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Japan finds multiple rare earth elements in deep-water ...
A Japanese project to secure critical minerals from deep waters off Minamitori I...
Sumo: Aonishiki beats fellow front runner Kirishima, ta...
NAGOYA (Kyodo) -- Ukrainian sekiwake Aonishiki moved into the outright lead Frid...
Japan sizzles with 4th straight day of temps over 40 C
TOKYO -- Temperatures soared in central Japan's Tokai region and the Kinki and S...
Haiku in English: July 25, 2026
-- KEEP OFF --the wildflowerswilling to risk it--Helen Buckingham (Somerset, UK)...
Japan-U.S. research team discovers substance seen as 's...
The team, including researchers from Japan's National Center of Neurology and Ps...
Living in Japan -- an exchange student's view: New lens...
Japan first caught my interest during high school. At that time, as I was discov...
News in Easy English: Mental illness leads to more teac...
TOKYO -- A record 1,319 teachers at public elementary, junior high and high scho...
The Mainichi News Quiz: What has become the norm for Sa...
How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz ...
Sweet-toothed bear breaks into home 6 times in 7 days i...
SHIZUKUISHI, Iwate -- This northeastern Japan town has seen a string of cases wh...
More schools in Japan sharing pools as facilities age, ...
UBE, Yamaguchi -- As school pools age across Japan, some public elementary and j...
Japanese women lead world in life expectancy for 41st s...
The average life expectancy for Japanese women and men in 2025 increased compare...
Baby monkey Punch to celebrate first birthday
Punch, a plush-clutching Japanese baby monkey that has become a global online se...
Young Japanese artists turn school blackboards into a h...
The humble blackboard is serving as the canvas, and colorful chalk the paint, fo...
Japan gov't to impose tougher requirements for permanen...
The government plans to raise the bar for granting permanent residency to foreig...
Western Japan's Koshien University to halt student recr...
TAKARAZUKA, Hyogo -- An educational institution here announced on July 23 that i...
Indonesia's free meal program faces cuts after scandals...
JAKARTA (Kyodo) -- Indonesia is being forced to scale back President Prabowo Sub...
