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 ...

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

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

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

All trails around lakes in the Shiretoko World Natural Heritage Site in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido fully ...

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 ...

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 ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his German counterpart Johann Wadephul agreed Monday to strengthen bilateral ...