In response to complaints from female lawmakers in Japan about a shortage of women's restrooms, the House of Representatives ...

When he wanted to give a gift to his father who sacrificed much to raise him as a single parent, Lee Geon Hui settled on an ...

The city of Kyoto said visitor numbers in 2025 hit a record 62.79 million, topping 60 million for the first time, while ...

Five kittens born to a Pallas's cat at Kobe Animal Kingdom are growing healthily and are scheduled to go on public display in ...

Approximately 350,000 people in Japan between 15 to 64 are believed to have used cocaine, the largest estimate since the ...

How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for July 2 to test your news knowledge. Ready ...

Russia launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine's capital with missiles and drones overnight into Thursday with the intense ...

A Japanese research team found that the way a cup feels in the hand can change how coffee tastes. The team said even changing ...

B) Formosan squirrels native to Taiwan and Southeast Asia C) Nutria originally brought from South America ...

The Nikkei stock index dropped early Thursday, pressured by technology shares tracking overnight losses by their U.S.

Cases of kittens crawling inside car engine compartments have been repeatedly occurring, prompting the Japan Automobile ...

A style of cooking that avoids using kitchen tools -- known as "canceled cooking" -- is spreading, especially among younger ...