Japan's labor ministry is aiming to submit draft legislation requiring businesses to have measures in place against ...

With a series of incidents on the rise of people being killed or injured due to reckless driving in Japan, the government is ...

Kenichi Hosoya, left, and his wife Shiho. (Mainichi/Tatsuro Tamaki and Ayumi Iwasaki) TOKYO -- A Tokyo couple arrested on ...

Shugo Maki's sixth-inning grand slam powered Japan to a 9-6 comeback win over Venezuela in the Premier12 baseball ...

Other crimes involving dark gig recruitment included anti-organized crime law violations at 41.2%, or 70 people, fraud cases ...

The weekly average of new coronavirus cases at designated hospitals across Japan rose for the first time in three months in ...

Japan's Mone Chiba topped the women's short program and Shun Sato the men's Friday at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating ...

Kioxia Holdings Corp. said Friday it will list its shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's top-tier Prime Market on Dec. 18 in ...

Kawasaki Frontale salvaged a 1-1 draw at Urawa Reds in the J-League first division on Friday after their match, postponed ro ...

Former professional boxer Iwao Hakamada, recently acquitted over a 1966 quadruple murder after becoming the world's ...

Osaka Prefectural Police have sent papers on a zookeeper in his 40s on suspicion of stealing fresh fruit and vegetables that ...

Ozeki Hoshoryu and Kotozakura will head into the final weekend of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament tied for the lead at 12-1 ...