Roughly half of children in elementary, junior high and high schools in Japan do not read books -- a 1.5-fold increase over ...

A total of 64.74 million tourists including 4.22 million from overseas visited Hiroshima Prefecture in 2024, according to a ...

Enjoy the Mainichi Shimbun's "spot the difference" puzzle. The rules are simple: find the seven differences between the two ...

A university library here combines a prewar Gothic building and a modern round structure, and despite the stark contrast ...

Lost revenue from illegal online viewing of Japanese manga and other publications worldwide was estimated at around 8.5 ...

Born with almost no signs of life, Takuro Aoyama is determined to win gold in the marathon when his hometown Tokyo hosts the ...

Some Japanese department stores and other businesses have continued selling items related to the World Exposition in Osaka, ...

Officials from countries most vulnerable to global warming offered searing dispatches of life on the front line of a warming ...

The week before the shocking death of the conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, I happened to pull down from the bookshelf a tome I had long meant to ...

Listed companies in Japan are projected to post a combined 7.8 percent year-on-year net profit decline for fiscal 2025, as ...

The justices on Brazil's Supreme Court panel reviewing former President Jair Bolsonaro's appeal unanimously rejected his ...

The Mie Prefectural Government is set to install menstrual pads in a restroom at its headquarters here on a trial basis ...