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 ...

Polar bear twin cubs born last December at the Yagiyama Zoological Park in this northeast Japan city were introduced to media ...

NAGASAKI, Japan (AP) -- In Japan, bobtail cats are considered good luck and Nagasaki is the place to find them. They are ...

The DeNA BayStars ended their scoreless streak at 36 innings and went on to beat the Central League-leading Hanshin Tige ...

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

Akie Abe, widow of the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on ...

Yoshinobu Tsutsui, a director and former chairman at Nippon Life Insurance Co., was appointed chief of Japan's most powerful ...

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

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Thursday he and U.S. President Donald Trump deepened their understanding of each other's ...

Onosato, 24, has been promoted to yokozuna, the highest rank in sumo. In terms of speed, it was a record-breaking rise to the ...

Japan's chief tariff negotiator said Thursday that purchases of U.S. defense equipment may help reduce the trade deficit, ...