Temperatures soared across the nation on Monday with Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, recording 40.3 C at 1:34 p.m. For the ...

Shigeko Kagawa, a 114-year-old retired physician from Yamatokoriyama, Nara Prefecture, has became Japan’s oldest living ...

One year ago today, South Paris Arena 4 witnessed the perfect culmination of Paris 2024’s most compelling storylines. Fan Zhendong finally claimed the Olympic gold medal that had eluded him since ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between July 26 ...

Zharnel Hughes stormed to victory in the men's 200 metres at the UK Athletics Championships on Sunday in Birmingham to ...

One of the most ambitious anime compilation movies of the 80s was 'Robot Carnival', and this Blu-ray release captures it ...

Facing growing pressure to take sides in an increasingly polarized world, Korea is drawing closer to its longtime allies in ...

Japan's Mitsubishi Materials is considering scaling back copper concentrate processing at its Onahama Smelter & Refinery as ...

Tokyo stocks fell Monday, with the Nikkei index briefly diving over 2 percent, fueled by concerns over a U.S. economic slowdown following weaker-than-expected jobs data. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock ...

EUGENE, Ore. — Cole Hocker has won exactly one 1,500-meter or mile race in the 361 days since his gold medal at the Paris Olympics. He is 1-8, and that win was in a trial heat. Yet, he cannot be ...

Shares in Asia have mostly advanced after Wall Street had its worst day since May following the release of weak U.S. jobs ...

It took a while, but we’ve finally been shown some proper gameplay footage from the new 'Virtua Fighter', and it looks incredible.