A 17-year-old passenger in a car being driven by a 16-year-old student without a license died after suffering severe injuries ...

Starting in the 2025 school year, summer break will be extended by four days at all 38 public elementary and junior high ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between Nov. 9 and ...

A drunk passenger was shut inside the last train of the day on a Nagoya subway line and remained there for about five hours ...

Major insurance companies in Japan are urgently thinking of ways to prevent hail damage. Against a backdrop of abnormal ...

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a ...

President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to strike deeper inside Russia, easing ...

The Shigarakicho district of Koka, Shiga Prefecture, is famous for its production of Shigaraki pottery. Snake ornaments are ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba missed a group photo session at the APEC summit in Peru's capital of Lima, with the ...

Former Hyogo Gov. Motohiko Saito secured reelection in Sunday's gubernatorial election in western Japan, held after he lost ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un renewed his call for a "limitless" expansion of his military ...

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani is arranging a visit to South Korea in late December for talks with his counterpart ...