Environmentally friendly and highly durable bagworm silk is set to be used in a commercial application for the first time, ...

Balancing the need to attract visitors while preserving traditional rituals is an ongoing challenge for Japanese communities ...

As global tensions escalate, the value of peace is being felt acutely. It is time to reflect on the role Japan must play in ...

Tomiko Itooka, recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living person, died on Dec. 29, 2024, in Ashiya, ...

Sapporo residents Mana Sato, 37, and Kiyotaka Nishi, 32, a couple pushing Japan to adopt a selective surname system for ...

Nippon Steel Corp. is set to file a lawsuit in response to U.S. President Joe Biden's decision to block its $14.1 billion ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about how the Japanese Emperor spends the first days of ...

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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba overcame his first major hurdle in parliament as head of a minority government but his ...

Researchers in Japan have developed a recycling technology for the effective use of mixed post-consumer plastic waste, a ...

Walking along Omotesando Avenue in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in the cold night rain, I came across an eye-catching sight: an array ...

Japan's former world No. 4 Kei Nishikori reached the final of the Hong Kong Tennis Open after his Chinese opponent, Shang ...