Japan's estimated child population has shrunk for the 44th straight year to a new record low, government data showed Sunday, ...

A surge in the number of inbound tourists has led to unprecedented congestion at immigration control at Narita Airport here, ...

Public education has long underpinned the foundations of Japanese society. Yet today, exhaustion among teachers who directly ...

Aerial acrobatics and ground attractions drew some 130,000 people, according to organizers, to the annual Friendship Day ...

The Kusatsu Shukuba Festival, depicting the liveliness of the past, was held in the city of Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, on ...

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and Sri Lankan Deputy Defense Minister Aruna Jayasekara agreed Sunday to strengthen ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers questions readers may have about the rising price of rice balls in Japan, including four seaweed ...

A panel of experts under the Japanese Defense Ministry is considering a proposal to revise the current defense buildup plan, ...

The finance chiefs of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations plus Japan, China and South Korea warned Sunday of the ...

China on Sunday rejected Japan's claim that a Chinese coast guard helicopter entered its airspace near the Senkaku Islands in ...

Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said Sunday that Japan is not thinking of using its holdings of U.S. Treasurys as a ...

The southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kumamoto has recently launched a two-day bus trip to tour 10 bronze statues depicting ...