To prevent injuries, breaks are mandatory. Live singing and piano performances held during a short break allowed participants ...

A former residence of the founder of Pioneer Corp. car electronics company in a quiet area of the capital is now serving as a ...

Many train stations in Japan are named after geographical locations. While some stations incorporate parts of personal names, ...

A doctor from Mali and a Swiss-based nonprofit organization received a Japanese government medical prize named after Hideyo ...

In July, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike met with Guterres at the U.N. headquarters in New York and proposed the Japanese capital ...

Okinawa Shogaku clinched its maiden national high school baseball championship Saturday with a 3-1 victory over Tokyo's ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan and South Korea on Saturday agreed to steadily and significantly build bilateral ties based on the ...

The Japan women's volleyball team cruised to a 3-0 win against Cameroon in their opening Pool H match at the world ...

Enjoy the Mainichi Shimbun's "spot the difference" puzzle. The rules are simple: find the seven differences between the two ...

A man was arrested Saturday for allegedly unleashing a substance believed to be pepper spray in Tokyo's bustling Shibuya district, injuring 18 people, ...

Substitute Leo Ceara struck the winner with three minutes left in regular time Saturday as Kashima Antlers overcame Albirex ...

Japan and South Korea on Saturday agreed to expand their reciprocal working holiday program to allow citizens to take part ...