How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for Aug. 2 to test your news knowledge. Ready ...

But while Japan’s government has long been dominated by the ruling conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and main ...

Japan’s latest upper-house election felt less like routine business than the season finale of an overlong anime: exhausted ...

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Chinese defence ministry says Japan should have a deep understanding that nuclear war must not be fought, and can never be ...

A Japanese woman in China was attacked with a stone-like object in Suzhou on Thursday evening. She suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to Japanese media.

The earthquake appeared to be the strongest anywhere in the world since the March 2011 earthquake off northeast Japan that ...

JERA, Japan's biggest power generator, on Thursday posted a 1% decrease in net profit for the first quarter of the fiscal ...

Shares of Japanese, South Korean and European automakers surged on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to a ...

Just a short subway ride away, Yokohama is the second largest city in Japan and is the perfect day trip from Tokyo. Here's ...