Under the revised Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act that came into effect in June 2024, foreign nationals can ...

Japanese telecom giant NTT Docomo Inc. will retire its set of original emoji whose release 26 years ago helped shape the ...

About 90% of LGBTQ and other sexual minority students in junior high and high schools in Japan faced harassment or other ...

The creation of the "Japan-EU Competitiveness Alliance" is expected to be announced at a regular summit meeting being ...

Enjoy the Mainichi Shimbun's "spot the difference" puzzle. The rules are simple: find the seven differences between the two ...

Lawyers have cited fake cases generated by artificial intelligence in court proceedings in England, a judge has said -- ...

Artificial intelligence 's use in movie making is exploding. And a young film festival, now in its junior year, is showcasing ...

By Damian Flanagan There is a curious historical footnote that tends to be forgotten about the Japanese imperial expansion of ...

By Bill Emmott, independent writer, lecturer and international affairs consultant ...

Japan's population decline is accelerating much faster than predicted by the government. The nation cannot afford to ignore ...

A Chinese tourist was slashed by a knife-wielding person on a street in Kyoto on Friday evening after the two men had an ...