The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about sunburn to the eyes amid extreme heat.

Japan is the only Group of Seven country that has not legalized same-sex marriage or civil unions. The Kyoto Family Court ...

A male assistant professor at Hokkaido University assaulted and injured multiple students while intoxicated at a social ...

Renowned Japanese singer-songwriter and actor Masaharu Fukuyama has acknowledged making sexual remarks to female employees of ...

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te on Monday called for stronger cooperation with Japan in semiconductors, artificial intelligence ...

Three Myanmar nationals in the Japanese capital have been served with fresh arrest warrants for allegedly killing a ...

At a club in Shanghai, dozens of young people are jumping and waving glow sticks as they dance to the music, leaning in as if ...

ICHIKAWA, Chiba -- Amid record-breaking heat, a special "ice cake" filled with fruit was presented to "Popo," a 7-year-old ...

Sayoko Yamamoto, an 81-year-old resident of Hyogo Prefecture, has never seen her father. He was drafted to war in December ...

Three people were taken to hospital after a fire broke out Monday in a building located in Osaka's Dotombori district, one of ...

Nearly half of municipalities across Japan say evacuation shelters they are preparing do not meet government guidelines on ...

Two Japanese were fatally shot in Manila earlier this week and their belongings stolen, the Japanese Embassy in the ...