Amid calls that Self-Defense Force members be honored at Tokyo's Yasukuni Jinja shrine if they die in war, some have ...

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Cerezo Osaka on Monday announced 20-year-old forward Sota Kitano's move to Austrian club Salzburg. His ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday that Japan should aim to boost its economy to 1,000 trillion yen ($7 trillion) in ...

TOKYO (AP) -- Hakuho, a retired "yokozuna" or grand champion and viewed by many as the sport's greatest wrestler, quit the ...

National team guard Keisei Tominaga said Monday he chose to join Levanga Hokkaido of Japan's B-League because it offered a ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between May 31 and ...

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

Neglecting climate change initiatives to appease the U.S. administration of Donald Trump will create a breeding ground for ...

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

Former yokozuna Hakuho plans to remain involved with sumo despite severing ties with the sport's ruling body, the winner of a ...