Passengers crowd the international departure lobby at Kansai International Airport on Dec. 27, 2024. (Mainichi/Maiko Umeda) ...

A 77-year-old man was arrested Dec. 27 on suspicion of fatally hitting his wife with his car here after becoming angry when ...

Amid the high number of patients with mycoplasma pneumonia, characterized by persistent coughs, since around this autumn, the ...

While the average monthly salary at Japanese firms rose by more than 10,000 yen (about $64) in 2024 from the previous year ...

Japan ranked 29th in labor productivity among the 38 OECD members in 2023, up two spots from the previous year's all-time low ...

An outdoor holiday market in New York City's Bryant Park briefly caught fire Friday morning, sending flames and plumes of ...

President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until ...

Travelers flooded airports and major train stations in Japan on Saturday as they departed cities to spend time in their ...

For Japan to survive the age of its graying society and dwindling birth rate, it is essential to take steps to boost the ...

A pro-Pyongyang school for Korean students in this western Japan city has succeeded in raising funds for a new water pump ...

Real Sociedad attacker Takefusa Kubo was named the 2024 player of the year by the Japan Pro-Footballers Association on Friday ...

Responding to the not guilty ruling in the retrial of former boxer Iwao Hakamada over a 1966 quadruple murder in Shizuoka ...