OITA -- Oita Airport will be temporarily renamed "Oita Hello Kitty Airport" during the World Expo in Osaka Prefecture, which kicks off April 13. The initiative, announced by the Oita Prefectural ...

A consortium formed by representatives of industry, government and academia has set a target of using over 15% recycled plastic in the production of cars in Japan in 2031, and over 20% from 2036, it ...

(Mainichi/Akihiro Hirata) TOKYO -- The support rate for the Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plunged to 23% in a weekend Mainichi Shimbun opinion poll, down 7 percentage points ...

The designs of two models of self-driving buses that will be showcased at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo were recently unveiled ahead of opening day next month at the Expo venue on Yumeshima, an ...

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A teenage girl raised her hand, clutching a smartphone, over the heads of passengers around her on a train in Tokyo in mid-April. The text on her phone’s screen read, “A groping incident is ...

Asahi Shimbun correspondent killed in Israeli strike in Gaza March 25, 2025 Seasonal yellow sand from China expected in skies nationwide ...

The cards, which feature real people, are helping to break the ice between children and adults in Kawara, Fukuoka Prefecture.