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Ukrainian drones strike deep into Russian territory, hundreds of miles from the front line

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241222/p2g/00m/0in/011000c

Published: December 22, 2024 11:55

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukraine brought the war into the heart of Russia Saturday morning with drone attacks that local authorities said damaged residen

Retro Japan: The elaborate living space of a Meiji era family of means in Fukuoka Pref.

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241220/p2a/00m/0et/005000c

Published: December 22, 2024 09:38

UKIHA, Fukuoka -- The former residence of a wealthy family here is a showcase of elaborate design, speaking to the present from its presumed completio

Bringing back the pockets: Tokyo flea market peddles functional women's clothing

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241220/p2a/00m/0li/009000c

Published: December 22, 2024 09:00

TOKYO -- Where are the pockets? Some women wonder this when choosing new clothes. Instead of resigning to the lack of functionality, a resident of the

Meet your match? Spot the difference #138: Santa Claus is coming to town

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241101/p2a/00m/0et/037000c

Published: December 22, 2024 09:00

* From January 2025, "Meet your match? Spot the difference" will be published on an irregular basis.Enjoy the Mainichi Shimbun's "spot the difference"

Products with top sales growth rates in Japan in 2024 reflect lifestyle changes: survey

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241220/p2a/00m/0bu/007000c

Published: December 22, 2024 09:00

TOKYO -- A ranking of the best-selling everyday items in Japan in 2024 compared to the previous year reflects lifestyle changes brought on after consu

Ex-OpenAI engineer who raised legal concerns about the technology he helped build has died

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241222/p2g/00m/0in/003000c

Published: December 22, 2024 08:58

(AP) -- Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who helped train the artificial intelligence systems behind ChatGPT and later said h

Figure skating: Yuma Kagiyama wins 1st national title, qualifies for worlds

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241221/p2g/00m/0sp/027000c

Published: December 21, 2024 21:46

KADOMA, Osaka (Kyodo) -- Yuma Kagiyama qualified for the world figure skating championships by winning his first national title Saturday.The 2022 Beij

'Universal language' of films transcends borders and time: TIFF in review (Pt. 1)

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241221/p2a/00m/0et/014000c

Published: December 21, 2024 17:42

TOKYO -- The 37th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), one of Asia's premier film festivals, took place from late October to early November. Beyo

Editorial: Tax-free annual income threshold requires responsible debate in Japan Diet

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241221/p2a/00m/0op/019000c

Published: December 21, 2024 17:08

Amid ongoing price hikes in Japan, it is necessary to ease tax burdens on people struggling with the high cost of living. On the other hand, if debt-r

Will the European-style 'right to disconnect' from work become common in Japan?

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241221/p2a/00m/0na/017000c

Published: December 21, 2024 17:08

TOKYO -- Many people have experienced being deprived of private time due to work emails and phone calls, and while advancements in communication techn

Snowboarding: Ayumu Hirano, Sara Shimizu lead Japan halfpipe medal rush

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241221/p2g/00m/0sp/022000c

Published: December 21, 2024 12:54

COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colorado (Kyodo) -- Olympic champion Ayumu Hirano claimed men's halfpipe gold and his 15-year-old compatriot Sara Shimizu won the wom

Japan unveils new passport with enhanced security ahead of spring 2025 launch

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241221/p2a/00m/0na/003000c

Published: December 21, 2024 12:37

TOKYO -- Japan's Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya unveiled the country's new passport design during a press conference on Dec. 20, announcing it will be

3 elementary students thanked by Osaka police for helping lost preschooler

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241220/p2a/00m/0na/021000c

Published: December 21, 2024 09:00

OSAKA -- Three elementary school students have been given letters of appreciation by police here for helping a lost preschooler back home safely by ta

Scan for dud bombs ongoing at Fukuoka Airport following explosion at Miyazaki facility

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241220/p2a/00m/0na/019000c

Published: December 21, 2024 09:00

FUKUOKA -- The Japanese transport ministry is surveying Fukuoka Airport in this city's Hakata Ward for unexploded ordnance after the detonation of a P

Volkswagen wage deal for 120,000 German workers avoids layoffs, plant closures

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241221/p2g/00m/0in/013000c

Published: December 21, 2024 08:21

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Volkswagen and its employee representatives said Friday they have reached a wage deal for 120,000 German workers that avoid

France's anti-terrorism court convicts 8 people of involvement in the 2020 beheading of a teacher

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241221/p2g/00m/0in/009000c

Published: December 21, 2024 07:35

PARIS (AP) -- France's anti-terrorism court on Friday convicted eight people of involvement in the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty outside his school

At least 2 dead, 60 hurt after car drives into German Christmas market in suspected attack

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241221/p2g/00m/0in/007000c

Published: December 21, 2024 07:22

MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) -- A car plowed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, killing at least two p

