Ahead of the July 20 House of Councillors election, policies toward foreigners in Japan have emerged as a central issue, with ...

A Taiwanese rocket crashed shortly after lifting off from a private spaceport in northern Japan, failing in what would ha ...

The number of visitors to the World Exposition in Osaka has topped 10 million, reaching the milestone at the halfway point of ...

For years, Iga Swiatek never quite felt comfortable on Wimbledon's grass courts, never thought she could add a trophy there ...

Russia pounded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and missiles overnight and Saturday as part of a stepped-up bombing campaign ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday hailed start of a disarmament process by militant Kurdish separatists as ...

At least 31 Palestinians were fatally shot on their way to an aid distribution site in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, w ...

The Japan International Cooperation Agency will issue bonds worth around 23 billion yen ($160 million) next month to raise ...

Shohei Ohtani pitched three shutout innings on Saturday in his longest outing for the Los Angeles Dodgers, helping the team s ...

While prolonged use of smartphones and other digital devices has long been linked to nearsightedness, a rare eye ailment is ...

A puppetry troupe led by a former U.S. university professor who relocated to west Japan's Tokushima Prefecture, the home of ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the remains of overseas indigenous people kept by ...