Japan’s famous autumn leaf colours contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe, ...

World Children's Day is a weighty milestone as Nov. 20 commemorates the United Nations adoption of a legal framework in 1989 ...

SHIZUOKA — Shizuoka Prefecture plans to charge a toll of between ¥3,000 and ¥5,000 per person to climb Mt. Fuji starting next ...

The leader of a Japanese minor opposition party has apologized after suggesting "hypothetical" measures to address Japan's ...

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"Aluminum" commonly becomes arumi. Japanese original The easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun, a newspaper for children. This is perfect material for anyone studying ...

An Asahi Shimbun poll over the weekend and another by JNN showed Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Cabinet support rate dropping in comparison with last month — to 34% in the Asahi poll and 38.9 ...

The Yomiuri Shimbun marked the 150th anniversary of its first publication on Saturday. Reports about new projects promoted by the Yomiuri Shimbun group were given at a joint meeting of editors and ...

Yamanashi Prefecture is proposing a double-track line operating two-car trains every six minutes for 10 hours per day to disperse the summer influx of tourists while reducing vehicle emissions, ...

A staff member distributes an extra edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper in Tokyo, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, reporting on the Los Angeles Dodgers’ victory in the World Series baseball match after ...

Reusing grapes and wine pomace from Yamanashi Prefecture benefits farms struggling with the soaring cost of livestock feed in recent years and also ensures grape growers cut costs disposing of waste ...

Few people were dressed in costumes when this Mainichi Shimbun reporter visited there around 9 p.m. (Mainichi/Shotaro Kinoshita) TOKYO -- The Shinjuku Ward government in Japan's capital has asked ...