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

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

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

Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen 's capital on Sunday, days after the Houthi rebels fired a missile toward Israel that its ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

A facility in the city of Hashimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, held an event where participants could paint pictures freely on the ...

Opponents and supporters of migrants faced off in angry confrontations at demonstrations held around Britain over the holiday ...

Strong winds and heavy rain whipped southern China's Hainan island and nearby parts of Guangdong province on Sunday, as ...