About 110 people met at Fukuoka city hall on June 19. They came to remember a big bombing that happened in Fukuoka 80 years ...

The average price of rice in Japan fell below 4,000 yen ($27) per 5 kilograms for the first time in around three and a half ...

The 2026 Tokyo Marathon will be held on March 1 with the participant cap set at 39,000, up 1,000 from the 2025 edition, its ...

Eighty years ago, the Battle of Okinawa claimed the lives of many residents during fierce ground combat between U.S. and ...

A Tokyo court rejected on Monday a damages claim by the husband of Seiko Noda, a ruling party lawmaker who aspired to be ...

Tokyo stocks opened sharply higher Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said Israel and Iran have agreed to a cease-fire ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Monday that his goal for next month's national election is for the ruling coalition to ...

A student at a public junior high school in Japan's capital gave up playing softball after a coach verbally abused her, and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Monday declared the "12 day war" between Israel and Iran as likely ending in a ...

NAHA -- This Okinawa Memorial Day, June 23, marks the 30th anniversary since the "Cornerstone of Peace" monument was erected ...

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump recently launched attacks on three nuclear facilities in Iran, saying its ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between June 14 ...