Competitive video gaming is opening new opportunities for people with disabilities in Japan, with a growing number of ...

Tokyo-based Uber Japan said it will introduce Nissan Motor Co.'s new Elgrand van to Uber Black, its chauffeur-type ...

Heavy rain flooded roads and fields with muddy water in Fukui Prefecture in central Japan on Aug. 30, leaving farmers ...

This year, Harada is visiting survivors of both U.S. atomic bombings, as their numbers and the full extent of their suffering ...

Calls have arisen from conservative legislators including members of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) for ...

Three people were killed and three others were injured after a passenger car and a truck collided head-on in this central ...

Japan's industry ministry is seeking to conduct a preliminary survey in Hitachiomiya in Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, to ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between August 22 ...

Japan's Defense Ministry on Monday submitted a record budget request of 8.89 trillion yen ($56 billion) for fiscal 2027, as ...

The Japanese government has already lodged a protest over Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Etorofu Island in the ...

Japan's oldest person, Shigeko Kagawa, a 115-year-old resident of Nara Prefecture, western Japan, died late last week, the ...

A large fire broke out Monday afternoon in a shopping district in Ise, central Japan, and is believed to have spread to ...