TAKIZAWA, Iwate -- This north Japan city is crowdfunding using the "hometown tax" donation system to keep an ancient ...

IGA, Mie -- This month, the municipal government here has begun issuing an original municipal "resident's certificate" for ...

When Marco Gustavo first arrived in Japan from Brazil 30 years ago, following his father's decision to work abroad, his ...

TSU -- The roof of a Western-style church near the Ise Jingu shinto shrine in Mie Prefecture is adorned with "onigawara" ...

April marks a new fiscal year in Japan, and many people begin new jobs or are transferred within their companies. A study by ...

OSAKA -- A membership guidebook for an elementary school's PTA in west Japan has sparked criticism for its "intimidating" ...

Enjoy the Mainichi Shimbun's "spot the difference" puzzle. The rules are simple: find the seven differences between the two ...

The PRIME telescope, operated by Osaka University and others in South Africa, which can potentially study the Milky Way's ...

The World Exposition in Osaka opened Sunday, kicking off a six-month event centered on designing a sustainable future society ...

Ritsu Doan set up the 90th-minute winner to give Freiburg a 2-1 victory over Japan teammate Ko Itakura's Borussia ...

TOKYO -- University of Tokyo President Teruo Fujii stressed the importance of acquiring "minority literacy" in college life ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about "war trauma," which the Japanese government began ...