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

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

Japan's Kaori Sakamoto put in a masterful performance to retain the NHK Trophy on Saturday, securing her place in the Grand P ...

Takashi Tachibana, the leader of a Japanese political party known for his controversial remarks, was arrested Sunday on ...

Japan's mobile carrier NTT Docomo Inc. has developed a system to quantify physical and mental pain felt by a person and share ...

On a street in Osaka's Nishinari Ward stands a row of 19 new houses, their stark black walls setting them apart from the ...

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 ...

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

The Japanese government has decided to include the use of rice vouchers in the comprehensive economic stimulus measures it will soon ...

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Friday it is not aware of details in a recently released government document on Japan's ...