With summer in full swing, playing in the sea, rivers and pools makes you want to drink cold beverages, but the Japan ...

Against a backdrop of heightened tensions between Iran and the United States with Israel over the former's nuclear facilities ...

In the immediate aftermath of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japanese medical teams put aside their own safety to ...

A single 25-year-old needs a minimum of just under 300,000 yen (about $2,030) to live a modest but ordinary life in the ...

Japan and the United States have been discussing a scenario, in which the U.S. military would use nuclear weapons in the ...

By Michael Schiffer The following is a contribution to the Mainichi Shimbun from Michael Schiffer, who served as assistant ...

Eleven people were stabbed at a Walmart in Traverse City on Saturday -- with six in critical condition -- in what a Michi ...

Three drones intruded Saturday on the premises of the Genkai nuclear power complex in southwestern Japan, prompting authorities to ch ...

Ichiro Suzuki was always known for his meticulous preparation during his 19-year Major League Baseball career.

TOKYO -- More than 200 observation spots across Japan recorded an "extremely hot day," denoting days when the mercury hits 35 ...

A man sustained minor injuries after another man sprayed a foreign substance in his face at JR Osaka Station during the ...