One day in mid-May after arriving home from school, my eldest son, 8, informed me, "Today we learned about 'Susen Bee.'" Our ...

In the original Japanese, the haiku states only "hachigatsu juugonichi" (Aug. 15), leaving the reader to make the connection ...

I first thought about Japan as a place to visit in 2020. The pandemic had just started, and I suddenly had a lot more time on ...

Osaki, which operates a public Japanese language school -- a rarity even nationwide -- has reintroduced staff personnel to a ...

Faced with a worsening shortage of bus drivers, a Hiroshima transport company has turned to Indonesia for help, hiring two ...

How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for Sept. 19 to test your news knowledge.

Researchers in Japan are using Pair Go, a version of the ancient board game played in teams, to explore how humans and ...

Masahiro Tanaka earned the 204th win of his combined Japanese and U.S. professional baseball career, moving into outright ...

Yokozuna Onosato blew away No. 3 maegashira Churanoumi to stay on top of the leaderboard at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament ...

Omitama city started to use six tablets this month. The tablets have a translation app. People can use them at service ...

A public housing complex in this central Japan city's Aoi Ward, has recently been attracting renewed attention, and its once ...

As land prices continue to rise in urban areas across Japan, buyers are increasingly rediscovering the appeal of detached ...