A new building inspired by an ancient Japan palace was recently completed here at Manyo Botanical Garden on the grounds of ...

KURE, Hiroshima -- A 10-year-old boy in this western Japan city received the "family disaster preparedness special award" for ...

Pope Francis emerged from his convalescence on Easter Sunday to bless thousands of people in St. Peter's Square and treat them to ...

OTSU -- The first "democratic school" in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, opened here this month, amid a growing trend in the ...

A roughly six-meter-tall Evangelion Unit 01 was erected in Hamamatsu, central Japan, on Sunday as part of a local governmen ...

Enjoy the Mainichi Shimbun's "spot the difference" puzzle. The rules are simple: find the seven differences between the two ...

Teruaki Sato homered twice and drove in six runs, leading the Hanshin Tigers to an 8-1 rout of the Hiroshima Carp on Sun ...

Japan attacker Ritsu Doan scored his ninth goal of the season in Freiburg's 3-2 home win over Hoffenheim in the German Bu ...

A giant whale sculpture made of ocean plastic waste is being exhibited in London, but what was meant to raise awareness on ...

A Tokyo-based real estate company has chosen an unorthodox funding strategy by listing in New York before going public in its ...

Akie Iwai shot an 8-under 64 playing alongside her twin sister Saturday for a share of the third-round lead in the JM Eagle ...