The Kanagawa Prefectural Government on Dec. 22 initiated a program allowing people who have been in contact with measles ...

The Michibiki No. 5 satellite that Japan's H3 rocket failed to put into orbit on Dec. 22 was supposed to form part of a ...

Atomic bomb survivors' groups and others have denounced a remark by a security official at the prime minister's office, who ...

As awareness of abuse and violence toward young athletes has risen, a growing number of sporting bodies around the world are ...

With a significant increase in black bear sightings in Japan, collisions between the animal and vehicles or trains have ...

The Japanese government is considering charging visiting foreigners a fee of about 2,000 yen ($13) to 3,000 yen for a planned ...

It has emerged that graduates of special needs schools were excluded from the population of 18-year-olds used to calculate ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met with entertainment industry creators to gather input for government plans aimed at overseas ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers common reader questions about Japan's system for verifying whether people seeking or working in ...

Reservation systems for major Japanese carriers Japan Airlines Co. and All Nippon Airways Co. resumed on the morning of Dec.

Nearly 70 percent of local governments and schools that hired teachers from April 2023 did not make proper use of a ...