While the average monthly salary at Japanese firms rose by more than 10,000 yen (about $64) in 2024 from the previous year ...

Amid the high number of patients with mycoplasma pneumonia, characterized by persistent coughs, since around this autumn, the ...

For Japan to survive the age of its graying society and dwindling birth rate, it is essential to take steps to boost the ...

A 78-year-old death inmate convicted of murdering her husband and two common-law partners with poison in western Japan more ...

TOKYO -- Police forces across Japan have been instructed to strengthen their crackdowns on malicious "host clubs," where male ...

A pro-Pyongyang school for Korean students in this western Japan city has succeeded in raising funds for a new water pump ...

Two third-year junior high school students here improperly accessed a teacher-only file from tablets distributed by the ...

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a Cabinet meeting at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2024. (Mainichi) TOKYO ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck northeastern Japan early Saturday morning with strong shaking felt in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, the weather agency ...

Four countries, including Iran and South Africa, have decided to withdraw from the World Expo scheduled for next year in ...

Real Sociedad attacker Takefusa Kubo was named the 2024 player of the year by the Japan Pro-Footballers Association on Friday ...

Japan's Defense Ministry said Friday that its major contractor Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. began fictitious transactions ...