KUMAMOTO — Kumamoto Prefecture’s mascot Kumamon celebrated the 15th anniversary of his 2010 debut in March. Kumamon is one of Japan’s most beloved characters for regional promotion. The prefecture is ...

Rice prices and inflation are putting pressure on Ishiba’s minority government.

TOKYO - The government’s latest forecast on the damage from a possible Nankai Trough megaquake indicates that faster ...

Tokyo’s city government is offering employees a four-day workweek aimed at boosting population growth and improving work-life ...

These developments come as Japan is increasingly alarmed by the prospect of an invasion of Taiwan. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Japan’s parliament, the Diet, voted this week to make public high school free for all children. Tuition fees had been ...

TOKYO – Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department set up Tuesday a section specializing in investigating lone offender terrorism ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nuclear deterrence should not be the "final form of security," a Japanese forum said Monday in its ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba says his government is making last ditch efforts to get U.S. President Donald Trump to ...

Authorities in Japan’s Osaka Prefecture have reported discovering English-language graffiti on the exterior wall of a building affiliated with the prefectural office, containing messages protesting ...

Japan's parliament passed the budget for fiscal 2025 on Monday, the day before the new financial year starts, after Prime ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between March 1 and 9. The first story was ...