The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about why some people in Japan have called for ...

A postelection survey conducted by Kyodo News showed Friday that 56.4 percent of House of Councillors members do not favor a ...

The internal affairs ministry plans to survey municipalities about uncollected resident tax from foreigners who leave Japan ...

Four women have been arrested for allegedly soliciting customers for prostitution in the Kabukicho entertainment district in ...

The International Crime Division of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) on July 24 referred a 39-year-old woman to ...

The PR posters for this year's Nagaoka Fireworks Festival in Niigata Prefecture are sparking conversation for not featuring ...

The scenes of otters playing in slidelike water channels once disappeared at Ichikawa City Zoo in Chiba Prefecture, but can ...

A 32-year-old man was fatally stabbed Friday, allegedly by his colleague, at a sushi restaurant in Tokyo's busy Ikebukuro ...

Okunoshima has become famous globally as Japan's Instagrammable "Rabbit Island," but little is known about its dark history ...

Coordinators for international relations from around the world are responsible for international exchange activities across ...

Rising Ukrainian star Aonishiki continued to thrill fans at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday as he held onto a ...

Hundreds of people filled the streets outside Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's office on Friday, urging him not to step down ...