Under the revised Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act that came into effect in June 2024, foreign nationals can ...

Japan's Princess Kako, a niece of Emperor Naruhito, visited a nursing home near Sao Paulo on Saturday to interact with locals ...

A private funeral was held Sunday in Tokyo for Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima, with former Yomiuri Giants ...

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Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay, a possible candidate in the country's presidential election next year, was shot and wound ...

Japanese golfer Mao Saigo scored a rare albatross Saturday on her way to a 6-under-par 65 that will see her tee off th ...

Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw six scoreless innings, but the Los Angeles Dodgers offense was kept quiet in a 2-1 walk-off lo ...

About 90% of LGBTQ and other sexual minority students in junior high and high schools in Japan faced harassment or other ...

The creation of the "Japan-EU Competitiveness Alliance" is expected to be announced at a regular summit meeting being ...

Japanese telecom giant NTT Docomo Inc. will retire its set of original emoji whose release 26 years ago helped shape the ...

By Bill Emmott, independent writer, lecturer and international affairs consultant ...

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