Diverse popular opinion at times offers a certain direction through the lens of an election. In the latest House of ...

An American-born linguist who acquired Japanese nationality two years ago is concerned about the trend that was recently seen ...

New yokozuna Onosato scored a bounce-back win over komusubi Takayasu at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday, as ...

Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka will be part of Japan's five-woman team for September's Billie Jean King Cup finals in China, ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between July 12 ...

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- The United States looks forward to working closely with Japan in a bilateral alliance that has "never ...

The opposition Democratic Party for the People (DPFP) significantly increased its seats in the July 20 House of Councillors ...

Over half of Japanese public junior and senior high school students met official English proficiency milestones, but further ...

Japan's top tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa will visit Washington from Monday for an eighth round of trade talks, with the ...

The DPFP maintained the momentum it gained by quadrupling its seats in the previous lower house election. Its campaign ...

The opposition party Sanseito made a strong showing in the July 20 House of Councillors election in both constituency and ...

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