A teacher has been suspended indefinitely from supervising a high school soccer powerhouse for failing to protect team ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out nine while pitching into the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers broke it open with a four-run sixth inning to beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-4 on ...

The Van Gogh museum is bringing a scattered family back together this fall to honor a postal worker, his wife and their children who ...

The 28-year-old mayor of the western Japan city of Ashiya has been picked as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential ...

More tourists are coming to Japan, and some shops now have tip boxes. But tipping is still not common in Japan.

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Major beverage maker Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. said Wednesday it will postpone the October release of 12 new products due to a system ...

The Mainichi answers some questions readers may have about Japan's Urashima 8000 deep-sea exploration vehicle and its missions.

Lawyers for a Hawaii real estate investor and broker who sued Shohei Ohtani and his agent denied any improper use of the star's liken ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's average temperature in September marked the third highest since comparable data became available in 1898 and the higher-than-usual temperatures are expected to continue ...

Japan's transport ministry on Wednesday ordered 111 post offices across the nation to stop using light vans for parcel and ...

The finance chiefs of the Group of Seven countries agreed Wednesday to intensify pressure on Russia's oil exports in an ...