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Japan ski paradise faces strains of global acclaim
Beneath the powder snow at internationally popular Japanese ski resort Niseko, a...
Epidural labor spreads slowly in Japan as pain relief e...
TOKYO -- The use of epidural anesthesia to alleviate pain during delivery is gra...
Edging Toward Japan: Is there such a thing any more as ...
By Damian FlanaganThe other week I was asked by a magazine to review a couple of...
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who investigated Ru...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Robert S. Mueller III, the FBI director who transformed the n...
Vietnamese technical trainee dies while fishing in cent...
FUKUI, Japan (Kyodo) -- A Vietnamese technical trainee died Saturday and three o...
Retro Japan: Hat-shaped towers along Edo River take in ...
TOKYO -- About 500 meters upstream of a dock at the famous "Yagiri-no-watashi" f...
Iran strikes near Israeli nuclear research center as Tr...
CAIRO (AP) -- Iranian missiles struck two communities in southern Israel late Sa...
From paper to plate: 80-year-old Osaka man crafts stunn...
OSAKA -- An 80-year-old man living in Osaka creates incredibly realistic "fake f...
Kyoto medical firm to launch personal iPS cell storage ...
KYOTO (Kyodo) -- A Kyoto-based regenerative medicine company is launching a serv...
The Mainichi News Quiz: What was that about Japan's toi...
How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz ...
Judge sides with New York Times in challenge to policy ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge agreed Friday to block the Trump administrati...
Registration for cycling event on Japan's Shimanami Kai...
MATSUYAMA -- Registration for "Cycling Shimanami 2026," which offers people the ...
A fisherman's guesthouse and 'the full fish experience'...
MINAMIISE, Mie -- In this quiet coastal town, 51-year-old fisherman Jun Hashimot...
BTS returns with comeback concert in Seoul after four-y...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- After a four-year break, K-pop supergroup BTS returns...














