TOKYO -- Terms like "bath-canceling," Japanese cartographer "Ino Tadataka," and "nature" may seem unrelated at first glance.

Japan's Yuma Kagiyama took the early lead after the men's short program at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating's NHK Trophy ...

The cover of the picture book "Watanabe-san." (Mainichi/Risa Koshiba) "Watanabe-san," written and illustrated by Naoko ...

Central Japan Railway Co. said Thursday it has temporarily halted construction work on a new high-speed maglev train line ...

The existence of institutions and social systems in Japan unfair to women in a wide range of fields has been pointed out. The ...

Sony Group Corp. said Friday its net profit for the six months to September grew 36.5 percent from a year earlier to 570.13 ...

U.S. presidents usually pay lip service at least to being leaders of the free world, at the helm of a mighty democracy and ...

The U.S. Navy has apparently begun deploying its variant of the Osprey aircraft in a western Japan city, a source close to ...

Kai the whale shark is seen at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in Osaka's Minato Ward on Nov. 1, 2023. (Mainichi/Koji Minemoto) ...

A sample ballot for the 2024 review of Supreme Court justices is seen. (Mainichi) AMAGASAKI, Hyogo -- The Hyogo Prefecture ...

A snow crab fetched a top price of 1.5 million yen (about $9,800) in the season's first auction at a port here on Nov. 7, the ...

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the smaller opposition Democratic Party for the People on Friday began ...