The former mayor of the eastern Japanese city of Maebashi was reelected on Monday after she resigned over repeated hotel ...

Niseko, one of Japan's premier ski resorts in Hokkaido, has been labeled "foreignized" in a wave of online rumors. Posts on ...

Some 8,800 people celebrated Coming-of-Age Day at a ceremony held a day early on Jan. 11 in this southwest Japan city to ...

An unremarkable riverside near Tokyo was transformed into a neon wonderland on New Year's Eve as enthusiasts gathered to enj ...

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The Mainichi Shimbun answers some questions readers may have about why Mie Prefecture is considering halting foreign staff ...

A total of 7,087 public school teachers in Japan took leave due to mental health issues in the 2024 academic year, according ...

The Japan Shogi Association announced on January 7 that Masayuki Toyoshima, a 35-year-old ninth-dan shogi player, has gotten ...

A Japanese shinkansen bullet train operator has stepped up efforts to recycle retired train cars using a patented method to ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran wants to negotiate with Washington after his threat to strike the Islamic Re ...

Young women in brightly colored long-sleeved kimonos and young men in formal suits or traditional hakama and haori gathered ...

LOS ANGELES (Kyodo) -- The latest film in the Japanese "Demon Slayer" series lost the best animated motion picture award at ...