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

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.

Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito has come under suspicion that his campaign violated the Public Offices Election Act over a local PR ...

A central Japan town plans to put up new fences along a road in front of a Lawson convenience store offering scenic views of ...

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

Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov arrived in North Korea on Friday for talks with North Korean military and politica ...

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