The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about how the Japanese government determines caps on ...

A Swiss-made luxury Audemars Piguet wristwatch worth 46 million yen (about $291,000) that was stolen from a store in Tokyo's ...

Over 10 MLB clubs will interview Yokohama High School pitching star Shoki Oda, its team manager Hiroaki Murata said Monday.

GMO Internet Group Inc. CEO Masatoshi Kumagai apologized Monday for a data leak and damage to customers' assets caused by ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has increasingly revealed its threatening side amid a series of cases in which the technology ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between October 24 ...

A striking 64.3% of Hokkaido University faculty members responding to a union survey released on Oct. 27 said they had ...

Japan will act in financial markets if they experience excessive volatility or speculative movements following the U.S.

Japan Airlines Co. said Monday its net profit for the April-September period fell 42.2 percent from a year earlier to 39.07 ...

A Hokkaido Shimbun reporter stationed in Russia's Far East remains in Russian custody on suspicion of espionage. There is ...

Tokyo stocks fell Monday, as investors took a risk-off stance ahead of the U.S. midterm elections and a Japanese holiday on ...