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

TOKYO -- Tensions between Tokyo and Beijing are raising the prices of minerals critical to high-tech industry, pushing ...

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When you think of Tokyo, you might think of neon-lit skyscrapers and its world-famous bullet train system, or films like “Akira” and “Ghost in the Shell” that depict a futuristic Japan filled with ...

KITAKYUSHU -- Japanese electronic bidet toilet seats including Toto Ltd.'s flagship product Washlet are finally gaining ...

Unsurprisingly, it was also in Japan that neocognitron, the architectural ancestor of the neural networks that power systems like ChatGPT, was developed by computer scientist Kunihiko Fukushima. Yet, ...

As the author of Frommer’s guides to Japan for many years, I’ve inspected more hotel rooms than anyone in their right mind should ever have to see. But even I’ve been flummoxed about what to expect in ...