A new building inspired by an ancient Japan palace was recently completed here at Manyo Botanical Garden on the grounds of ...

The Japanese government on April 9 announced that it would release another 100,000 tons of stockpiled rice onto the market -- ...

Applications for deferred payment of expressway tolls following a major failure of Japan's electronic toll collection (ETC) ...

OTSU -- The first "democratic school" in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, opened here this month, amid a growing trend in the ...

A roughly six-meter-tall Evangelion Unit 01 was erected in Hamamatsu, central Japan, on Sunday as part of a local governmen ...

Enjoy the Mainichi Shimbun's "spot the difference" puzzle. The rules are simple: find the seven differences between the two ...

Teruaki Sato homered twice and drove in six runs, leading the Hanshin Tigers to an 8-1 rout of the Hiroshima Carp on Sun ...

Japan attacker Ritsu Doan scored his ninth goal of the season in Freiburg's 3-2 home win over Hoffenheim in the German Bu ...

A giant whale sculpture made of ocean plastic waste is being exhibited in London, but what was meant to raise awareness on ...

A Tokyo-based real estate company has chosen an unorthodox funding strategy by listing in New York before going public in its ...

Akie Iwai shot an 8-under 64 playing alongside her twin sister Saturday for a share of the third-round lead in the JM Eagle ...

More than 1,100 carp streamers are on display across a local river in this east Japan city during an annual spring festival, ...