11+ hour, 5+ min ago   (751+ words) September 14, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) Ukraine has for months been targeting Russia's oil and gas industry with long-range strikes, prompting fuel rationing across the country and causing Moscow to ban diesel exports in July, removing supplies from the already tight global market....

12+ hour, 44+ min ago   (359+ words) September 14, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO -- A Ghanaian man undergoing medical treatment who had his welfare application rejected by the city of Chiba because he is a foreign national has lost his Supreme Court appeal in a lawsuit seeking to overturn the…...

14+ hour, 54+ min ago   (147+ words) September 14, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks were mixed early Monday, weighed down by selling of some semiconductor-related shares, while gains on Wall Street late last week offered some support. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (639+ words) September 13, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) The laws will penalize large social media companies up to $1 million per child if they are found negligent of harming children through their platforms, ban tech businesses from offering addictive feeds to anyone under 16, require operators of…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (99+ words) September 11, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) FUKUCHIYAMA, Kyoto -- The municipal assembly in this Kyoto Prefecture city adopted a written opinion on Sept. 10 calling for the Japanese government and Diet to respond firmly to U.S. sanctions against judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The statement…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (934+ words) September 11, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) Economists and other political observers are voicing concerns about the potential effects on inflation and the national balance sheet. Taken together, it's a swift reaction that makes clear that Trump's dubious election-year gambit is likely little more…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (376+ words) September 10, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) Japan deployed 300 crew members, landing ship JS Kunisaki and three CH-47 helicopters, which arrived in Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. The mission in Indonesia marked the first known overseas firefighting operation carried out by the Japan…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (435+ words) September 10, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) The dubious promise would likely cost more than $1 trillion and require congressional approval, and would further exacerbate the country's nearly $1.8 trillion annual budget deficit and concerns about inflation. "If the Republicans win, you win with us and…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (480+ words) September 10, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) The installation -- specially created for an exhibition of the work of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who died Aug. 14 at age 97 -- is titled "Infinity Mirrored Room -- The Hope Of The Polka Dots Buried In Infinity Will Eternally Cover…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (96+ words) September 9, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) ICHIKAWA, Chiba -- Japan Post Co.'s Kanto branch will begin selling stamps from Sept. 24 featuring Punch, a popular Japanese macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo. The stamps will be sold at 37 post offices in the city of Ichikawa…...