When U.S. President Donald Trump last came to Canada for a Group of Seven summit, the enduring image was of him seated wit ...

The rule allowing fixed-term academic employees to switch to indefinite employment after 10 years is a serious factor in ...

Around 80 percent of teachers in Japanese language classes offered by local governments are volunteers, a national survey ...

Japan's Urawa Reds will be ready to soak up defensive pressure against Argentine heavyweights River Plate in their first ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between June 7 and ...

The Bank of Japan could consider slowing the pace of its reduction of government bond purchases from next April under the ...

Women's shogi player Ichiyo Shimizu, who holds a seventh-dan ranking in the game, has been appointed as the new president of ...

A veterinarian in Mie Prefecture who treated cats infected with an ixodid tick-borne disease has died from the same illness, ...

Japan's Princess Kako, a niece of Emperor Naruhito, visited Brazil's Iguacu Falls on Sunday, wrapping up her official visit ...

Gold futures hit a record high in Japan on Monday, topping 16,000 yen ($111) per gram, as investors fled to the safe-haven ...

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani will return as a pitcher Monday by starting against the San Diego Padres, the ...

Members of a family who run a formerly Michelin-starred restaurant in western Japan were arrested Monday for ignoring an ...