Amid calls that Self-Defense Force members be honored at Tokyo's Yasukuni Jinja shrine if they die in war, some have ...

Under the revised Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act that came into effect in June 2024, foreign nationals can ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday that Japan should aim to boost its economy to 1,000 trillion yen ($7 trillion) in ...

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Cerezo Osaka on Monday announced 20-year-old forward Sota Kitano's move to Austrian club Salzburg. His ...

TOKYO (AP) -- Hakuho, a retired "yokozuna" or grand champion and viewed by many as the sport's greatest wrestler, quit the ...

National team guard Keisei Tominaga said Monday he chose to join Levanga Hokkaido of Japan's B-League because it offered a ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency announced June 9 that the Tokai region in central Japan's Pacific Ocean side, as well as the ...

The Japanese government said Monday that it will continue to closely monitor China's growing maritime activity and step up ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between May 31 and ...

The Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) on June 8 conducted one of Japan's largest live-fire training exercises in Shizuoka ...

An explosion occurred Monday near the U.S. military's Kadena Air Base in the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa, ...

The city of Choshi in Chiba Prefecture is famous for its production of melons. Various varieties, such as the region's ...