We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between Feb.1 and ...

A record number of foreign travelers are visiting Japan, sparking friction with locals. Cities and travel operators seek ways ...

Visitors looking for the "real Japan" may find it on a new long trail two hours from Tokyo that shows off the country's ...

Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo, eagerly stretching their hands to catch the dried ...

Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo, eagerly stretching their hands to catch the dried ...

Vitus Stenhøj Schiøtz from Denmark was overwhelmed in Tokyo but found a home away from home in a ski resort where he can ...

China's foreign ministry said on Monday it had complained to Japan over "negative" references to China in a statement issued after a meeting between the leaders of Japan and the United States.The ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday his government is considering offering medical support in Japan for residents of ...

An American professor and a Japanese author, speaking to reporters Friday in Tokyo, said their nations should take a less ...

The trend that saw many Japanese quit the 40 million plus metropolis thanks to smart-working now seems to be coming to an end with mainly young people moving to Tokyo for study or work.

Japanese journalist Shiori Ito, who directed an Academy Award-nominated documentary detailing her own sexual assault, is facing further pain from theaters in her homeland that are refusing to screen ...

Japanese police arrested seven people, including a Brazilian national, for running an illegal prostitution ring disguised as massage parlors in Tokyo’s Kabukicho red-light district. The group ...