The mayor of this central Japan city revealed Sept. 29 that, at her suggestion, it has set guidelines requiring its mayors to ...

The national census, conducted every five years, is underway in Japan. It provides crucial data for understanding the country ...

The private North Safari Sapporo, established in this northern Japan city's Minami Ward without permission in an urbanization ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Sept. 26 certified Japan's elimination of rubella, the Ministry of Health, Labor and ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between September ...

Repeated sightings of brown bears near a residential area in this northern Japan city's Minami Ward have prompted city ...

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi recently suggested separating World War II Class A war criminals from the war dead ...

In the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership election, all five candidates are calling for tougher policies toward ...

Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will travel to Busan on Tuesday to hold talks with South Korean President Lee ...

How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for Sept. 30 to test your news knowledge.

Japan has lodged a protest with China over maritime research it is suspected of conducting off a southwestern Japanese island ...

Hayama, a town in Kanagawa Prefecture, is the number one place where people want to keep living in the greater Tokyo area.