We’ve known for some time that Forza Horizon 6’s Japan is Playground Games’ largest and densest map to date. We’ve known, too, that Playground Games’ version of Tokyo City is set to be the biggest ...

One of Japan's most haunting unsolved crimes, the Setagaya Murders, also known as the Miyazawa Family Tragedy, involves baffling clues that defy logic. In December 2000, an intruder entered the Tokyo ...

Two candidates in the upcoming Lower House election who share the surname Suzuki are fighting for the fourth consecutive time for a seat in a tight duel in Tokyo's No. 10 constituency, an area ...

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi answers questions during a press conference at the prime minister's office. (Mainichi/Akihiro Hirata) TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced her ...

Architect Keiji Ashizawa saw the planning process as "solving a puzzle" when creating this house in central Tokyo, which features wooden louvres for privacy. Designed for a couple and their three ...

Fukasawa, a residential area in south-west Tokyo, is quietly known for its architectural charm, with typically small buildings lining narrow-fronted deep plots.. The atmosphere is quaint, considering ...

Visiting Tokyo for the first time can feel like stepping into the future and the past at once. This vast, ever-shifting metropolis is all about contrasts: centuries-old shrines tucked beside glass ...

After the fervour of Seoul’s early September art scene subsides, followed by London and Paris in October, where do the world’s art professionals and collectors head next? In Asia, the “art week” model ...

This is our Tokyo house tour. I love giving house tours because it gives insight into different ways of living. I belive this Tokyo house was actually a little cheaper than what I mentioned but close ...

In the 2021 election for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, the Liberal Democratic Party won 33 seats, carving out a position of power for itself as the largest single party in the chamber. Four years ...

Shinji Inoue, head of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)'s Tokyo chapter, leaves the ballot-counting center at the LDP headquarters in the capital on the night of June 22, 2025. (Mainichi/Kenji Ikai) ...