The operator of Tokyo’s feted subway system raised fares in March 2023 for the first time in 28 years after a pandemic collapse in passenger numbers and a period of heavy investment ahead of the Tokyo ...

Scientists have elucidated how hydrogen and carbon monoxide is adsorbed into solids containing a crown-motif structure of ...

NHK has learned that Japanese investigators have found the center of operations of a Vietnamese group that was sending a large number of shoplifted items from Japan back to their homeland.

While the Sommeil Profond is the newest overnight bus to take to the roads – and is unique in that it offers fully reclining ...

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

Shoplifting at drugstores has become a problem across Japan. The number of reported cases hit a record high in 2024, ...