Japan's government will draft rules for "contract synthesis," in which specialized companies artificially synthesize DNA on ...

Pufferfish exhibit a behavior rarely seen in fish: They close their eyes in a motion resembling a wink. A research team has ...

The number of people who died by suicide in Japan in 2025 fell below 20,000 for the first time since records began, according ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi topped a Mainichi Shimbun poll on who the public favors as the next prime minister, followed by ...

Officers here have apprehended or warned 43 boys and girls ages 7 to 16 over nuisance acts against police filmed and shared ...

A sharply weaker yen has become a factor dragging down the international standing of Japan's economy. Japan must break away ...

Opposition leader and Nobel laureate Maria Corina Machado reappeared in Venezuela Sunday for the first time since December, ...

With the two leading AI powers, the United States and China, forming their own AI blocs, other countries are maneuvering to ...

We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between October 17 ...

Shogi player Tomoka Nishiyama said Monday she will exercise her right to join the game's main professional "kishi" ranks as ...

Japanese manga artist and conservative commentator Yoshinori Kobayashi sued the government on Monday, arguing that a recent ...

GMO Internet Group Inc. CEO Masatoshi Kumagai admitted Sunday night that internal engineers had flagged security issues ...