Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is planning to skip the award ceremony for the winning sumo wrestler at the New Year's ...

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said Monday she and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent shared concerns over the ...

In response to media reports that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering dissolving the House of Representatives for a ...

The former mayor of the eastern Japanese city of Maebashi was reelected on Monday after she resigned over repeated visits to ...

The yen slid to the upper 158 level against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday, its lowest since July 2024, on a report that Japanese ...

Tokyo stocks hit intraday record highs Tuesday morning, with the Nikkei index surging over 3 percent to top 53,000 for the ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between January 3 ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some questions readers may have about why Mie Prefecture is considering halting foreign staff ...

A company here called Link Co. is working to stop people from throwing trash in rice fields. People on social media are angry ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung are expected to agree Tuesday on further ...

Japan's current account surplus in November rose 10.0 percent from a year earlier to 3.67 trillion yen ($23.2 billion), a ...

What major change is planned for Japan's medical service fees in fiscal 2026? A) The government will cut core medical service ...