The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about sunburn to the eyes amid extreme heat.

Renowned Japanese singer-songwriter and actor Masaharu Fukuyama has acknowledged making sexual remarks to female employees of ...

A male assistant professor at Hokkaido University assaulted and injured multiple students while intoxicated at a social ...

Japan is the only Group of Seven country that has not legalized same-sex marriage or civil unions. The Kyoto Family Court ...

President Donald Trump says he has beguarrangements for a face-to-face meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy ...

Hamas said Monday it has accepted a new proposal from Arab mediators for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip as Israel indicated ...

The government of President Lee Jae Myung is likely to name former Ambassador to Vietnam Lee Hyuk as new ambassador to Japan, ...

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Monday called for stronger cooperation with Japan in semiconductors, artificial intelligence ...

ICHIKAWA, Chiba -- Amid record-breaking heat, a special "ice cake" filled with fruit was presented to "Popo," a 7-year-old ...

Sayoko Yamamoto, an 81-year-old resident of Hyogo Prefecture, has never seen her father. He was drafted to war in December ...

Three Myanmar nationals in the Japanese capital have been served with fresh arrest warrants for allegedly killing a ...

Three people were taken to hospital after a fire broke out Monday in a building located in Osaka's Dotombori district, one of ...