Fuku Amagawa, who was born in Japan's Taisho era (1912-1926), works at the ramen restaurant Ginkatei in the city, helped out ...

Pieces of cake finished with plenty of chocolate cream and tender scones fresh from the oven are some of the seemingly ...

Major Japanese game developers Nintendo Co. and Capcom Co. are stepping up efforts to bring their iconic game characters and ...

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the major opposition Japan Innovation Party have effectively agreed to form a ...

Enjoy the Mainichi Shimbun's "spot the difference" puzzle. The rules are simple: find the seven differences between the two pictures. (Images by Tsumugi Otani, Tokyo Design Team) Click/tap here for ...

The 2025 winners of the 43rd Mainichi Fashion Grand Prix, organized by The Mainichi Newspapers Co. and supported by the ...

A special exhibition is underway at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum here, showcasing items donated in fiscal 2023, ...

Naoko Fujita (1950-). From "Akiurara" (clear autumnal weather), No. 177 (17-6) June 2025, Shuurei-no kai, Kawasaki, Yokohama.

Okinawa police said they arrested a 19-year-old U.S. Marine private first class stationed at Camp Foster on Saturday on ...

Franmil Reyes launched a pair of long bombs and five other players drove in runs to keep the Nippon Ham Fighters alive in the ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's government actively promoted "expo diplomacy" during the ...