An estimated 19 tons of juvenile eels are believed to have been distributed via unofficial channels in Japan between 2011 to ...

A long-standing column by Japanese journalist Masayuki Takayama in the weekly magazine Shukan Shincho is set to end with its ...

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

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

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Monday that an announcement regarding a recent trade deal with Japan will be made ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese character "Npochamu," marketed as a goofy and rotund yoghurt fairy, is aiming to capitalize on its ...

President Donald Trump took to social media before meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday to threaten ...

North Korea has been quickly building a large-scale greenhouse farm in an area across the Yalu River that runs along the bor ...

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 ...

In a nationwide opinion survey conducted Aug. 23 and 24 by the Mainichi Shimbun, 43% of respondents said Prime Minister ...

Japanese version The data on this "Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in Japan" page is based on original coverage by the Mainichi Shimbun and press releases from the Ministry of Health, Labor and ...