Narita International Airport has become the first airport in Japan to introduce a basic policy against customer harassment, ...

Yuichiro Tamaki, head of the small but influential opposition Democratic Party for the People, on Monday admitted to an ...

Shigeru Ishiba was formally reelected as Japan's prime minister on Monday after a rare runoff vote in parliament that his ruling coal ...

Several Japanese residents invested in a U.S. venture touting to cool the Earth by spreading aerosols in the sky and ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between Nov. 2 and ...

Many of us can seemingly detect two distinct odors that occur along with precipitation: one when rain begins to patter and ...

A rapid train came to an unexpected halt while crossing a bridge here on Nov. 10, stranding 150 passengers for some six hours ...

NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- A 5-year-old Vietnamese boy has died after a car collided with a crane truck on Sunday in Nagoya, central ...

November 7 was Ritto, one of the 24 solar calendar terms. On the traditional calendar, it is said to be the first day of ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended flat Monday amid a cautious mood as Japan's lower house was set to hold a runoff vote to ...

Japan posted a record 15.82 trillion yen ($103 billion) current account surplus in the first half of fiscal 2024, boosted by ...

Israeli strikes killed dozens of people including children on Sunday in Lebanon and isolated northern Gaza, as the w ...