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

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

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

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

Georgia is suspending talks on its bid to join the European Union for four years, its prime minister said Thursday, in view o ...

Japanese police on Nov. 27 raided four locations in Chiba, Saitama and Osaka prefectures that were used as storage points for ...

A member of China's powerful Central Military Commission has been suspended and put under investigation, the country's ...

Israel on Thursday carried out its first airstrike on Lebanon since a truce with Hezbollah announced this week, saying it ...

The U.S. dollar briefly fell below 150 yen against the yen in Tokyo for the first time in about a month on growing ...

Tokyo stocks opened slightly lower Friday as a stronger yen against the U.S. dollar weighed on exporter issues.

Eleven years after the tragedy, Hiromi's 56-year-old father Satoru Terawa shared his anguish at a victim support meeting held at Yokkaichi Kita Police Station in the city of Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture.

A social media ban for children under 16 passed the Australian Senate Thursday and will soon become a world-first law.