The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition on Aug. 11 announced that a total of 18,095,703 tickets to the Osaka Expo ...

Sekiwake Wakatakakage is relishing the chance to clinch his promotion to the second-highest rank of ozeki at the Autumn Grand ...

A British aircraft carrier strike group made a port call in eastern Japan on Tuesday, marking the first such visit in about ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko will visit Nagasaki next month, the last in a ...

Investigators are working to determine the cause of an explosion rocked a steel plant outside Pittsburgh, leaving two dead ...

A floating lantern ceremony was held to mourn the 520 people killed in a 1985 Japan Airlines (JAL) jumbo jet crash in this ...

If Japan had not marched toward war, ordinary people would not have suffered immense hardship. Yet, adequate compensation has ...

A 63-meter plunge waterfall, the tallest of its kind in Yamagata Prefecture, is being illuminated each night, captivating ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about Nissan Motor Co.'s planned closure of a major car ...

The steady passing of aging relatives of the victims of the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash has been sad to watch for ...

Torrential rain continued to trigger floods and landslides in southwestern Japan, disrupting transportation during the summer ...

A fluffy robot pet equipped with artificial intelligence has proven to be a hit in Japan, as it develops its own personality ...