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US strikes targeting Houthis killed 153 civilians in Ye...
Washington (AP) -- U.S. airstrikes targeting Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yem...
Tokyo stocks end higher on strong chip shares despite U...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended higher Wednesday as semiconductor-related sh...
Yoroku: English missionary Walter Weston helped open Ja...
British missionary Walter Weston (1861-1940) helped introduce the Japanese Alps ...
Aeon says staff were allowed to reenter quake-hit mall ...
Major Japanese retailer Aeon Co said Tuesday that employees were allowed to reen...
Deer ravage sunflowers in Fukushima Pref. highland, for...
KORIYAMA, Fukushima -- A festival in this northeastern Japan city popular for it...
Ultrarare Nintendo Mario game cartridges discovered in ...
(AP) -- A few years ago, a pop culture store owner in Wisconsin mentioned to Jas...
N. Korean ballistic missile believed to have fallen out...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- North Korea fired a ballistic missile eastward Wednesday mornin...
Nikkei index directionless in morning as eyes on US CPI...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index was directionless Wednesday morning as i...
Suspected AI-altered image based on Mainichi photo of K...
TOKYO -- A fake image apparently created using generative artificial intelligenc...
What to know about the Perseid meteor shower in mid-August
The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about meteor...
Baseball: Sugano wins 12th as Rockies rally past Diamon...
LOS ANGELES (Kyodo) -- Tomoyuki Sugano earned his 12th win of the season after a...
Typhoon weakens to tropical depression after landfall i...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Typhoon Chan-hom lost strength and was downgraded to a tropica...
Easy Japanese news in translation: Rice paddy rugby eve...
"Tambo Rugby in Yamato Sakurai," a rugby event played in a rice paddy, was held ...
Chinese automaker Chery buys Nissan plant in Africa as ...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Chinese automakers are increasingly shifting from exporti...
Intensity of bear complaints strains over 40% of Japan ...
More than 40 percent of local governments responding to a surge in bear encounte...
Police ask Kumamoto residents to not get too drunk duri...
Of course, there’s never a good time to experience a 7.1 magnitude earthquake, b...
