Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is planning to skip the award ceremony for the winning sumo wrestler at the New Year's ...

Young women in brightly colored long-sleeved kimonos and young men in formal suits or traditional hakama and haori gathered across Japan on Monday to mark Coming-of-Age Day, an annual celebration for ...

Japan has sent its drilling-equipped research vessel Chikyu from Shimizu port to conduct a month-long mission to probe ...

The annual Kanchu Misogi ritual saw around 100 worshippers plunge into icy water at a Tokyo shrine on Sunday. View on ...

Dozens of worshipers took a deep breath and a brave plunge into icy waters at a Tokyo shrine Sunday, keeping afloat a New ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between January 3 ...

Crime is low but anxiety is rising, fueled by demographics, social media and perception gaps shaping how safety is felt.

Stunned by the discovery that she had a new older “brother,” a woman in her 60s in Tokyo confronted her father about the ...

By Sasha Grishin Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo are two fashion designers who redefined “the look” of fashion on the ...

The Department of Homeland Security in September 2025 said that 2 million undocumented immigrants had been forced out of the United States since the start of Donald Trump’s second presidency. Through ...