Ahead of the July 20 House of Councillors election, policies toward foreigners in Japan have emerged as a central issue, with ...

Around one in seven coaches of track and field athletes believe their team members, including school students, have been ...

For years, Iga Swiatek never quite felt comfortable on Wimbledon's grass courts, never thought she could add a trophy there ...

At least 31 Palestinians were fatally shot on their way to an aid distribution site in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, w ...

Shohei Ohtani pitched three shutout innings on Saturday in his longest outing for the Los Angeles Dodgers, helping the team s ...

One of the international hit series of last year was the reboot of "Shogun", which garnered widespread praise as well as a ...

Russia's foreign minister on Saturday warned the U.S., South Korea and Japan against forming a security partnership targeti ...

A puppetry troupe led by a former U.S. university professor who relocated to west Japan's Tokushima Prefecture, the home of ...

The Japan International Cooperation Agency will issue bonds worth around 23 billion yen ($160 million) next month to raise ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the remains of overseas indigenous people kept by ...

While prolonged use of smartphones and other digital devices has long been linked to nearsightedness, a rare eye ailment is ...

With unrelenting rises in the prices of rice and other foods squeezing household budgets in Japan, the cost of lunch -- fuel ...