We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between Feb.1 and ...

With the arrival of the hay fever season, people in Japan are complaining about allergy symptoms and some blame the use of ...

Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo, eagerly stretching their hands to catch the dried ...

Tokyo continued to be a magnet for people in 2024, with a net influx of around 80,000 nearing the pre-pandemic 2019 level and ...

The Japanese government says the number of people who moved to Tokyo last year exceeded those who left, marking an increase ...

Full crowds in Tokyo for this year's World Athletics Championships can make up for fans being locked out of the city's ...

The government aims to reverse the trend in fiscal 2027 to address the issue of overconcentration in the Tokyo area.

More than a million people in Japan have been told to cut back on showers and laundry to help rescuers reach a pensioner ...