A body believed to be that of a child was found Monday in the woods in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, amid a massive search ...

A Japanese pop-up shop dedicated to Mexico's iconic, lab-coated cartoon mascot Dr. Simi opened on Monday, offering plushies ...

Side jobs are becoming increasingly popular in Japan, especially among younger people. According to a survey conducted by a ...

Private-sector advisers to the Japanese government on Monday called for flexibility in controlling debt to achieve a stable reduction ...

The U.S. military on Monday began a blockade of all maritime traffic entering or exiting ports in Iran, a maneuver that ...

Whenever this blind Mainichi Shimbun reporter encounters someone in the hallways, restrooms, or elevators at work he makes it ...

In June 2024, a couple living in a rental apartment in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward received an email from their landlord requesting ...

By Marawan Gomaa For many foreigners living in Japan, daily life feels manageable thanks to English options on websites, ATMs ...

Applications for certain levels of the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test, widely used as a requirement for foreign nationals ...

TOKYO -- A woman who worked as a cosmetics sales employee in northern Japan about 50 years ago died of mesothelioma. Her death has been recognized as work-related as it is believed she may have ...

Nearly 30% of the 1,820 junior high school students in western Japan's Kinki region reported experiencing some form of ...

About 30,000 people gathered outside Japan's National Diet on the night of March 8. Young people sang and danced as participants waved penlights and r ...