The Mainichi Shimbun answers common questions readers may have about Japan's full-scale transition to the "My Number" health ...

A 23-year-old man was convicted of dangerous driving and sentenced to eight years in prison on Nov. 28 for causing a 2021 ...

Japan's Yukino Yoshida won her second speed skating World Cup 500-meters race of the young season Friday in a personal best ...

The Japan Sumo Association's first overseas exhibitions in 20 years will take place next October in London, the organizing ...

Chemicals potentially harmful to human health, collectively known as PFAS, were detected in about 20 percent of tap water in ...

The Kanagawa Prefectural Government is poised to stop providing female police officers with uniform skirts, as they are ...

KUMAMOTO -- A total of 38 "confidential births," in which women with unplanned pregnancies give birth after only revealing ...

Major discount supermarket chain OK, based in the greater Tokyo area, opened its first store in west Japan's Kansai region on ...

Prefectural police here verbally instructed dozens of officers by Nov. 28 after several under Japan's drinking age of 20 who ...

A large helium balloon for display accidentally flew away from an event venue in this western Japan city on Nov. 27.

As the purchase of goods and services via internet platforms takes root in our daily lives, the harsh realities of delivery ...

Japanese researchers have identified sodium carbonates, or salt crystals, in samples from the Ryugu asteroid brought back to ...