As the July 20 House of Representatives election approaches, political parties in Japan have been proposing restrictions on ...

A senior ruling party lawmaker on Wednesday faced a chorus of criticism for suggesting an earthquake that struck the Noto P ...

A group of nongovernmental organizations addressing the human rights of foreigners and refugees in Japan has called for ...

The Gyoda Municipal Government in eastern Japan's Saitama Prefecture is launching its first-ever rooftop tours to provide ...

Amid the controversy over falsely claiming to have graduated from Toyo University, the mayor of Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that the "reciprocal tariff" rate on Japan will increase to 25% from Aug. 1, higher ...

The "Otaue-sai" rice planting festival, which prays for a good harvest in autumn, was held on June 25 at a rice field of ...

A total tariff rate of 27.5 percent imposed on April 3 on cars shipped to the U.S. market is threatening to slow overall auto ...

Japanese midfielder Sota Kawasaki has joined Mainz in the German Bundesliga from J-League side Kyoto Sanga on a season-long ...

OSAKA -- Demonstration flights of "flying cars," touted as one of the highlights of the ongoing Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, will ...

How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for July 9 to test your news knowledge. Ready ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- U.S. President Donald Trump's 25 percent "reciprocal" tariff on imports from Japan, if imposed, is projected ...