Popular actors and sumo wrestlers marked the annual Setsubun ritual at a temple in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Feb. 3 ...

Overdosing has long been a social problem, and the Kabukicho district in particular continues to witness serious cases. In ...

Former Hiroshima mayor Tadatoshi Akiba will be among the internationally renowned personalities carrying the Olympic flag at ...

The Nikkei stock index closed at a record high on Tuesday, surging by over 2,000 points, with investors backing the proposed ...

Every Homeland Security officer on the ground in Minneapolis, including those from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will ...

The man who fatally shot former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022 will appeal his life sentence given last month by a ...

The Mainichi Shimbun recently conducted a survey of all 1,285 candidates in the Feb. 8 House of Representatives election, ...

Japan's top court has upheld a ruling that sentenced a U.S. Air Force serviceman in Okinawa to five years in prison for ...

Work-style reform is not only a labor policy issue but also a vital part of Japan's growth strategy in an era of population ...

An exhibition by Kamakura-based artist Masae Ito is underway in this eastern Japan city, featuring about 80 original ...

Japan Airlines Co. said Tuesday its sales for the nine months through December rose 9.2 percent from the previous year to ...

Japanese exports of agriculture, forestry and fishery products and foods rose to over 1.7 trillion yen ($10.9 billion) in ...