An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 struck southwestern Japan on Monday, with no immediate reports of injury or ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between Jan. 4 and ...

A group of Japanese ruling bloc lawmakers led by the secretaries general of the Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his South Korean counterpart Cho Tae Yul are expected to affirm the importance of ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has decided to subsidize up to 100,000 yen (about $640) for the cost of painless delivery, ...

Police arrested a former chancellor of Tokyo Women's Medical University on Monday over alleged breach of trust in relation to ...

The accumulation of multiple human errors can occur. To prevent accidents, it is essential to establish systems that ensure ...

Easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun, a newspaper for children. This is perfect material for ...

A man has been confirmed dead after reportedly falling from the Shibuya Parco shopping center in Japan's capital on the ...

For foreign women who moved to Japan to work as technical intern trainees, taking maternity leave has rarely been a realistic ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about why the common cold will be classified as ...

Nara Park in this western Japan city is enjoying a tourist renaissance in the post-COVID and weak yen era. Even more than the ...