News
The Mainichi News Quiz Answer for March 31
16+ hour, 34+ min ago (115+ words) March 31, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) What was the main reason for a large protest in front of Japan's National Diet Building on March 25? A) To demand higher wages for public sector workers C) To call for stricter environmental regulations in Tokyo D) To support the…...
Editorial: Japan's ruling parties dodge the real issue of social security reform
13+ hour, 33+ min ago (416+ words) March 31, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) It is astonishingly irresponsible for political leaders to discuss only tax cuts and cash handouts while claiming to address the sustainability of Japan's social security system. A bipartisan National Council on Social Security, established under the initiative…...
Google News
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (11+ words) Police search SDF base after officer's arrest over Chinese embassy entry...
Middle East
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (85+ words) Iran and the United States hardened their positions as diplomacy aimed at reaching a ceasefire in the war in the M Full article Editorial: Japan must rely on diplomacy, not deployment, to help end Mid ... Please view the main text…...
Japanese-Filipino left in Philippines post-WWII seeks Japanese nationality
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (272+ words) March 26, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOTTORI, Japan (Kyodo) -- A 95-year-old Japanese-Filipino woman left in the Philippines after World War II has applied for Japanese nationality as part of Tokyo's broader effort to help descendants obtain citizenship more than 80 years after the end…...
News in Easy English: Man in Japan started learning many languages at almost 50
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (369+ words) March 26, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO -- Many people think you must start learning a foreign language when you are young. But Shinji Miyazaki, 62, wants to show this is not always true. He started learning new languages just before he turned 50. He has…...
Editorial: Japan must aid Ukrainian evacuees with long term in mind as war drags on
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (439+ words) March 25, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) It has been four years since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, yet the path to ending the war is nowhere in sight. Measures to support Ukrainian evacuees in Japan with an eye to them staying…...
Editorial: Japan's costly 3.11 disaster rebuilding shows recovery must be sustainable
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (237+ words) March 24, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) For example, the stadium that was built in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, as a symbol of recovery costs far more to maintain than what it brings in from usage fees. Across three prefectures and 41 municipalities in the disaster-hit…...
News in Easy English: Japanese city took wrong person's taxes for 16 years by mistake
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (295+ words) March 24, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi -- The city of Shimonoseki in Yamaguchi Prefecture made a big mistake. For 16 years, it took property taxes from the wrong person's bank account. The city announced this on March 16. Read the full English article Read…...
Deer suspected after 10,000 tulip bulbs destroyed at park in Japan's Gunma Pref.
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (247+ words) March 24, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) KIRYU, Gunma -- Around 10,000 tulip bulbs on the verge of blooming have been destroyed at a park in this eastern Japan city, just weeks before its annual spring tulip festival, with deer suspected of digging them up and…...