Characters from the globally popular Pokemon franchise are helping support communities affected by the Noto Peninsula ...

A cafe at the corner of an intersection in this eastern Japan city where a huge sinkhole opened in January 2025 has finally ...

The operator of Kansai International Airport is cracking down on prolonged parking and poor driver manners near the pick-up ...

An inexcusable fraud that disregarded nuclear safety has come to light at Chubu Electric Power Co. in Japan. The company no ...

Shizuoka Gov. Yasutomo Suzuki told the prefectural assembly Tuesday that he will allow Central Japan Railway Co. to begin c ...

Japan's minister for economic and fiscal policy denied Tuesday the market view that the government is pressing the Bank of ...

It seemed oddly lonely. In late September 2025, this Mainichi Shimbun reporter visited a park at a housing complex in the ...

With another hot summer expected this year in Japan, products to help consumers cope with the scorching weather are evolving, ...

Shohei Ohtani blasted his 19th home run of the season, leaving him one homer shy of 300 for his Major League Baseball career, ...

Japan is considering stockpiling naphtha, an oil derivative necessary to make chemicals used in a wide range of products, as ...

People can improve their accuracy in distinguishing AI-generated faces from real ones through training, a research team ...

A zoo here has announced the birth of a baby Malayan tapir, an endangered species, and the first such arrival at the facility ...