We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between July 19 ...

There were 213 cases of deaths in the Japanese capital's 23 wards that were believed to have been caused by the improper use ...

Part 1: Akaza Returns'" sold more than 9.10 million tickets and earned 12.87 billion yen in box office revenue ...

Russia on Sunday opened a regular air link between Moscow and Pyogyang, a move reflecting increasingly close ties between the ...

Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday reiterated his intention to stay on as he sought support from ...

The "Ama no Daiyaei" event, in which female divers swim in the sea at night carrying torches, took place on July 19 in the ...

Tokyo stocks fell Monday as semiconductor-related shares dropped sharply on concerns over weakening chip demand, while ...

Typhoon Co-may has regained strength off Okinawa since being downgraded to a tropical depression over the weekend, according ...

Ichiro Suzuki, the first Japanese member of the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame, shared his inspiration to play in the maj ...

Achieving equal numbers of men and women in legislative bodies is known as "parity," a term derived from the French word ...

Japanese police on Monday renewed calls for information about a French woman who disappeared seven years ago during a tri ...

Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament winner Kotoshoho said Monday he was still coming to grips with his first top-division ...