Pakistan's prime minister said Friday the United States and Iran have agreed to wording of an agreement aimed at ending their ...

The city of Matsumoto in central Japan may introduce a fee for tourists and climbers visiting Kamikochi, a highland resort ...

Bullying can keep hurting people even after they leave school, a survey in Japan said. The survey was done by a group led by ...

Staff at a local welfare office in this northeastern Japan city in May gave bread past its use-by date to a man receiving ...

KOBE -- The Japanese animated film "Grave of the Fireflies" depicts the Kobe air raid of 1945. In that attack, a 9-year-old ...

At the U.S.-China summit on May 14 and 15, China agreed to buy 200 aircraft from American aerospace giant Boeing Co. The ...

The Japanese government said Friday that specimens of a quality citrus hybrid recently developed by Ehime Prefecture in ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the reduction of passport fees in Japan for ...

How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for June 13 to test your news knowledge.

What did at least 73 local assemblies demand from Japan's central government regarding the country's three non-nuclear ...

The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) has recommended the archaeological places of Asuka-Fujiwara -- ...

A mosque has been constructed without an application or permission in an urbanization control area in this eastern Japan city ...