The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about Osprey transport aircraft being deployed in ...

An American-born linguist who acquired Japanese nationality two years ago is concerned about the trend that was recently seen ...

The opposition party Sanseito made a strong showing in the July 20 House of Councillors election in both constituency and ...

Diverse popular opinion at times offers a certain direction through the lens of an election. In the latest House of ...

Compared with other developed countries, Japan often gets a bad reputation for crimes related to sexual harassment including voyeur ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between July 12 ...

The DPFP maintained the momentum it gained by quadrupling its seats in the previous lower house election. Its campaign ...

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- The United States looks forward to working closely with Japan in a bilateral alliance that has "never ...

This came in response to the surge in online searches following the United Kingdom's move to leave the European Union due to ...

A record 42 women won seats in Japan's House of Councillors election on Sunday, surpassing the previous record of 35 set in ...

China on Monday said it will continue to seek stable ties with Japan, a day after the country's upper house election in which ...

Shohei Ohtani homered for the second consecutive game, but the Los Angeles Dodgers' recent struggles continued with a 6-5 ...