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Japan's Chiba Pref. eyes lodging tax of $1 per person p...

CHIBA -- The government of Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, plans to introduce a...

Easy Japanese news in translation: Straw 'Kasedori' fes...

The Kasedori festival, which has been passed down for about 400 years, took plac...

Gasoline-tainted kerosene affects 1,600 customers, may ...

OGAKI, Gifu -- Kerosene for heaters was contaminated with gasoline at a gas stat...

Teen stabbed to death in Osaka was promising successor ...

The grandparents of a 17-year-old boy who was stabbed to death by a man in Osaka...

Associate professor at Tsukuba university posted discri...

An associate professor at the University of Tsukuba, located northeast of Tokyo,...

China grants UK and Canada visa-free entry, raising tot...

BEIJING (AP) -- British and Canadian citizens can enter China without a visa sta...

Editorial: Japan PM Takaichi should face problems squar...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has announced the government will begin f...

TEPCO nuclear plant transmits electricity for 1st time ...

A reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant began power generation a...

Pokemon card sold at auction for world-record $16.49 mi...

A rare Pokemon card fetched a record $16,492,000 including the buyer's premium o...

Whirlpool sightseeing season opens with a swirl in west...

An opening ceremony marking the start of the spring sightseeing season for the f...

The Mainichi News Quiz: What's the point of making an a...

How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz ...

Olympics: Japan's Miura, Kihara win pairs figure skatin...

MILAN (Kyodo) -- Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara won Japan's first gold medal in p...

Lunar New Year prayers and festivities usher in the Yea...

BEIJING (AP) -- People are marking the Lunar New Year on Tuesday with prayers, f...

Japan hails Miura, Kihara's 1st Olympic pairs figure sk...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government on Tuesday welcomed its first Olympic g...

AI analysis of 'Pokemon Sleep' data identifies problema...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A leading Japanese sleep researcher has analyzed the relationsh...