TOKYO -- It's been 13 years since Takanobu Nishimoto started an "old guy rental" service to raise the social status of ...

A complaint by a PTA member at an elementary school in this west Japan city led to the association's dissolution in 2020 and ...

Applications for deferred payment of expressway tolls following a major failure of Japan's electronic toll collection (ETC) ...

The United States held on to its overnight lead and lifted the season-ending World Team Trophy in figure skating on Saturday ...

A giant whale sculpture made of ocean plastic waste is being exhibited in London, but what was meant to raise awareness on ...

With Sunday marking one week since the opening of the six-month World Exposition on an artificial island in Osaka Bay, ...

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

A one-month-old girl without underlying health conditions died after being infected with whooping cough, a highly contagious ...

A subcommittee of an advisory body to Japan's minister of justice on reviewing the retrial system will include a former judge ...

The Japanese government has announced a plan to evacuate residents from Okinawa Prefecture's Sakishima Islands to eight ...

岩手県大船渡市の面積の10％にあたる約3370ヘクタールを焼失し、平成以降最大規模となった山林火災。かつて岩手での勤務経験があり、東日本大震災以来14年ぶりの大船渡での取材だったが、改めて感じたのは繰り返し発生する自然災害の深刻さだ。強風や火災は今後 ...

ロシアとウクライナの戦闘を巡り、プーチン露大統領は19日、ロシア正教会の「復活祭」（イースター）に合わせて19日午後6時（日本時間20日午前0時）から30時間、攻撃を停止するよう命じた。ただウクライナ側は露軍からの攻撃が続いていると主張しており、実効 ...