The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the planned admission fee hike for Himeji Castle in ...

A record number of ramen noodle eatery operators in Japan went out of business in 2024, according to a research firm, as the ...

A series of Japanese paintings mainly depicting the misery of the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima will be displayed at a g ...

President Joe Biden's administration announced Friday that it's expanding sanctions against Russia's critically important ...

President-elect Donald Trump has tossed expansionist rhetoric at U.S. allies and potential adversaries with arguments that ...

The recovery of Fukushima Prefecture cannot be considered complete until the disposal of soil generated from radiation ...

Greenland's prime minister said Friday that the mineral-rich Arctic territory's people don't want to be Americans, but tha ...

In December 2023, a Kurdish man in his 30s living in Saitama Prefecture received a barrage of hateful phone calls at the ...

Japan and Indonesia held a summit meeting on Saturday to expand security cooperation as both maritime nations aim for ...

The oldest movie theater in Hokkaido has gotten a new mascot cat after its predecessor passed away of old age. The third ...

The Yamagata Shinkansen Line's Tsubasa bullet train, traveling from Yamagata Station to Tokyo Station, collided with a fallen ...

On a sunny day in late November last year, a man in blue workwear pushed a seeder across a field on the outskirts of this ...