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

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

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

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 ...

A Japanese research team has announced the discovery of a substance in Holy Basil that inhibits the proliferation of the ...

Safe deposit boxes, expected to be secure, have become the center of a shocking scandal in Japan: a bank employee had been ...

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

Japan striker Koki Ogawa scored his sixth goal of the season in the Dutch Eredivisie on Sunday as NEC Nijmegen lost 4-1 away ...

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

Major defense equipment maker Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. engaged in fictitious transactions with business partners for ...

MATSUDO, Japan (Kyodo) -- Ozeki Kotozakura said he will try to remain his "usual self" while bidding for yokozuna promotion ...