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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

A 44-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly selling illegal drugs to former Olympus Corp. CEO Stefan Kaufmann, police ...

As it became clear Donald Trump was returning to the White House, the Florida man who posed for photos with then-House ...

Tohoku University on Friday became the first institution formally designated to receive substantial research grants from a 10 ...

A total of 34 passengers on two flights carrying a group of high school students from Guam to Japan fell ill with symptoms of ...