A man serving a life sentence for killing a girl in 2004 was handed a fresh arrest warrant Nov. 27 on suspicion of fatally ...

The government of this east Japan city has started digitally distributing its semimonthly PR newsletter in 10 languages using ...

A building believed to be a "hoanden," a small shrinelike structure used to house portraits of emperors and the nationalistic ...

Yan Matheus scored late in the first half and Anderson Lopes netted a penalty in injury time as Yokohama F Marinos continued ...

Former Olympus Corp. CEO Stefan Kaufmann was indicted for allegedly receiving illegal drugs, though he will not be detained, ...

Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections, which affect the respiratory tract, have hit a weekly record high in Japan, the National ...

The final of the Japan Football Championship, known as the Emperor's Cup, was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on ...

The heart of parliamentary democracy lies in open debate, respect for diverse opinions, and a genuine effort to build ...

TOKYO -- The ringleaders in a series of recent burglaries mainly in the greater Japanese capital area used phone numbers with ...

Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito on Wednesday denied growing accusations that he violated the election law by involving a public ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the significant changes to Japan Railways (JR) group's special discount ...

The most severe November snowstorm to hit South Korea's capital in more than a half century blanketed the capital on Wednes ...