Japan is considering allowing foreigners under its revamped trainee program to change jobs after two years at their first ...

Senior Tokyo police and prosecutors visited a cemetery in Yokohama Aug. 25 and apologized at the grave of a former adviser to ...

An estimated 19 tons of juvenile eels are believed to have been distributed via unofficial channels in Japan between 2011 to ...

With the ongoing heatwave in Japan, many are concerned about the rising cost of electricity during the summer months. A ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese character "Npochamu," marketed as a goofy and rotund yoghurt fairy, is aiming to capitalize on its ...

President Donald Trump took to social media before meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday to threaten ...

North Korea has been quickly building a large-scale greenhouse farm in an area across the Yalu River that runs along the bor ...

Japanese version The data on this "Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in Japan" page is based on original coverage by the Mainichi Shimbun and press releases from the Ministry of Health, Labor and ...

A former secretary of Japanese politician Koichi Hagiuda, who served as policy chief of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ...

A 3-year-old girl died Aug. 24 in a fall from the sixth floor of an apartment building here after she apparently climbed over ...

In a nationwide opinion survey conducted Aug. 23 and 24 by the Mainichi Shimbun, 43% of respondents said Prime Minister ...