HEADLINES
Hundreds more flights are canceled as Tropical Storm Do...
BEIJING (AP) -- Shanghai airports canceled hundreds of flights on Monday as Trop...
'Smartphone addiction': Japanese teen logs 11 hours, 26...
NAGOYA -- The growing amount of time children spend online has become a social p...
Typhoon may make landfall in eastern Japan Kanto region...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The weather agency said Tuesday that a typhoon may make landfal...
Where is beloved mascot Myaku-Myaku now after Osaka Expo?
The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about Myaku-...
Typhoon No. 15 set to hit Honshu
Typhoon No. 15, following an unusual path, is expected to hit Japan's main islan...
Myanmar rebuffs ASEAN's call to free Aung San Suu Kyi a...
BANGKOK (AP) -- Myanmar's military-backed government has rejected the Associatio...
Student who escaped mall explosion after Kumamoto quake...
NAGASAKI -- A 15-year-old high school student from Kumamoto Prefecture who survi...
20,000 'Pink Sigh' petunias leave visitors in awe at Mo...
FUTTSU, Chiba -- A petunia cultivar called "Momoiro Toiki," or "Pink Sigh," is n...
Japan's current account surplus grows 22.5% in 1st half
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's current account surplus in the first half of 2026 rose ...
Tokyo stocks rise, Nikkei up 2%, on weak US nonfarm pay...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks rose Monday, with the Nikkei stock index rising ov...
Shanghai cancels at least 1,300 flights as Typhoon Dolp...
BEIJING (AP) -- Typhoon Dolphin hit China's eastern coast on Sunday evening afte...
Western Europe sets new temperature record as heat wave...
BERLIN (AP) -- The heat waves roiling Western Europe this summer toppled an aver...
BOJ policymaker urged faster rate hikes on inflation ri...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Bank of Japan policymaker called for the central bank to cons...
Ghibli Park in central Japan to add facility featuring ...
NAGOYA -- A new facility themed on Studio Ghibli's popular work "Nausicaa of the...
Editorial: Tokyo's soaring cremation fees underscore ne...
As aging of Japan's population advances, the number of people dying will continu...
A-bomb victims' group calls for world free of nukes on ...
NAGASAKI (Kyodo) -- Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivo...
