Official campaigning began Thursday in Japan for the July 20 House of Councillors election, a crucial battle for Prime ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday defended his party's plan to distribute cash handouts as a quick way to help ...

A woman from Myanmar who had worked for a ramen restaurant in Japan has sued its Tokyo-based operating company demanding some ...

How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for July 3 to test your news knowledge. Ready ...

Correct Answer: B) Two soldiers hiding atop a banyan tree for two years, unaware World War II had ended.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.4 struck a small island in southwestern Japan on Thursday, the latest temblor ...

The following is a chronology of major events leading up to the official start of campaigning for Japan's House of ...

Lawmakers in the upper house of the country's bicameral legislature serve six-year terms. Elections are held every three ...

A Japanese court on Wednesday sentenced a 45-year-old man to 30 years in prison for stabbing three employees, one of them to ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito said Wednesday that he will honor thousands of Japanese prisoners of World War II who were held ...

Japan's tax revenue for fiscal 2024 reached a record 75.23 trillion yen ($524 billion), hitting a new high for the fifth ...