The Mainichi (Japan Daily News)

@themainichi

Japan's latest news and features in English. From the Mainichi Shimbun, the country's longest-running newspaper, in print since 1872. http://facebook.com/themainichi/

Tokyo, Japan

Joined June 2009

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The Mainichi (Japan Daily News)@themainichi · 17 m

2 Japanese footballers in Australia accused of A-league match-fixing mainichi.jp/english/articl…

themainichi's tweet card. MELBOURNE (Kyodo) -- Two Japanese footballers, including an Australian A-League player, have attended a pretrial procedure at a Melbourne court where

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The Mainichi (Japan Daily News)@themainichi · 37 m

Afghan moms smashing Japan's language barrier for sake of kids mainichi.jp/english/articl…

themainichi's tweet card. CHIBA, Japan (Kyodo) -- A long-term Afghan resident of Japan has set up a free language school to help her more newly arrived countrywomen stay connec

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The Mainichi (Japan Daily News)@themainichi · 48 m

Sony to take stake in Bandai Namco in anime business partnership mainichi.jp/english/articl…

themainichi's tweet card. TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Sony Group Corp. will take a 2.5 percent stake in major Japanese toymaker Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. for 68 billion yen ($464 million

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The Mainichi (Japan Daily News)@themainichi · 57 m

Heat, high prices to keep more summer holidaymakers in Japan indoors: survey mainichi.jp/english/articl…

themainichi's tweet card. TOKYO (Kyodo) -- More summer holidaymakers in Japan are expected to stay indoors and avoid activities such as camping, barbecues and visits to theme p

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The Mainichi (Japan Daily News)@themainichi · 1 h

Hakata Gion Yamakasa festival closes with 1-ton floats dashing through central Fukuoka mainichi.jp/english/articl…

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The Mainichi (Japan Daily News)@themainichi · 2 h

Sunflowers planted by locals color central Japan's Numazu mainichi.jp/english/articl…

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The Mainichi (Japan Daily News)@themainichi · 2 h

Top Japan, S. Korea diplomats to pursue stable development of ties mainichi.jp/english/articl…

themainichi's tweet card. TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and his new South Korean counterpart Cho Hyun agreed Thursday to work together to promote the

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The Mainichi (Japan Daily News)@themainichi · 2 h

Japan to raise bar on foreign driver's license conversion test mainichi.jp/english/articl…

themainichi's tweet card. TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan plans to make foreign driver's license conversion tests more stringent by significantly increasing the number of questions, pol

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The Mainichi (Japan Daily News)@themainichi · 2 h

Sapporo couple arrested for allegedly leaving 3 children home alone for hours mainichi.jp/english/articl…

themainichi's tweet card. SAPPORO -- A couple who allegedly left their three young children unattended at their home here for more than six hours were arrested July 17, police

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The Mainichi (Japan Daily News)@themainichi · 3 h

All-women 'Gal Mikoshi' event sets the stage for Osaka's Tenjin Festival mainichi.jp/english/articl…

themainichi's tweet card. OSAKA -- Women dressed in red

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The Mainichi (Japan Daily News)@themainichi · 3 h

Toilet survey finds gender gap in Japan's restrooms mainichi.jp/english/articl…

themainichi's tweet card. TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Women lining up for restrooms at train stations and other crowded public facilities is a common sight in Japan, while men rarely queu

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The Mainichi (Japan Daily News)@themainichi · 3 h

Japan antinuke groups criticize Sanseito politician's call for nuclear armament mainichi.jp/english/articl…

themainichi's tweet card. TOKYO -- The co-chair of a Nobel Peace Prize-winning atomic bomb survivors' group on July 23 criticized a member of the Sanseito party for declaring J

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The Mainichi (Japan Daily News)@themainichi · 3 h

Travelers in Japan asked to keep power banks within reach on flights mainichi.jp/english/articl…

themainichi's tweet card. TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government on Tuesday began urging travelers to keep power banks within reach on airplanes following a series of inciden

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The Mainichi (Japan Daily News)@themainichi · 3 h

Japan outdoor museum of vending machines aims to draw global fans mainichi.jp/english/articl…

themainichi's tweet card. SENDAI (Kyodo) -- An outdoor museum of vending machines in northeastern Japan that opened in March is seeking to showcase the country's cultural pheno

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The Mainichi (Japan Daily News)@themainichi · 4 h

Boy, 12, guides foreign visitors to Hiroshima in English, conveys suffering of war mainichi.jp/english/articl…

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The Mainichi (Japan Daily News)@themainichi · 4 h

46% of Japan workers who experienced 'gray zone harassment' considered quitting: poll mainichi.jp/english/articl…

themainichi's tweet card. TOKYO -- Have you ever witnessed someone at work start a preachy talk reminiscing about the

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The Mainichi (Japan Daily News)@themainichi · 4 h

Baseball: Kiyomiya triple shy of cycle as PL outslugs CL in Game 2 mainichi.jp/english/articl…

themainichi's tweet card. YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) -- Kotaro Kiyomiya finished a triple shy of the cycle with two RBIs as the Pacific League completed a two-game Japanese baseball All-

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The Mainichi (Japan Daily News)@themainichi · 4 h

Vietnamese woman regrets using proxy to cheat in Osaka test, faces deportation mainichi.jp/english/articl…

themainichi's tweet card. OSAKA -- When the now 29-year-old woman left Vietnam for Japan, she left her three young children behind. She decided to come to Japan to pay off her

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The Mainichi (Japan Daily News)@themainichi · 5 h

Which countries do most travelers to Japan come from, and how much money do they spend? mainichi.jp/english/articl…

themainichi's tweet card. More than 20 million foreign visitors arrived in Japan from January to June 2025, a new high for the first six months of the year. The Mainichi Shimbu

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The Mainichi (Japan Daily News)@themainichi · 5 h

'Second-gen' of Unification Church members in Japan sue for 320 million yen in damages mainichi.jp/english/articl…

themainichi's tweet card. TOKYO -- Eight individuals who are the children of followers of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, formerly the Unification Church

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