British missionary Walter Weston (1861-1940) helped introduce the Japanese Alps to the West and spur the spread of modern ...

A fake image apparently created using generative artificial intelligence (AI) from a Mainichi Shimbun Digital photograph ...

Rents are rising across Japan, particularly in Tokyo, driven by higher land prices, materials costs and labor expenses. In some cases, proper ...

A Syrian court on Tuesday sentenced ousted President Bashar Assad and his brother in absentia for murder, torture and crimes ...

Mongolian-born Joshoyu has vowed a rapid rise through the ranks as he made his long-awaited professional sumo debut at last month's N ...

Japan is approaching the 81st anniversary of the end of the Pacific War. How long will politicians continue to leave the damage to victims unaddressed ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has sparked controversy over an exchange with a podcast host last month about melons gift ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about meteors that can be observed during summer vacation in Japan.

A typhoon made landfall in east Japan's Kanto region, which includes Tokyo, on Tuesday night, the weather agency said, warning of flo ...

North Korea fired at least one ballistic missile eastward Wednesday morning that is believed to have fallen outside Japan's exclusive ...

BEIJING (Kyodo) -- China has approved a new Japanese acting consul general in Chongqing, a Japanese government source said Wednesday, a move that came about eight months after the post of consul ...

"Tambo Rugby in Yamato Sakurai," a rugby event played in a rice paddy, was held in the city of Sakurai in Nara Prefecture. About 120 people in 12 teams from Nara and other prefectures competed in the ...