Hopes for brokering a cease-fire in Gaza and Lebanon are foremost on the agenda of the Group of Seven meeting outside Rome ...

Japan coach Eddie Jones pleaded for patience after his young team were blown away 59-14 by England on Sunday, their third ...

A memorial service for Korean laborers forcibly mobilized to the Sado mines, which Japan had promised to hold annually ...

Paper losses on domestic bonds held by Japan’s four major life insurers have more than doubled from the fiscal year ended ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between Nov. 16 ...

The leadership of Japan's Shikoku Bank has signed a pledge in blood promising to ‘commit suicide’ if found embezzling money.

Itochu Corp. has tapped Daiwa Securities Group Inc. and the founding Ito family has hired SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. as ...

Taipei’s defence ministry says 12 Chinese military aircraft and seven warships were detected until early Monday.

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi Yoshimasa has expressed regret that a South Korean government representative did not ...

SEOUL: South Korea held a memorial event in Japan on Monday (Nov 25) for its labourers forced to work at a controversial mine ...

There’s been a lot of hubris around the Wallabies, all of it completely understandable given that there’s a British and Irish ...

China said it hopes Japan works towards improving people exchanges between the two countries, after Beijing announced a visa-free arrangement for Japanese citizens last week. "We certainly hope that ...