A record 353,970 students at elementary and junior high schools in Japan were absent for 30 days or more in fiscal 2024, up 2.2 perce ...
Foreign residents accounted for more than 10 percent of the population in 27 municipalities across Japan as of January, with ...
Undeterred by this feedback, Nagoya-based food manufacturer Meito Co. pressed ahead and launched a make-your-own beetle larva ...
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 ...
On October 23, snow accumulated on 3,776-meter-high Mount Fuji. The Kofu Local Meteorological Office in Yamanashi Prefecture announced that this marke ...
Wall paintings of Shohei Ohtani created by L.A. muralist Robert Vargas have recently been unveiled in the northeastern Japan ...
President Donald Trump says that Chinese President Xi Jinping has given him assurances that Beijing would take no action ...
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 May ...
The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched their second straight World Series championship with a dramatic come-from-behind win over the Toront ...
JR East on Saturday marked exactly 100 years of operation of the iconic Yamanote loop line train that encircles central Tokyo ...
Will Smith homered in the 11th inning after Miguel Rojas connected for a tying drive in the ninth, and the Los Angeles ...
Japan's Mone Chiba won her maiden ISU Grand Prix series event Saturday after topping the free skate to keep her overnight ...