, and the three biggest chains -- Seven-Eleven Japan, Lawson and ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between January 17 ...

Japan has seen a series of police scandals that are hard to believe. Police must work to prevent recurrences and regain the ...

Defending champion Japan's 2026 World Baseball Classic roster came close to completion Monday with the addition of 10 players ...

The average price of new condominiums in central Tokyo climbed to a record 136.13 million yen ($885,000) last year as building materi ...

Heavy snowfall brought the transportation network around Hokkaido's New Chitose Airport to a near standstill on Jan. 25, ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's stepson Ken Yamamoto has decided to withdraw from the upcoming House of ...

The Nikkei stock index plunged more than 2 percent on Monday afternoon, as export-oriented issues were sold following the yen ...

TOKYO -- Roughly half of the parents whose children have taken junior high school entrance exams in Japan said they "regret" ...

SAITAMA -- Nagasaki Bio Park's "Prune" has won the national "capybara long bath showdown" with a dip lasting 1 hour, 45 ...

The wife of Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine described on Saturday how armed men forced their way into her home and ...