With more young people turning away from traditional television, a revised Broadcasting Act was passed by Japan's National ...

(AP) -- Tito Jackson, one of the brothers who made up the beloved pop group the Jackson 5, has died at age 70. Tito was the ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between Sept. 7 to ...

Japan head coach Eddie Jones and his players drew extra inspiration ahead of their Pacific Nations Cup semifinal against ...

Hiroyuki Sanada on Sunday won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his starring role in the U.S.

The high court here has ruled that it was illegal for the Keio Plaza Hotel Sapporo to deny its now former accommodations ...

Kyoto Prefectural Police's mounted unit, in which officers ride horses, visited Fukuchiyama Municipal Miwa Elementary School ...

A university in western Japan will establish a department specializing in dinosaur studies beginning next April as the field ...

Shohei Ohtani carried the offense through eight innings, delivering a pair of crucial RBI doubles, before the Los Angeles ...

The U.S. dollar briefly plunged to the 139 yen zone Monday in Asian trading, hitting its lowest level in over a year, amid ...

The scheduled launch of an H2A rocket carrying an information-gathering satellite from a space center on a southwestern Japan ...

Iran launched a satellite into space Saturday with a rocket built by the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, ...