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Naomi Osaka is mostly comfortable with being the poster girl for motherhood in sport. What she is less comfortable with is the women’s tennis tour branding itself as a leading supporter of mothers in ... ( read original story ...)

Voters in Tokyo decisively knocked Japan’s ruling party from its position as the largest group in the city assembly, results showed Monday, a warning sign ... ( read original story ...)

Japan denied a report that the US directly asked Tokyo to raise its defense spending to 3.5% of annual gross domestic product, with its top government spokesman saying that the amount of spending was ... ( read original story ...)

Japan called on Monday for de-escalation of the conflict in Iran and said U.S. strikes demonstrated Washington's determination to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons. ( read original story ...)

The Korea e-Sports Association announced on the 23rd that it will hold the '2025 KeSPA CUP Expansion Event' to prepare for the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games and expand the base of the event. The ... ( read original story ...)

How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for June 23 to test your news knowledge. Ready? ( read original story ...)

The Saudi Arabia Pavilion has welcomed 1 million visitors in the first 70 days of operations, hosting 5,396 VIP delegates and conducting 1,137 events ... ( read original story ...)

A sharp warning from voters for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's party in Sunday's Tokyo assembly election has signaled that his tenur ... ( read original story ...)

Shareholders’ rejection of another term for Eiji Sato as Taiyo Holdings Co. chief executive officer over the weekend was a rare event highlighting the growing clout of activists in Japan’s stock ... ( read original story ...)

Bad Homburg might be seen by many as a WTA warm-up event for Wimbledon, but it features an absolutely stacked field with some of the world’s best players looking to pick up form and momentum (and ... ( read original story ...)

The coach Patrick Mouratoglou says he doesn’t believe one of Rafael Nadal’s statements about what he took from losing – and that he actually feels the complete opposite way about the subject. ( read original story ...)

Tomin First no Kai (Tokyoites First), supported by Koike as a special adviser, remained the biggest party, taking 31 seats, up from 26. ( read original story ...)

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Liberal Democratic Party suffered a record-low result in Sunday's Tokyo assembly election, seen as a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's manufacturing activity returned to growth in June after nearly a year of contraction, but demand conditions remain murky due to worries over U.S. tariffs and the global economic outlook, a ... ( read original story ...)