In a number of cases, children in Japan are becoming victims of sexual crimes committed by fellow students and need to change ...

Kishimoto's parents divorced shortly after her birth, and she was raised in locations including a home for infants and a ...

One of Japan's largest cold storage warehouses has been built in Kobe, a major international port and key distribution hub in ...

The names of around 4,200 victims of the indiscriminate air raids on Tokyo by U.S. bombers near the end of World War II will ...

Eleven approximately 8-meter-long kagotaimatsu torches made an appearance in the omizutori ceremony to herald the arrival of ...

The Japanese Association of Anatomists (JAA) and two other organizations have set ethical guidelines for students and doctors ...

Nearly 60% of respondents to a Mainichi Shimbun poll conducted on March 15 and 16 indicated that Japan should take ...

Tokyo stocks rose Monday, lifted by buying of technology issues tracking gains in their U.S. counterparts and defense-linked ...

Three people were found without vital signs in a fire that broke out Monday morning in a house in Kochi, western Japan, and ...

Japan's Tomoki Kameda will challenge Angelo Leo of the United States for the IBF featherweight world championship at Osaka's ...

Paris Olympic bronze medalists Chiharu Shida and Nami Matsuyama claimed the women's doubles title Sunday at the All Eng ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between March 8 ...