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

Also known as a "departure tax", this tax was introduced in 2019. It is automatically included in travel fares and applies to all individuals leaving Japan by air or sea, including both foreign ...

Unlike in most nations, where janitors or custodians clean, Japanese students personally clean their classrooms, corridors, ...

As winter tightens its grip on Japan, a rapidly intensifying low-pressure system is causing significant snowfall and strong winds across the nation. This dramatic weather event is expected to affect ...

This initiative aims to provide educational opportunities in various regions of the country. The schools are being built with financial support from Japan and will include facilities such as solar ...

A rapidly intensifying low-pressure system was unleashing heavy snow and strong winds across much of Japan, stretching ... 12 cm in Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, and 10 cm in the city ...

A former senior member of Aum Shinrikyo expressed regret over his involvement in the doomsday cult in an interview ahead of the 30th anniversary of its sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway ...

The Shizuoka Prefectural Assembly has passed an ordinance that will require a ¥4,000 entry fee to climb Mt. Fuji from this summer. Specifically, the fees will apply to the Fujinomiya, Subashiri and ...

School backpacks are seen in an unrelated photo taken in Sapporo on March 4, 2025. (Mainichi/Taichi Kaizuka) SAPPORO -- In a number of cases, children in Japan are becoming victims of sexual ...

it is imperative for the government and private sector to collaborate and reconstruct the disaster relief system. Fourteen years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake disaster.

Governor Kotaro Nagasaki of Yamanashi Prefecture is spearheading initiatives to deepen Japan-India relations, emphasizing green hydrogen energy, human resource exchanges, and cultural cooperation.