Man sent to prosecutors over stabbings at Fukuoka Prefecture McDonald's

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241221/p2g/00m/0na/005000c

Published: December 21, 2024 00:25

FUKUOKA (Kyodo) -- A 43-year-old man was sent to prosecutors on Friday over the stabbings at a McDonald's restaurant in southwestern Japan that left o

Figure skating: Yuma Kagiyama, Kaori Sakamoto take early leads at Japan nat'ls

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241220/p2g/00m/0sp/038000c

Published: December 20, 2024 23:35

KADOMA, Osaka (Kyodo) -- Beijing Olympics men's silver medalist Yuma Kagiyama and three-time defending women's world champion Kaori Sakamoto won Frida

Japan retains economic view in December, warns of moderate firm profits

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241220/p2g/00m/0bu/036000c

Published: December 20, 2024 19:29

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government on Friday retained its view that the Japanese economy is recovering but warned that corporate profits are only improvi

Thousands of cabbages stolen from east Japan farms, police call for caution

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241220/p2a/00m/0na/023000c

Published: December 20, 2024 17:43

MITO -- A large volume of cabbages has been stolen from local farms in Ibaraki Prefecture in east Japan.According to Ibaraki Prefectural Police's Shim

Editorial: Why aren't lessons from Fukushima disaster being used in draft energy plan?

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241220/p2a/00m/0op/018000c

Published: December 20, 2024 17:00

The lessons Japan learned the hard way from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdowns have formed the foundation of the country's energy policy

Universal Studios Japan's ban on admission ticket cancellations, resales 'legal': court

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241220/p2a/00m/0na/015000c

Published: December 20, 2024 16:30

OSAKA -- The Osaka High Court on Dec. 19 upheld a lower court's decision that Universal Studios Japan (USJ)'s policy to prohibit admission ticket canc

Easy Japanese news in translation: Kids clean dinosaur skulls at Gifu Prefectural Museum

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241219/p2a/00m/0na/001000c

Published: December 20, 2024 16:00

On December 16th, there was a cleaning event for dinosaur skeletal samples at Gifu Prefectural Museum in the city of Seki. This was held so the dinosa

Locals recall strange behavior of man arrested over stabbings at McDonald's in Fukuoka Pref.

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241220/p2a/00m/0na/013000c

Published: December 20, 2024 14:51

KITAKYUSHU -- After the arrest of a 43-year-old local man over the Dec. 14 stabbing of two young students in this southwest Japan city that left a gir

Baseball: Tomoyuki Sugano aims to help Orioles contend for World Series

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241220/p2g/00m/0sp/014000c

Published: December 20, 2024 13:25

NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- New Baltimore Orioles right-hander Tomoyuki Sugano said Thursday he joined the American League club for a chance to win Major Leag

IOC presidential candidate Morinari Watanabe suggests 5-continent Olympics

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241220/p2g/00m/0sp/003000c

Published: December 20, 2024 12:37

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's IOC presidential candidate Morinari Watanabe has proposed staging the Summer Olympics in one city from each of the five conti

Putin boasts of gains in Ukraine at annual news conference meant to reinforce his authority

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241220/p2g/00m/0in/008000c

Published: December 20, 2024 12:16

MOSCOW (AP) -- President Vladimir Putin boasted that his military operation in Ukraine has strengthened Russia and denied that the ouster of key ally

House rejects Trump-backed plan on government shutdown, leaving next steps uncertain

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241220/p2g/00m/0in/010000c

Published: December 20, 2024 10:59

WASHINGTON (AP) -- With a resounding no, the House rejected President-elect Donald Trump's new plan Thursday to fund federal operations and suspend th

Israel and Hamas appear close to a ceasefire deal. These are the sticking points

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241220/p2g/00m/0in/004000c

Published: December 20, 2024 09:33

CAIRO (AP) -- Israel and Hamas appear closer than they have been in months to agreeing to a ceasefire that could wind down the 14-month war in Gaza an

Can 1 drawing change the world? A-bomb hibakusha family's wish impacts Nobel peace exhibit

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241219/p2a/00m/0na/016000c

Published: December 20, 2024 07:00

OSLO -- Thirteen drawings depicting the atrocities experienced by "hibakusha" survivors of the Hiroshima atomic bombing on Aug. 6, 1945, are on displa

Kitakyushu wins 2nd consecutive title in Japan's 'new' best night view ranking

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241219/p2a/00m/0na/010000c

Published: December 20, 2024 07:00

FUKUOKA -- The southwestern city of Kitakyushu has achieved two consecutive victories in the "New Three Japanese Cities with the Most Spectacular Nigh

Editorial: Can Honda-Nissan merger talks turn mutual crisis into chance for growth?

