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The Mainichi - Japan Daily News The Mainichi is the online English edition of Japan's highly respected and trusted Mainichi Shimbun

The Mainichi, English-language version of the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper, was inaugurated in April 1922. The Japanese-language Mainichi Shimbun, which is marking the 145th anniversary of its founding this year, is the oldest newspaper in Japan.

End of Japan's 26-year ruling coalition forcing Komeito to rethink future
04/01/2026

End of Japan's 26-year ruling coalition forcing Komeito to rethink future

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The end of Japan's 26-year-long ruling coalition just before Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi took office in October will force the cent

Japan using Saudi-made coral skeletons from expo for sea conservation
04/01/2026

Japan using Saudi-made coral skeletons from expo for sea conservation

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Japanese universities are seeking to restore coral reefs and marine ecosystems after inheriting artificial coral structures that Saud

Share of firms seeing Japan growth in 2026 slips to 70% amid US tariffs
04/01/2026

Share of firms seeing Japan growth in 2026 slips to 70% amid US tariffs

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Seventy percent of major Japanese firms believe the domestic economy will grow in 2026, as high prices and aggressive U.S. tariff pol

UPDATED: Japan PM says to make diplomatic efforts on Venezuela stability, democracy
04/01/2026

UPDATED: Japan PM says to make diplomatic efforts on Venezuela stability, democracy

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Sunday that Japan will make diplomatic efforts toward restoring democracy to Venezuela and stabili

South Korean president visits China following Beijing's rising tensions with Japan over Taiwan
04/01/2026

South Korean president visits China following Beijing's rising tensions with Japan over Taiwan

HONG KONG (AP) -- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is set to begin his visit to China on Sunday as Beijing looks to deepen ties with the country a

Rare mushroom discovered growing in southwest Japan
04/01/2026

Rare mushroom discovered growing in southwest Japan

MISATO, Miyazaki -- A wild mushroom found growing within the grounds of a forestry technology center in this southwest Japan town in July has been ide

Japan gov't says closely watching Venezuela situation after US raid
04/01/2026

Japan gov't says closely watching Venezuela situation after US raid

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government said Sunday it is closely watching the situation in Venezuela and working to ensure Japanese nationals are sa

Baseball: Infielder Kazuma Okamoto, Blue Jays agree to $60 million, 4-yr contract: sources
04/01/2026

Baseball: Infielder Kazuma Okamoto, Blue Jays agree to $60 million, 4-yr contract: sources

TORONTO (AP) -- Infielder Kazuma Okamoto and the Toronto Blue Jays agreed to a $60 million, four-year contract, two people familiar with the negotiati

Foreign residents make up 9.5% of people in 20s in Japan
04/01/2026

Foreign residents make up 9.5% of people in 20s in Japan

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Foreign residents made up 9.5 percent of the people in their 20s in Japan in 2025, more than double the 4.1 percent in 2015, a Kyodo

How Fukuoka Women's University is preparing to accept transgender students
04/01/2026

How Fukuoka Women's University is preparing to accept transgender students

FUKUOKA -- As discussions continue at women's universities across Japan over whether to admit transgender women, Fukuoka Women's University recently a

Retro Japan: Miyazaki gov't building, once a 'castle in rice fields,' now a cultural asset
04/01/2026

Retro Japan: Miyazaki gov't building, once a 'castle in rice fields,' now a cultural asset

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The Mainichi, the English-language version of the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper, was inaugurated in April 1922. The Japanese-language Mainichi Shimbun, which is marking the 147th anniversary of its founding this year, is the oldest newspaper in Japan.