Japan's parliament convened an extraordinary session Thursday for deliberations on a supplementary budget to help ...

The operators of Nozomi bullet train services connecting Tokyo and Hakata in southwestern Japan are considering reducing the ...

Japanese police on Nov. 27 raided four locations in Chiba, Saitama and Osaka prefectures that were used as storage points for ...

A temporary ceasefire has been reached in the Middle East, where conflict had been intensifying. The critical question now is ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers common questions readers may have about the air raids conducted by the United States across ...

This May 7, 2020 file photo shows the Tokyo Stock Exchange. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks were moderately higher ...

The Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday announced the signing of Japanese left-hander Yusei Kikuchi to a three-year, $63 million ...

Former top Japanese currency diplomat Masato Kanda has been selected as the next president of the Asian Development Bank, the ...

The development of artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the military, aiming to reduce casualties among so ...

Japan's five major banks are considering financing the potential buyout of Seven & i Holdings Co. by its founding family as ...

The service will mark the 50th anniversary of the Sanyo Shinkansen Line between Osaka and Fukuoka prefectures and coincides ...

Kuniko Miyajima, 77, had been expecting a day like any other, with her family gathered around the dinner table, smilin ...