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241219/p2a/00m/0op/028000c

Published: December 19, 2024 18:56

The Japanese auto industry is at a once-in-a-century turning point. Amid the need to respond to structural shifts such as the spread of electric vehic

Osaka police mulling action over alleged assault, harassment by officers on duty

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241219/p2a/00m/0na/022000c

Published: December 19, 2024 17:37

OSAKA -- The prefectural police force headquartered here is considering disciplinary action for officers dispatched to a convention in another prefect

Map apps more popular than phone calls among smartphone users in Japan: survey

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241219/p2a/00m/0bu/020000c

Published: December 19, 2024 17:21

TOKYO -- "Map apps" surpassed "phone calls" for the first time in a survey by a Tokyo consulting firm asking smartphone users about their most frequen

Football: Wataru Endo shines as holders Liverpool reach League Cup semis

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241219/p2g/00m/0sp/031000c

Published: December 19, 2024 17:19

SOUTHAMPTON, England (Kyodo) -- Japan midfielder Wataru Endo was voted Liverpool's man of the match after captaining the holders in a 2-1 English Leag

More than 13,000 people in Japan cancel health insurance links to 'My Number' ID

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241219/p2a/00m/0na/018000c

Published: December 19, 2024 17:09

TOKYO -- The Japanese health ministry announced on Dec. 19 that there were 13,147 applications to cancel registrations for the use of the My Number he

Mt. Fuji access fees to be raised to 4,000 yen as authorities address overcrowding

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241219/p2g/00m/0li/028000c

Published: December 19, 2024 16:21

KOFU (Kyodo) -- Climbers using the most popular trail on Mt. Fuji are expected to be slugged with a doubled fee of 4,000 yen ($26) from next summer as

Nagasaki driver returns 25-yr 'partner' RX-7 to Mazda at ceremony on 80th birthday

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241219/p2a/00m/0li/009000c

Published: December 19, 2024 14:58

NAGASAKI -- A decades-long driver of a Mazda RX-7 sports car fulfilled a pledge to turn in her license on her birthday on Dec. 18 and passed the vehic

Snowboarding: Japan's Ayumu Hirano joins Olympic great White's new league

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241219/p2g/00m/0sp/023000c

Published: December 19, 2024 14:00

COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colorado (Kyodo) -- Japan's Olympic snowboarding champion Ayumu Hirano has joined the new professional halfpipe league founded by thr

France's highest court upholds corruption conviction of former President Nicolas Sarkozy

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241219/p2g/00m/0in/009000c

Published: December 19, 2024 13:30

PARIS (AP) -- France's highest court has upheld an appeal court decision which had found former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and inf

Police arrest local man over fatal teen stabbing at McDonald's in southwest Japan

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241219/p2a/00m/0na/006000c

Published: December 19, 2024 12:37

KITAKYUSHU -- Police investigating the Dec. 14 stabbing of two students at a McDonald's restaurant in this southwestern Japan city that left one of th

China has expanded its nuclear force and strengthened ties to Russia, the Pentagon says

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241219/p2g/00m/0in/015000c

Published: December 19, 2024 11:27

WASHINGTON (AP) -- China is expanding its nuclear force, has increased military pressure against Taiwan and has strengthened its ties with Russia over

Federal Reserve cuts its key rate by a quarter-point but envisions fewer reductions next year

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241219/p2g/00m/0bu/001000c

Published: December 19, 2024 11:05

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Wednesday by a quarter-point -- its third cut this year -- but also signaled that it

Boxing: Injury forces Yoshiki Takei to pull out of January title defense

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241219/p2g/00m/0sp/012000c

Published: December 19, 2024 10:53

YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) -- Japan's WBO bantamweight champion Yoshiki Takei on Wednesday withdrew from his scheduled second title defense in January after suf

Japan's Kinugawa Onsen reversing 'abandoned' image amid foreign visitor boom

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241218/p2g/00m/0na/037000c

Published: December 19, 2024 07:00

NIKKO, Japan (Kyodo) -- On the banks of Kinugawa River, a row of abandoned, crumbling hotels stands like a relic of a forgotten past. A destination th

ChatGPT preferred over in-person lessons as language learning method among young Japanese

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241218/p2a/00m/0li/017000c

Published: December 19, 2024 07:00

TOKYO -- More people in Japan are studying languages with ChatGPT, and among the younger generation, this study method has surpassed face-to-face less

Unorthodox name readings OK under Japan ministry proposal, but must be socially acceptable

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241218/p2a/00m/0na/011000c

Published: December 19, 2024 07:00

TOKYO -- The Ministry of Justice has drafted guidelines for a new family register name reading system starting in May 2025, telling local governments

Japan rapper confined for 302 days over bogus robbery accusation raps interrogation

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20241218/p2a/00m/0na/022000c

Published: December 18, 2024 19:47

TOKYO -- Cases of bogus charges and false confessions seemed like a problem that was worlds away. But one day, the promising 21-year-old musician was

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