A distillery in northeastern Japan's Fukushima Prefecture is endeavoring to do its bit to change the negative public image ...

Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some questions readers may have about Japan's postpartum care hotels, used by mothers after ...

Japanese-themed manga and anime have been barred from one of China's largest comic conventions about a week before the show ...

Japan has sounded out the United States about the possibility of a visit by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in the latter half ...

A hunter whose license was revoked after shooting a brown bear at the request of a Hokkaido municipality expressed relief ...

The launch of the H3 No. 8 rocket, Japan's large core launch vehicle, has ended in failure, unable to place the Michibiki No.

U.S.-based generative AI company Perplexity AI Inc. responded Dec. 23 Japan time to a protest The Mainichi Newspapers Co.

Masashi Ozaki, the most successful Japanese professional golfer with 112 wins, including 94 on the Japan Golf Tour, died of ...

As Japan faces soaring rice prices, the country needs an agricultural policy providing a blueprint for the stable supply of staple foods into the future. Merely adhering to policies of the past will ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a project to build a nuclear-powered submarine, state-run media reported Thursday, un ...

The central Japanese prefecture of Mie is considering reinstating a rule requiring its employees to hold Japanese nationality ...