Major non-life insurance companies Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. and Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co. are expected to merge in April 2027. With net prem ...

A temporary enclosure featuring a printed photo backdrop of Shibuya Station from around 1955 has been installed behind the iconic statue of H ...

Summer heat in the 2060s to 2080s will hit levels where school club activities involving intense exercise should be canceled ...

An attorney in Japan is calling for a legal revision as current laws in the country provide minimal help to women deceived by ...

Trouble between a passenger and a conductor aboard a bullet train on the Tohoku Shinkansen Line in northeastern Japan ...

Wakayama Gov. Shuhei Kishimoto died at a hospital in this western Japan city April 15 after being found unconscious the previous day. He w ...

All 12 dazzling floats have gathered for the historic Spring Takayama Festival in this central Japan city for the first time ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between April 5 ...

More than 30% of foreign residents in Saitama Prefecture have no idea where to take shelter in the event of a disaster, a prefectural gover ...

Support for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Cabinet hovered at 24% in a weekend public opinion poll conducted by the Mainichi ...

As the international order based on the rule of law faces a crisis, a statement from Japan's leader expressing a strong ...

Some 57% of respondents to a recent Mainichi Shimbun survey did not support the government and ruling party's plan to give ...