Join Phoebe from Little Grey Box as she takes you through her top picks for unforgettable destinations in Japan. Discover hidden gems like Koyasan’s historic temples, savor Osaka’s incredible street ...

Much of Asia was celebrating the Year of the Horse this month. In Japan, which does not mark Lunar New Year, attention turns to a different animal. There is no cat in the Chinese zodiac — legend has ...

In an online landscape dominated by fast-moving trends, it takes something genuinely heartfelt to make people stop, and a tiny macaque named Punch has managed to do just that. At Ichikawa City Zoo in ...

How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz for Feb. 12 to test your news knowledge. Ready? Which two minor opposition parties made major gains in the Feb. 8 House ...

The loudest collision ever recorded between two black holes has allowed scientists to test Einstein’s theory of general relativity in unprecedented detail, showing that the physicist’s predictions ...

TOKYO—Imagine a sheet made of microscopic glass fibers, woven by a former silk maker and thinner than a human hair. A shortage of this material—essential in artificial-intelligence chips—is looming ...

Japan’s response to China’s latest export controls is likely to be cautious, reflecting both limited options for retaliation and a lack of appetite to escalate an already fraught relationship with its ...

A powerful earthquake struck off northern Japan late Monday local time, triggering a tsunami of up to 28 inches in Pacific coast communities, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said. The agency ...

Japan’s plan to provide a one-time payment of 20,000 yen (about US$130) per child is being welcomed by charity groups serving vulnerable families, but they say it will only offer temporary relief amid ...

The September 2024-announced Raiden Fighters Remix Collection will launch for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch on February 26, 2026 in Japan, MOSS announced. Pre-orders are now available at ...

Japan's first-ever female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, is a conservative with a traditional view of gender roles and a penchant for heavy metal music. Japan's parliament elected Takaichi on Tuesday ...

Battlefield 6 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC, and Little Nightmares III for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC are the highlights of this week’s ...