Ninety-seven filmmakers in Japan recently released a joint statement opposing discrimination against LGBTQ people and other ...

Kenichi Hosoya, left, and his wife Shiho. (Mainichi/Tatsuro Tamaki and Ayumi Iwasaki) TOKYO -- A Tokyo couple arrested on ...

The Hyogo Prefectural Assembly plans to ask the national government to take measures against online slander and ...

A Sugi Pharmacy sign is seen in this file photo. (Mainichi/Yukiko Murata) TOKYO -- A major pharmacy chain in Japan and the ...

NAGANO, Japan (Kyodo) -- Japan's Miho Takagi won the women's 1,000 meters Saturday at the speed skating World Cup in Nagano.

Taisei Miyashiro hit the 64th-minute winner as Vissel Kobe saw off neighbors Gamba Osaka 1-0 to secure their second Emperor's ...

Ozeki Kotozakura and Hoshoryu are set for a final-day, head-to-head title showdown after both improved to 13-1 with solid ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's government has finalized its first major fiscal stimulus package -- worth 22 trillion yen ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Saturday showed his intention to work with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying ...

A key U.N. General Assembly committee adopted a resolution late Friday paving the way for negotiations on a first-ever treaty ...

As Iran faces increasing tensions with the West and turmoil at home, a new exhibition at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary ...

Long before the ancient Maya built temples, their predecessors were already altering the landscape of Central America's ...