The existence of institutions and social systems in Japan unfair to women in a wide range of fields has been pointed out. The ...

Kai the whale shark is seen at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in Osaka's Minato Ward on Nov. 1, 2023. (Mainichi/Koji Minemoto) ...

Sony Group Corp. said Friday its net profit for the six months to September grew 36.5 percent from a year earlier to 570.13 ...

A sample ballot for the 2024 review of Supreme Court justices is seen. (Mainichi) AMAGASAKI, Hyogo -- The Hyogo Prefecture ...

Central Japan Railway Co. said Thursday it has temporarily halted construction work on a new high-speed maglev train line ...

A snow crab fetched a top price of 1.5 million yen (about $9,800) in the season's first auction at a port here on Nov. 7, the ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the smaller opposition Democratic Party for the People on Friday began ...

TOKYO -- Children who are often asked how they are feeling or what their opinions are by adults tend to have a higher quality ...

As it became clear Donald Trump was returning to the White House, the Florida man who posed for photos with then-House ...

A 44-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly selling illegal drugs to former Olympus Corp. CEO Stefan Kaufmann, police ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tohoku University on Friday became the first institution formally designated to receive substantial research ...

Yokozuna Terunofuji has withdrawn from the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament opening Sunday, marking his absence from two straight ...