A batch of eight matsutake mushrooms grown in this west Japan city fetched 850,000 yen (approx. $5,574) during the first ...

Japan's toy market is getting bigger, even though fewer children are being born. Old toys and characters from the Heisei era ...

Japan's weather agency issued a special heavy rain warning for the Izu island chain south of Tokyo on Thursday, cautioning ...

Japan's Imperial Household Agency on Thursday released the official biography of the wife of Emperor Hirohito, posthumously ...

Rice grown in dry fields in the first year of trial cultivation has been harvested here recently to the joy of the people ...

The new executive lineup of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has been announced. Although party President Sanae Takaichi ...

Japanese scientist Susumu Kitagawa and two others won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for developing porous ...

A university in this southwest Japan city has launched an initiative to provide students with breakfast for just 100 yen ...

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

SoftBank Group Corp. said Wednesday it will acquire the robotics business of Swiss industrial automation company ABB Ltd. for ...

Israel and Hamas have agreed to pause fighting in Gaza and release at least some hostages and prisoners in an agreement that ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party, led by new leader Sanae Takaichi, and the government are considering convening an ...