Shohei Ohtani got what he came for when he decided to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers: a trip to the World Series.

Sleep duration in Japan is said to be one of the shortest in the world, and a majority in the country are unsatisfied with ...

TOKYO -- Japanese television personality Peeco, who appeared on TV as part of the duo "Osugi and Peeco" with his twin brother ...

Plans for the first clinical trial of a "xenotransplant" organ transfer from animals to humans in Japan were recently ...

The Japan Mint here announced that a large number of ceramic coins manufactured due to metal shortages during World War II ...

Moldovans in favor of securing the country's path towards European Union membership have a razor-thin lead in a referendum v ...

A 55-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assaulting an acquaintance at his home in this city's Nishi Ward on Oct. 20 by ...

South Korea summoned Russia's ambassador to Seoul on Monday to lodge a protest over North Korea's recent dispatch of troops ...

Global environmental leaders gather Monday in Cali, Colombia to assess the world's plummeting biodiversity levels and commitm ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between Oct. 12 ...

COPENHAGEN (Kyodo) -- After twice finishing runner-up, track cyclist Mina Sato broke through for Japan's maiden women's ...

The easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun, a newspaper for children. This is perfect material for ...