The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the Japanese health ministry's plan to let medical ...

Sexual deepfake images and videos created by misusing generative artificial intelligence and targeting children and women are ...

The Japan Sumo Association will hold an extraordinary board meeting early next week to discuss the future of former yokozuna ...

President Donald Trump has audaciously claimed virtually unlimited power to bypass Congress and impose sweeping taxes on ...

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Japan's industrial output in April fell 0.9 percent from the previous month for the first decline in three months, dragged ...

A group of Zainichi Korean women met in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, on May 21. These women came from Utoro in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture ...

The top executive of the financial unit of Sony Group Corp. said Thursday that it aims to launch overseas operations after it ...

Japan's government said Friday that China has agreed to begin procedures to resume imports of Japanese seafood, lifting a ban ...

Japan's unemployment rate in April remained unchanged from the previous month at 2.5 percent as many sectors continue to face ...

About 500 Japanese and Chinese college students took part in an exchange event Thursday at Renmin University of China in ...

Japan and Kuwait agreed Thursday to cooperate on energy, especially stable oil supplies, and work toward regional peace in ...