We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between May 24 and ...

A man was found collapsed and later died in Osaka Prefecture on Monday, prompting police to visit his home, where they found ...

A Japanese social media personality has been arrested for allegedly extorting a man out of 3 million yen ($21,000) in ...

Some retailers are perplexed by continuing rice shortages in Japan despite the release of government stockpiles, while ...

Former yokozuna Hakuho is expected to hold a press conference on June 9 to announce his retirement from the Japan Sumo ...

Japan's agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi thanked the private sector for swift sales of government stockpiled rice ...

Much of the world may have moved on from the coronavirus pandemic, but a painful legacy lingers in Japan: hospitals ...

The fishing season for Japanese flying squid in southern Hokkaido opened on June 1, but the first auction scheduled for early ...

Tokyo stocks fell Monday on selling fueled by growing concerns over ever-changing U.S. tariff policies after President Donald ...

A zookeeper demonstrated the daring task of brushing a hippo's teeth during a special event at Osaka Tennoji Zoo in this ...

A passenger car crashed through the fence on the side of a bridge and fell onto the shoulder of an expressway in this central ...

A commercial whaling ship returned to a port in northeastern Japan on Monday carrying 25 fin whales taken in the Sea of ...