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Easy Japanese news in translation: Giant carp streamer ...
On May 3, a giant carp streamer called a "jumbo koinobori" flew in the sky over ...
Costs hit record high in 2025 for entering private coll...
Costs from entrance exams to enrollment for students who entered private univers...
Avocado farming rises as citrus-growing Ehime city face...
Fuminori Arita once farmed iyokan, a Japanese citrus variety, but about 10 years...
Nikkei ends at record high above 62,000, logs highest s...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index ended at a new record high above the 62,...
Japan says hantavirus spread risk low; urges public to ...
The risk of person-to-person transmission of hantaviruses in Japan would remain ...
Japan FY2025 nuclear output highest since 2011 crisis a...
Japan's nuclear power output rose to 33.6 percent of the total capacity of opera...
Body of 78-year-old man missing since Sunday found in Y...
Police and searchers on Wednesday found the body a 78-year-old man who has been ...
Japan fires missile in joint drill with U.S., allies in...
Japan's Self-Defense Forces fired a Type 88 anti‑ship missile during a joint mar...
A-bombed former hospital reopens as annex of Hiroshima ...
HIROSHIMA -- An atomic bomb-damaged former hospital outpatient building here, wh...
Japan promoting 'smart registers' as faster fix for tax...
TOKYO -- The Japanese government is promoting the spread of "smart cash register...
Support up for constitutional change to extend Japan la...
TOKYO -- Some 36% of respondents to a recent Mainichi Shimbun survey supported r...
The Mainichi News Quiz: Oil prices could push up househ...
How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz ...
News in Easy English: Most nurses in Iwate Pref. think ...
MORIOKA -- A new survey in Iwate Prefecture shows that about 85% of nurses think...
Japan's post-Golden Week 'May blues' can be hard to spo...
TOKYO -- With the long Golden Week holiday period over in Japan, a condition com...
BOJ members seek rate hike amid inflation risks due to ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Many Bank of Japan policymakers called for the central bank to ...
Nikkei up over 6% above 63,000 points on tech gains, Mi...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index briefly surged over 6 percent Thursday, ...
