The chief of the aviation weather station on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, was under the influence of alcohol while ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about what Japan will do with soil removed around the ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday took a cautious stance toward hitting the United States with a retaliatory ...

The Japanese government has announced plans to increase production of rice and significantly boost exports. This marks a ...

President Donald Trump welcomed Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and the reigning champion Los Angeles Dodgers to the White House ...

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday ordered a panel of federal agencies to conduct another review of Nippon Steel Corp.'s ...

Methane gas was detected in an equipment pit at the 2025 World Exposition site April 6 with the gas concentration reportedly ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between March 29 ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday arrived on Iwoto Island in the Pacific, the site of a fierce World War ...

A malfunction with the electronic toll collection (ETC) system on routes including the Tomei and Chuo expressways was fixed ...

A malfunction with the electronic toll collection (ETC) system on routes including the Tomei and Chuo expressways has ...

A statue of the dog character Gyoza-ken Jubee, dressed in a gyoza dumpling costume, was unveiled at JR Utsunomiya Station in ...