Fuku Amagawa, who was born in Japan's Taisho era (1912-1926), works at the ramen restaurant Ginkatei in the city, helped out ...

The Nippon Ham Fighters beat the SoftBank Hawks 7-1 on Sunday for their third straight win in the Pacific League Climax ...

Taiwan 's main opposition Nationalist Party chose a former lawmaker as its new chairperson on Saturday in a competitive ...

Japan's space agency said Sunday that it will postpone Tuesday's planned launch of its new unmanned cargo transporter, the ...

Yokozuna Onosato and Hoshoryu, along with No. 15 maegashira Tobizaru, maintained a perfect record after four days of action ...

Ukrainians shared their disappointment Saturday that the U.S. may not provide Kyiv with long-range Tomahawk missiles, while ...

Pieces of cake finished with plenty of chocolate cream and tender scones fresh from the oven are some of the seemingly ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A total of 150 people named "Hirokazu Tanaka" gathered Saturday in Tokyo's bustling Shibuya district in an ...

Afghanistan and Pakistan, embroiled in more than a week of fighting that has killed dozens of people and injured hundreds, ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the major opposition Japan Innovation Party have effectively agreed to form a ...

One of China's most important meetings begins Monday, as leader Xi Jinping and other ruling Communist Party elites gather in ...

Enjoy the Mainichi Shimbun's "spot the difference" puzzle. The rules are simple: find the seven differences between the two ...