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What Japan's 'little nurses' left behind in Palau's jungle 81 years ago (Pt. 2)
8+ hour ago (721+ words) August 16, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) NAHA -- During the Pacific War, students from Palau Girls' High School cared for wounded soldiers at the Japanese military's 123rd logistics hospital in a dense jungle on Babeldaob Island in Palau, an island country once under Japanese mandate,…...
How to prepare for rising costs of Japan's private junior high school track
8+ hour ago (475+ words) August 16, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO -- Parents preparing for junior high school entrance exams in Japan are often surprised by the cost of cram school fees, teaching materials and summer courses. If their children go on to attend private junior high schools,…...
26 more bodies are recovered in Zimbabwe's ferry disaster, bringing death toll to 72
10+ hour ago (199+ words) August 16, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) The ferry capsized in strong waves on Tuesday. Police said that 26 more bodies had been recovered since then, bringing the death toll to 72. The aging ferry was traveling from the town of Kariba to rural and fishing…...
Crowdfunding launched by National Film Archive of Japan after grant cut a 'cry for help"
12+ hour ago (337+ words) August 16, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO -- A crowdfunding project launched by the National Film Archive of Japan after its operating grant was sharply cut has raised more than 98 million yen (around $615,000) in roughly a month and a half since its launch on…...
Retro Japan: Grand wooden legacy stands on former domain school site in Yamaguchi Pref.
12+ hour ago (234+ words) August 16, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) HAGI, Yamaguchi -- The former municipal Meirin Elementary School in this western Japan city was built in 1935 on the site of Meirinkan, the former school of the Hagi domain. The grounds are also home to Yubikan, a hall…...
With US-Iran talks stalled, diplomatic efforts expand to unlikely European players
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (821+ words) August 15, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) While discussions between Iran and Oman, as well as between Iran and Pakistan, Turkey and Qatar, persist at an uneven and unpredictable pace, the U.S. administration quietly has expanded its outreach to include perhaps unlikely interlocutors in Europe....
European countries battle multiple wildfires as record heat grips the continent
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (1047+ words) August 15, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) The historic temperatures are linked to human-caused climate change, and are hitting countries more used to long cold seasons and ill-equipped for this sort of heat, with limited air conditioning. More evacuations in France as fire affects…...
Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's coast, toppling buildings and killing at least 2
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (524+ words) August 15, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) Authorities issued a tsunami warning and urged coastal residents to move to higher ground, but later lifted the warning when Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said monitoring showed no significant sea-level changes that would pose a…...
Japanese migrants to Palau 'paradise' faced 4 turbulent years during war (Pt. 1)
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (663+ words) August 15, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) NAHA -- Palau, a small island country covering 488 square kilometers -- roughly the size of the island of Yakushima in southwestern Japan's Kagoshima Prefecture -- lies about 3,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. After World War I, it came under Japanese mandate....
The Mainichi News Quiz Answer for Aug. 15
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (55+ words) August 15, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) What is the central purpose of Nuigurumi Jinja, which opened in Nantan, Kyoto Prefecture? A) Offering pilgrimages and nature tours for Kyoto visitors B) Hosting memorial services for the surrounding forest C) Offering blessings and memorial services for cherished stuffed…...