One leukemia patient died and two others remain in critical condition after undergoing chemotherapy injections, a children's ...

Complaints directed at a Nara Prefectural Government division concerning abuse of its famous deer have surged, leaving employees stressed and ...

Japan's sex education has long been considered lagging behind other nations. Few elementary and junior high schools have ...

Some parents in Japan want their children to learn not just English but other languages too. They hope this will help their children become m ...

Fifteen years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011. That decade and a half has revealed the depth of the wounds left on ...

The Gunma Prefectural Government building in the city of Maebashi is seen in this file photo. (Mainichi) MAEBASHI -- The Gunma Prefectural Government announced on March 11 that a 63-year-old senior ...

How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for March 12 to test your news knowledge. Ready? What happened to the pass rate for foreign driver's license switching ...

NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- An exhibition tracing the life and career of Japanese ceramics artist Kanjiro Kawai, a key figure of the "mingei" folk craft movement in the early 20th century, has opened in New ...

What happened to the pass rate for foreign driver's license switching tests in Japan after the screening process was tightened in October 2025? A) The pass rate for knowledge tests dropped from over ...

Containers are stacked at the Port of Long Beach, Feb. 20, 2026, in Long Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday ...

A white, weathered store stands quietly in a deserted area of Namie town in Fukushima Prefecture, an area evacuated after ...

A giant vertical pipe at a sewer construction site in Osaka was pushed upward Wednesday, protruding more than 10 meters above ...