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

Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who fled Japan while awaiting trial on charges of financial misconduct, said ...

An organization in Sri Lanka posing as an IT company is recruiting locals who speak Japanese to target Japanese nationals ...

More than 2,500 people gathered here on Dec. 22 to protest against a spate of sexual assaults by U.S. servicemen stationed in ...

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

Toyota Verblitz were unable to make a winning start to their Japan Rugby League One campaign on Sunday, but head coach Steve ...

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

Two-time Olympic softball champion Japan plans to develop pitchers and catchers for an expected battle against the United ...

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

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

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 ...