If Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resigns soon, the move could herald political turmoil in Japan, as no decisive winner ...

By Michael Schiffer The following is a contribution to the Mainichi Shimbun from Michael Schiffer, who served as assistant ...

July 26 marks 80 years since the 1945 Potsdam Declaration, in which the United States, Britain and China called on Japan to ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about why some people in Japan have called for ...

"May I put in my two cents?" A social media post that opens like this, responding to a controversial suggestion Japan should ...

The internal affairs ministry plans to survey municipalities about uncollected resident tax from foreigners who leave Japan ...

TOKYO -- More than 200 observation spots across Japan recorded an "extremely hot day," denoting days when the mercury hits 35 ...

A postelection survey conducted by Kyodo News showed Friday that 56.4 percent of House of Councillors members do not favor a ...

Four women have been arrested for allegedly soliciting customers for prostitution in the Kabukicho entertainment district in ...

The International Crime Division of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) on July 24 referred a 39-year-old woman to ...

HAMAMATSU, Shizuoka -- A 41-year-old man accused of murdering the manager of a so-called "girls' bar" in this central Japan ...

Okunoshima has become famous globally as Japan's Instagrammable "Rabbit Island," but little is known about its dark history ...