The amount of rice a household in Japan bought in 2024 rose 6.3 percent from a year earlier despite soaring prices, ...

Hay fever season is at its height across much of Japan, caused by the dispersion of pollen from Japanese cedar trees. The ...

On a small island in southwestern Japan with a population of only around 1,700, Australian John Widmer, reputed as the island ...

The remains of a child recently found encased in concrete in Osaka Prefecture belong to a girl who went missing in the 2000s, ...

Tours to the United States allowing Japanese massage therapists and others to undergo anatomical training involving the use ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about ride-sharing services, in which regular drivers use ...

A local photojournalist here will publish a book compiling pictures he took in war-torn Ukraine over a span of more than 200 ...

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Japan said Saturday that it has lodged a protest against China over a statement that allegedly misrepresented remarks made by ...

A bus veered off the road and crashed into a wooded area Saturday night in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, killing the driver ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The top diplomats of Japan, China and South Korea agreed on Saturday to promote "future-oriented" ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Saturday that he agreed with top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi to promote ...