Kumamoto Prefecture is Japan's leading producer of tomatoes, watermelons and rushes. But the July 28 Kumamoto earthquake, which registered a maximum i ...

KUMAMOTO, Japan (Kyodo) -- Kumamoto Castle reopened to visitors Thursday, just over two weeks after a magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck southwestern Japan, following safety checks by the city. The city ...

BRUSSELS (Mainichi) -- Plans are taking shape to build a theme park based on Japan's globally popular anime series "Dragon Ball" in the suburbs of Paris, France. The French government has reportedly ...

TOKYO -- Two teenage boys were recently arrested on suspicion of firing fireworks horizontally toward two police boxes including one that was newly rebuilt in the capital's Adachi Ward. Police ...

A grocery store is seen in Tokyo in this June. 10, 2022 file photo. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's wholesale prices in July rose 7.2 percent from a year earlier, the Bank of Japan said Thursday, ...

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 ...

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 ...

It has been 20 years since induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, which were expected to transform regenerative medicine, first appeared. The technolog ...

Why was a University of Tokyo professor recently suspended for three days by the school? A) Posted admissions information without university approval B) Shared graduate school application data with ...

AOMORI, Japan (Kyodo) -- The fishing town of Oma in northeastern Japan, famous for its branded tuna, has been deepening its ties with a Taiwanese temple through their shared reverence for the Taoist ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Etorofu Island on Thursday, the country's Tass news agency reported, in his first trip to the Russian-held, Japanese-claimed island chain off ...