An explosion occurred Monday near the U.S. military's Kadena Air Base in the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa, ...

The Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) on June 8 conducted one of Japan's largest live-fire training exercises in Shizuoka ...

The city of Choshi in Chiba Prefecture is famous for its production of melons. Various varieties, such as the region's ...

Ayaka Furue led the Japanese contingent with a fourth-place finish Sunday as Jennifer Kupcho of the United States cla ...

How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for June 9 to test your news knowledge. Ready ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency announced June 9 that the Tokai region in central Japan's Pacific Ocean side, as well as the ...

Japan's top tariff negotiator is arranging a visit to the United States later this week for a sixth round of ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and new South Korean President Lee Jae Myung agreed Monday to build stable bilateral ...

TOKYO -- A new study found that almost 90% of workers in Japan still feel worried about work even after they go home. The ...

Japan posted a current account surplus of 2.26 trillion yen ($15.6 billion) in April, up 3.2 percent from a year earlier, ...

Japan's economy shrank an annualized real 0.2 percent in January to March, revised up from the preliminary report but still ...

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