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 ...

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

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 ...

The support rate for the Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plunged to 23% in a weekend Mainichi Shimbun ...

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

Climbers using the four trails on Mt. Fuji will be charged a fee of 4,000 yen ($27) from this summer after a plan by the Sh ...

With domestic rice prices remaining high in Japan, demand is increasing for cheaper imported grain. The agriculture ministry ...

Japan has requested that Taiwan explicitly state its pavilion at the upcoming World Exposition in Osaka is run by a private ...

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