Churanoumi became the first wrestler from Okinawa Prefecture to reach the three "sanyaku" ranks below yokozuna on Monday ...

Tokyo stocks ended mixed Monday, as lingering concerns over artificial intelligence-related shares weighed on sentiment, ...

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In response to growing calls to expand the eligibility of children who can ride in bicycle child seats, the Japan Safe ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some questions readers may have about the increasing book bans in U.S. schools, and the popular ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi topped a Mainichi Shimbun poll on who the public favors as the next prime minister, followed by ...

With the two leading AI powers, the United States and China, forming their own AI blocs, other countries are maneuvering to ...

The number of people who died by suicide in Japan in 2025 fell below 20,000 for the first time since records began, according ...

Opposition leader and Nobel laureate Maria Corina Machado reappeared in Venezuela Sunday for the first time since December, ...

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, was reelected Sunday in a result that p ...

Japanese manga artist and conservative commentator Yoshinori Kobayashi sued the government on Monday, arguing that a recent ...

Officers here have apprehended or warned 43 boys and girls ages 7 to 16 over nuisance acts against police filmed and shared ...