A Japanese research team has conducted the country's first successful combustion test of a ramjet engine for an experimental ...

A French woman and an American tested positive for the hantavirus, as nations around the world scrambled Monday to repa ...

Japan's Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Kenichiro Ueno on May 11 approved domestic manufacturing and sales of the combined ...

Returning ozeki Kirishima outwrestled burgeoning talent Yoshinofuji in a tightly fought battle Monday at the Summer Grand ...

This spring, a deer appeared in the central part of the city of Osaka, and it made no attempt to run away when people ...

ANNAKA, Gunma -- The "52nd Ansei Toashi Samurai Marathon" was held in the city of Annaka in Gunma Prefecture on May 10, and ...

Part of the uniform for a new integrated junior and senior high school here will consist of off-the-shelf items from fast ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Monday denied reports that her camp spread videos online via anonymous accounts to ...

Japan's men and women took home silver medals from the world team table tennis championships Sunday after defending champion ...

A walking trail in Todoroki Ravine located in Setagaya Ward, the only gorge in the Japanese capital's 23 wards, has reopened ...

In 2014, under the second Shinzo Abe administration, the government moved by Cabinet decision to partially allow the exercise ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between May 2 and ...