To tip or not to tip -- that is the question on some people's minds as Japan welcomes a surge of tourists against the ...

Toyoake Mayor Masafumi Koki does not see smartphones as the enemy. He uses one himself to track baseball games and check map ...

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

In the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership election, all five candidates are calling for tougher policies toward ...

A Bank of Japan board member, known for his dovish stance on monetary policy, said Monday the need to adjust the central bank ...

A couple accused of abusing and causing the death of their malnourished 2-year-old daughter in west Japan's Wakayama ...

The number of general visitors to the ongoing World Exposition in Osaka reached 22.21 million as of Sunday, the organizer ...

A fire broke out Monday at a demolition site near Tokyo's Haneda airport, though the incident did not affect air traffic and ...

A van carrying kindergartners on Monday crashed into a residential property in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo, killing the ...

Having faced prejudice, a 76-year-old woman born to an Okinawan mother and a U.S. serviceman who left Japan before she was ...

Corporate events such as sports days and company trips, symbolic of the Showa era (1926-1989), are said to be making a ...

Sony Financial Group Inc., Sony Group Corp.'s wholly owned financial unit, listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's top-tier ...