From a comet and "cat employees" to Godzilla and realistic police officer dummies, the Mainichi editorial team has selected ...

It took an old American movie and a Nobel laureate’s musings about bland turkey to make me realize how far we’ve strayed from our roots. Last night, watching “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946), I ...

A Shinto shrine in Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan, is training young women as "miko" attendants to welcome worshippers during the New Year holidays.