1+ hour, 41+ min ago  (894+ words) April 29, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The body positivity movement may have cooled since its 2010s peak, but Japan's plus-size industry remains resilient thanks to tight-knit communities, even as weight stigma lingers and artificial intelligence could mark another turning point. In Japan,…...

5+ hour, 41+ min ago  (448+ words) April 29, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) MORIOKA -- A special exhibition tracing the work of U. S. -born Japan scholar Donald Keene (1922-2019), who followed poet and tanka writer Takuboku Ishikawa (1886-1912) for more than half a century, is being held in this northeast Japan city to mark…...

21+ hour, 53+ min ago  (246+ words) April 28, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks ended mixed Tuesday, with the Nikkei index falling as investors locked in gains in heavyweight technology shares following recent surges, while the Topix index was firm. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended down…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (436+ words) April 28, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) The 29-year-old Kenyan pulled off the feat that was long considered unthinkable when winning the London Marathon on Sunday in a time of 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds. There have been a slew of high-profile doping cases involving…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (16+ words) The Mainichi News Quiz: Why are Japan gov't officials mulling 1% not 0% consumption tax?...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (497+ words) April 28, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) He will become the first British monarch to address the U. S. Congress since his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in 1991. Her speech highlighted the shared history of both countries and the importance of their democratic values, themes Charles will…...

19+ hour, 44+ min ago  (726+ words) April 28, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Olympic pairs figure skating champions Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara revealed Tuesday they decided to retire immediately after winning gold at February's Milan Cortina Winter Games, but they vowed to keep raising the profile…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (350+ words) April 28, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TAIPEI (Kyodo) -- A Taiwanese court on Monday fined the local unit of Japan's Tokyo Electron Ltd. NT$150 million ($4. 7 million) and sentenced a former employee to 10 years in prison over the theft of trade secrets from Taiwan Semiconductor…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (327+ words) April 28, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) The panel meeting was held on April 27 at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo's Kasumigaseki district, verifying the results of the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, which took place between April and October last year....

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (469+ words) April 27, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Chat GPT scored the highest marks in this year's entrance exams of the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University, two of Japan's top universities, surpassing those of the actual top scorers, an AI venture said…...