Rich rice paddies and wheat fields: the Kanto Plain On June 11, 1878, Isabella Bird and her party set out from Kasukabe ...

A woman in her 60s was temporarily knocked unconscious after colliding with another cyclist while riding in Kumamoto, ...

Japanese companies have been implementing measures to protect workers amid the extreme summer heat, such as introducing ...

This western Japan city will end club activities at municipal junior high schools in principle at the end of August, becoming ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Friday that his $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund is "dead" while also ...

How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for Aug. 1 to test your news knowledge. Ready ...

A) Group dating events run by local governments B) Marriage consultancies with matchmakers ...

A new survey in Japan says many parents have a hard time working when their child does not go to school. The problem is much ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Lawmakers from Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party have launched a group aimed at promoting the rapidly growing trading card industry, seeing its potential as a globally ...

A private think tank has estimated Japan's annual economic losses from parents leaving their jobs due to children refusing to ...

An advisory body to the Mie Prefectural Government in central Japan reviewing a survey of prefectural residents regarding the ...