The election for Japan's upper house will be held on July 20, and some early voters have already cast their ballots. While ...

After nearly 40 seconds of intense grappling in a sumo training bout, Yarden Yatkovski, 27, throws down a wrestler ranked in ...

Two people were killed and 12 others injured Monday in an accident involving a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on ...

Police in Lanzhou, the capital of northwestern China's Gansu Province, launched a campaign earlier this year targeting ...

Ahead of the July 20 House of Councillors election, policies toward foreigners in Japan have emerged as a central issue, with ...

A model-petting zoo featuring realistic animal models has been set up at a school for students with limited vision in this ...

Floats paraded through the streets of downtown Fukuoka July 13 during the Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival, to the cheers of ...

European trade ministers are meeting in Brussels on Monday, following U.S. President Donald Trump's surprise announcement of ...

A record-high 75.3 percent of respondents in a Bank of Japan survey released Monday said they felt prices have risen ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between July 5 and ...

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF)'s Blue Impulse aerobatics team showcased its aerial performances above areas around ...

The death penalty, Japan's ultimate punishment, has been carried out in the country for the first time in two years and 11 ...