The Kusatsu Shukuba Festival, depicting the liveliness of the past, was held in the city of Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, on ...

Public education has long underpinned the foundations of Japanese society. Yet today, exhaustion among teachers who directly ...

Japan's estimated child population has shrunk for the 44th straight year to a new record low, government data showed Sunday, ...

A surge in the number of inbound tourists has led to unprecedented congestion at immigration control at Narita Airport here, ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers questions readers may have about the rising price of rice balls in Japan, including four seaweed ...

Aerial acrobatics and ground attractions drew some 130,000 people, according to organizers, to the annual Friendship Day ...

Japan's Emperor Emeritus Akihito will undergo heart tests at a hospital after an unspecified problem was detected during a ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The United States has refused Japan's full exemption from not only a 10 percent "reciprocal" tariff but a ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between April 26 ...

Holstein Kiel forward Shuto Machino scored for the third successive German Bundesliga match before going off injured Sunday ...

Shota Imanaga went off with a tight left hamstring and was charged with the loss as the Chicago Cubs' three-game win s ...

Suntory Sunbirds Osaka claimed the inaugural men's title of Japanese volleyball's rebranded SV.League on Monday with a thr ...