Shoshi Maekawa, 60, has been acquitted in a retrial over the 1986 murder of a junior high school girl in the city of Fukui.

This year's Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival recently came to a close after 15 days of festivities, during which men dressed in traditional ...

A nonprofit Korean organization here has sent a letter of protest to minor opposition party Sanseito after its leader Sohei ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the Japanese government's minimum wage council ...

The leaders of Japan and the European Union are slated to hold a summit in Tokyo on Wednesday to further strengthen their ...

New yokozuna Onosato brushed aside rank-and-file opponent Kinbozan to tie for first place at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament ...

Sunflowers planted by locals in this central Japan city have come into full bloom, animating fields with their tall stalks and vib ...

An outdoor museum of vending machines in northeastern Japan that opened in March is seeking to showcase the country's ...

When I finally go back home, there are some things I think I will want to take back and unfortunately, others that I cannot.

Soil collected in decontamination work near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex was transported to central Tokyo ...

Finance chiefs from the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies said Friday that the global economy is facing ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces an increasingly uphill battle in Sunday's upper house election, and a loss could ...