Scuba divers celebrated Tanabata, or the star festival, off the coast of Sado Island in central Japan on July 5. Tanabata is often celebrated by writing wishes onto slips of paper and hanging them on ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between June 28 ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan must diversify trade ties beyond the U.S. market to mitigate risks and focus on partnerships with ...

Investors await U.S. President Donald Trump's July 9 deadline for trade partners to strike deals on tariffs with a degree of ...

A program reviewing Fuji TV's own response to the alleged sexual harassment of a former announcer by ex-personality Masahiro ...

TOKYO, July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- BELLUSTAR TOKYO, A Pan Pacific Hotel (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; General Manager: Katsushi ...

Temperatures have risen nationwide from Monday morning, and central Tokyo recorded a temperature of 35.6 C, the first time ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrived in Mongolia on July 6, where they will attend welcome events and visit a memoria ...

TOKYO -- Japanese automakers are exploring all options to help their country reduce its trade imbalance with the U.S. as Tokyo continues efforts to negotiate a trade deal with the U.S. amid a looming ...

Sending the Abukuma-class vessels to Manila would mark Tokyo’s first export of an entire major naval platform in decades.

Held for years without conviction, suspects face isolation and pressure to confess in a system decried by critics as ‘hostage ...

As Germany devolved into chaos at the end of World War II, a rare violin from the famed shop of Italian luthier Antonio ...