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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

For the second year in a row, Earth will almost certainly be the hottest it's ever been. And for the first time, the globe ...

Yokozuna Terunofuji has withdrawn from the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament opening Sunday, marking his absence from two straight ...

Forest loss in Brazil's Amazon dropped by 30.6% compared to the previous year, officials said Wednesday, the lowest level o ...

A total of 34 passengers on two flights carrying a group of high school students from Guam to Japan fell ill with symptoms of ...

Donald Trump's comeback as U.S. president is likely to lift Tokyo stocks into early next year, with his proposed tax cuts and ...