Three Japanese entertainment industry groups are calling for the appropriate use of generative artificial intelligence in the ...

A 17-year-old passenger in a car being driven by a 16-year-old student without a license died after suffering severe injuries ...

Prosecutors sought on Monday a life term for a 28-year-old woman accused of murdering her wealthy husband who had described ...

Japan completed its unbeaten run in the opening round of the Premier12 baseball tournament Monday with an 11-3 rout of the ...

A Buddhist priest who was drafted by the Japanese military and endured horrendous conditions, including witnessing the deaths ...

Japanese railway operator East Japan Railway Co. and entertainment company Shochiku Co. said Monday they have agreed to ...

Former WBA super flyweight champion Kazuto Ioka will fight a world title rematch on New Year's Eve against Argentine boxer ...

The leaders of the Group of 20 economies will kick off a two-day meeting on Monday in Brazil to tackle a range of global cha ...

A proposal by Yamanashi Prefecture to build a light rail connection to the fifth station on Mt. Fuji has been given up amid ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Typhoon Man-yi left at least seven people dead in a landslide, destroyed scores of houses and ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between Nov. 9 and ...