A record 353,970 students at elementary and junior high schools in Japan were absent for 30 days or more in fiscal 2024, up 2 ...
A U.S. Marine was arrested Monday on suspicion of injuring a restaurant employee by grappling the man by the throat in Naha, ...
We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between October 25 and November 2. The firs ...
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday that Japan has already conveyed to North Korea its wish to hold a summit with ...
Undeterred by this feedback, Nagoya-based food manufacturer Meito Co. pressed ahead and launched a make-your-own beetle larva ...
Foreign residents accounted for more than 10 percent of the population in 27 municipalities across Japan as of January, with ...
Japan's Miyu Yamashita won her second title on the U.S. LPGA Tour on Sunday after prevailing in a three-way playoff at the ...
On October 23, snow accumulated on 3,776-meter-high Mount Fuji. The Kofu Local Meteorological Office in Yamanashi Prefecture announced that this marke ...
The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched their second straight World Series championship with a dramatic come-from-behind win over the Toront ...
More than 70% of Tokyo residents who have their own or family graves are pondering the removal of remains and dismantling of gravestones, acc ...
President Donald Trump says that Chinese President Xi Jinping has given him assurances that Beijing would take no action ...
Wall paintings of Shohei Ohtani created by L.A. muralist Robert Vargas have recently been unveiled in the northeastern Japan ...