Yet in her first Cabinet lineup after taking office, she appointed only two women as ministers: Satsuki Katayama and Kimi ...

More than 7,000 public school teachers in Japan took leave due to mental illness in both fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2024, ...

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has applied to trademark her voice with the European Union's Intellectual Property Office, ...

An emperor penguin chick born at Adventure World in this western Japan resort town marked its first birthday with a special ...

Tokyo stocks opened higher Tuesday, supported by buying that tracked overnight advances on Wall Street, but the upside was ...

The Finance Ministry on Tuesday raised the coupon rate for a new 10-year Japanese government bond issue to 3.1 percent, the ...

How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for Oct. 6 to test your news knowledge. Ready ...

Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, has pulled off a strong showing in Brazil's first round of pre ...

A total of 68 information leak cases involving domestic violence (DV) victims and other protected individuals occurred ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged Tuesday to find a breakthrough to resolve the issue of Japanese nationals abducted in ...

Turkish-Japanese Science and Technology University, a joint project agreed on by the two countries in 2013, opened Monday in Ankara, ...

Rice stink bugs, a native species in Japan that feeds on rice, are rapidly increasing nationwide and causing widespread ...