Hawaiian-born former ozeki Konishiki, the first wrestler from abroad to reach sumo's second-highest rank, revealed Monday ...

Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who fled Japan while awaiting trial on charges of financial misconduct, said ...

An organization in Sri Lanka posing as an IT company is recruiting locals who speak Japanese to target Japanese nationals ...

More than 2,500 people gathered here on Dec. 22 to protest against a spate of sexual assaults by U.S. servicemen stationed in ...

Two-time Olympic softball champion Japan plans to develop pitchers and catchers for an expected battle against the United ...

The Saitama District Court on Dec. 20 rejected a lawsuit by a 64-year-old life science researcher over what he claims was an ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between Dec. 14 ...

Toyota Verblitz were unable to make a winning start to their Japan Rugby League One campaign on Sunday, but head coach Steve ...

A Japanese court sentenced on Monday a former local assembly member to 19 years in prison for suffocating his wife to death ...

Japan's former Emperor Akihito turned 91 on Monday, spending most of his daily life peacefully while caring for his wife, ...

A clear gap between major izakaya chains and small businesses is emerging as Japanese-style pubs are seeing more bankruptcies ...

A company in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, has not paid wages to around 150 Vietnamese technical trainees for at least one month, ...