Weathernews released on January 29 its second forecasts of when Somei Yoshino cherry trees will bloom in Japan in ...

Escape the crowds and visit 3 of Japan’s lesser-known treasures: Taketomi Island’s beaches, Yamaguchi’s history and Nasu’s ...

The Earth's surface is constantly reshaped by the movement of tectonic plates, which make up the continental crust on which ...

The Earth's surface is constantly reshaped by the movement of tectonic plates, which make up the continental crust on which we are living. These ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between Jan. 18 ...

Writer Hannah Kirshner first moved to Yamanaka Onsen to better understand its craft culture. Almost 10 years later, she’s ...

When an aquarium in Japan closed for renovations, staff believe the sunfish fell ill from lack of an audience.

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The quake, which hit at 9:19 p.m., was centred in Miyazaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, with tsunami advisories issued for the region and nearby Kochi Prefecture. Authorities urged residents in ...

This is a part of Tokyo foreigners hardly get to see ... (1837–1919), a patriot from the Tosa clan in what is now Kōchi Prefecture who led the Freedom and People’s Rights Movement in the ...