The Mainichi Shimbun answers common reader questions about Japan's system for verifying whether people seeking or working in ...

It has emerged that graduates of special needs schools were excluded from the population of 18-year-olds used to calculate ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met with entertainment industry creators to gather input for government plans aimed at overseas ...

Reservation systems for major Japanese carriers Japan Airlines Co. and All Nippon Airways Co. resumed on the morning of Dec.

Prosecutors on Tuesday sought a 10-year prison sentence for a Japanese film director accused of sexually assaulting two ...

With a significant increase in black bear sightings in Japan, collisions between the animal and vehicles or trains have ...

The Kanagawa Prefectural Government on Dec. 22 initiated a program allowing people who have been in contact with measles ...

The yen briefly strengthened to the upper 155 level against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday on growing concern over a possible ...

Kansei Matsuzawa became an instant star this year, with game-tying and game-winning field goals in a 23-20 victory win over ...

President Donald Trump on Monday delivered a new warning to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as the U.S. Coast Guard ...

Nippon Steel Corp. said Tuesday its wholly owned subsidiary, United States Steel Corp., will invest $350 million to revamp ...