The Mainichi Shimbun answers common questions readers may have about Japan's full-scale transition to the "My Number" health ...

A 23-year-old man was convicted of dangerous driving and sentenced to eight years in prison on Nov. 28 for causing a 2021 ...

The Japan Sumo Association's first overseas exhibitions in 20 years will take place next October in London, the organizing ...

Japan's Yukino Yoshida won her second speed skating World Cup 500-meters race of the young season Friday in a personal best ...

The Japanese government on Friday approved a 13.9 trillion yen ($92.6 billion) supplementary budget for the fiscal year ...

The yen soared to a one-month high in the upper 149 level against the U.S. dollar Friday as higher-than-expected inflation ...

Chemicals potentially harmful to human health, collectively known as PFAS, were detected in about 20 percent of tap water in ...

A central Japan town plans to put up new fences along a road in front of a Lawson convenience store offering scenic views of ...

The Kanagawa Prefectural Government is poised to stop providing female police officers with uniform skirts, as they are ...

KUMAMOTO -- A total of 38 "confidential births," in which women with unplanned pregnancies give birth after only revealing ...

Major discount supermarket chain OK, based in the greater Tokyo area, opened its first store in west Japan's Kansai region on ...

Prefectural police here verbally instructed dozens of officers by Nov. 28 after several under Japan's drinking age of 20 who ...