Masahiro Nakai, a popular TV host who was a member of the former pop group SMAP and is embroiled in a sexual misconduct ...

Facial recognition ticket gates will be introduced Friday for some Keisei Electric Railway Co. express trains linking ...

The average price of new condominiums released last year in central Tokyo topped 100 million yen ($639,000) for the second ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to once again withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about social media operator Meta's plan to eliminate its ...

"Ruraru-san no Hondana," written and illustrated by Hiroshi Ito (Published by Poplar Publishing Co. Ltd., 2005) ...

Shiki himself played baseball and was inducted into the Japanese hall of fame in a special berth. This poet of the Meiji era ...

A bar where local geisha entertain customers opened in this hot spring resort town Jan. 23, offering a chance for international an ...

NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- A theme park in central Japan devoted to the world portrayed in Studio Ghibli's animation movies such as ...

Ozeki Hoshoryu handed overnight leader Kinbozan his second defeat of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Thursday, but the ...

No stranger to the devastation caused by natural disasters, Los Angeles Dodgers marquee signing Roki Sasaki voiced his ...

The Pentagon said Wednesday it has begun deploying 1,500 active duty troops to help secure the southern border, putting in ...