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Editorial: Japan must not undermine decentralization in...
As Japan's population continues to decline, how should we view the administrativ...
Baseball: Imanaga earns 4th win as Cubs extend winning ...
CHICAGO (Kyodo) -- Shota Imanaga earned his fourth win of the season as the Chic...
Russia says Ukraine launched major drone attack after M...
(AP) -- Russian air defenses shot down 347 Ukrainian drones overnight, Russia's ...
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 ...
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 FY2025 nuclear output highest since 2011 crisis a...
Japan's nuclear power output rose to 33.6 percent of the total capacity of opera...
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...
Support up for constitutional change to extend Japan la...
TOKYO -- Some 36% of respondents to a recent Mainichi Shimbun survey supported r...
Japan promoting 'smart registers' as faster fix for tax...
TOKYO -- The Japanese government is promoting the spread of "smart cash register...
News in Easy English: Most nurses in Iwate Pref. think ...
MORIOKA -- A new survey in Iwate Prefecture shows that about 85% of nurses think...
The Mainichi News Quiz: Oil prices could push up househ...
How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz ...
