The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the new Japanese passports featuring significantly ...

Residents and visitors in Japan were advised to remain on alert Thursday after tsunami waves triggered by a magnitude 8.8 ...

A tsunami warning after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula on Wednesday prompted Toyota Motor ...

Liverpool came from behind to beat Yokohama F Marinos 3-1 in an international club friendly on Wednesday, claiming victory in ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. is expected to book a special loss of over 800 billion yen ($5.4 billion) in its ...

The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.25-4.50 percent for a fifth straight ...

A series of six surveys conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to examine the causes of the surge ...

Japanese boxer Kyosuke Takami claimed the WBA light flyweight world championship Wednesday with a 10th-round technical ...

A Japanese court has approved the provisional seizure of the Unification Church headquarters' land in Tokyo as sought by ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning Wednesday for the country's Pacific coast after a magnitude 8.8 ...

Japan on Wednesday logged a record high temperature of 41.2 C in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, the weather agency said.

The Philippines' new foreign minister has said she sees no problem if Japan were to amend its pacifist Constitution to ...