We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between May 8 and ...

The names of eight bank customers were exposed when a bank employee posted videos filmed inside a western Japan branch office ...

Police investigations into a robbery-murder case in eastern Japan's Tochigi Prefecture resulting in the arrests of four ...

The Japanese government on Monday released draft plans for local industrial clusters to attract investment, with eight of 10 ...

Kirishima bounced back from his first loss to regain the outright lead, but fellow ozeki Kotozakura slumped to the brink of a losing ...

Two men claiming to be U.S. nationals have been arrested following a trespassing incident at the enclosure of Punch, a ...

As "summer days" with temperatures soaring to 25 degrees Celsius or above have already been observed in many areas in Japan, ...

China has agreed to ramp up trade for U.S. agricultural products such as beef and poultry, buying at an annualized rate of ...

A shinkansen bullet train featuring Hello Kitty made its final run on Sunday after eight years of operation. Crowds of fans ...

Retailers in Japan are stepping up summer sales campaigns as consumers prepare for potentially prolonged periods of hot ...

Temperatures soared across vast areas in Japan on Monday, topping 35 C for the first time this year, the third earliest ...

A park themed on the popular anime "Crayon Shin-chan" is being planned for the roughly 1.3-hectare former city hall site in ...