RSS Parrot

Football: Ueda scores 7th goal of season as Feyenoord beat RKC

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2g/00m/0sp/037000c

Published: May 15, 2025 22:00

BERLIN (Kyodo) -- Japan forward Ayase Ueda scored his seventh goal of the Dutch Eredivisie season for Feyenoord in a 2-0 win at home to RKC Waalwijk o

Sumo: Hoshoryu snaps losing streak, Onosato stays unbeaten on Day 5

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2g/00m/0sp/043000c

Published: May 15, 2025 20:29

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Lone yokozuna Hoshoryu took care of business against No. 2 maegashira Gonoyama to snap a two-bout losing streak Thursday at the Summe

Baseball: Miyanishi sets relief appearance record as Fighters cruise

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2g/00m/0sp/041000c

Published: May 15, 2025 20:00

KITAHIROSHIMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Left-hander Naoki Miyanishi set a Nippon Professional Baseball record of 880 consecutive appearances in relief Thursd

Japan moves to ban Google, Apple from blocking app store competitors

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2g/00m/0bu/039000c

Published: May 15, 2025 19:00

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's antitrust watchdog Thursday unveiled draft guidelines for the law governing smartphone software services of U.S. tech giants

Tokyo stocks drop as exporters sold on stronger yen

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2g/00m/0bu/033000c

Published: May 15, 2025 18:31

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks fell Thursday, led by selling of export-oriented auto issues on a stronger yen amid concern that Japan could be urged by

A Russian delegation has arrived in Istanbul for Ukraine talks. It doesn't include Putin

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2g/00m/0in/035000c

Published: May 15, 2025 18:30

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) -- Russia's delegation arrived in Istanbul for peace talks with Ukraine, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova sa

Memorial honors aborted babies at site of Japan rest home for WWII returnees

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2a/00m/0na/020000c

Published: May 15, 2025 17:47

CHIKUSHINO, Fukuoka -- A memorial ceremony was held on May 14 at a former rest home in Chikushino, Fukuoka Prefecture, for the souls of the aborted fe

54 people killed in overnight airstrikes on southern Gaza city, hospital says

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2g/00m/0in/030000c

Published: May 15, 2025 17:30

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) -- A hospital in southern Gaza says 54 people have been killed in overnight airstrikes on the city of Khan Younis.An Asso

Japan weighs doubling stockpiled rice release to rein in price surge

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2g/00m/0bu/032000c

Published: May 15, 2025 16:34

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government is considering roughly doubling the supply of stockpiled rice to about 600,000 tons, as rice prices remain at

Editorial: Japan needs rules to deal with rising number of unclaimed remains of the dead

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2a/00m/0op/010000c

Published: May 15, 2025 16:27

The number of elderly people living alone is growing steadily in Japan, and municipalities increasingly find themselves struggling to deal with cases

4 arrested after Uzbek man allegedly impersonates Japanese nat'l for delivery service

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2a/00m/0na/008000c

Published: May 15, 2025 16:17

TOKYO -- Three Japanese men and an Uzbek man have been arrested on suspicion of fraudulently obtaining commissions by having the Uzbek impersonate a J

It sounded like an explosion: Witnesses recall ASDF jet crash into central Japan reservoir

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2a/00m/0na/006000c

Published: May 15, 2025 15:23

An Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) T-4 training aircraft crashed into Lake Iruka in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, May 14, in a spectacle seen by visitors a

Baseball: Ohtani hits home run, Yamamoto gets win as Dodgers down A's

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2g/00m/0sp/028000c

Published: May 15, 2025 15:10

LOS ANGELES (Kyodo) -- Shohei Ohtani led off the game with his 13th home run and Yoshinobu Yamamoto notched his fifth win of the season Wednesday for

Families of victims in South Korea plane crash file complaint against 15 officials

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2g/00m/0in/024000c

Published: May 15, 2025 14:30

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Families of victims of December's devastating plane crash in South Korea have filed a complaint against 15 people including

Refugees, immigrants, supporters connect through food and music at Tokyo festival

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2a/00m/0na/002000c

Published: May 15, 2025 14:04

TOKYO -- Refugees, immigrants and their supporters connected through cultural exchanges at a recent festival held in a park here.The Refugee & Migrant

Rubio and other top NATO diplomats meet in Turkey ahead of possible Ukraine-Russia talks

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2g/00m/0in/022000c

Published: May 15, 2025 13:30

ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his NATO counterparts meet in Turkey on Thursday to prepare a pivotal summit of allian

Search continues for 2 missing crew of crashed Japan ASDF trainer jet

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2g/00m/0na/026000c

Published: May 15, 2025 12:24

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Self-Defense Forces on Thursday continued searching for the two missing crew members of an Air Self-Defense Force training je

The Mainichi News Quiz for May 15

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2a/00m/0et/013000c

Published: May 15, 2025 12:00

How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz to test your news knowledge. Ready?In an attempt to discourage prostit

Mourners from all corners of Uruguay bid farewell to iconic former President Jose Mujica

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2g/00m/0in/020000c

Published: May 15, 2025 11:30

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) -- Crowds poured into the streets of Uruguay's capital on Wednesday to bid a poignant farewell to former President Jose Mujic

News in Easy English: Japanese supermarket Aeon to sell rice from the US

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2a/00m/0na/032000c

Published: May 15, 2025 11:00

TOKYO -- The Japanese supermarket Aeon Co. will start selling new rice called "Karoyaka" from the U.S. state of California on June 6. They will do thi

Japan sets 5-year goal of 1% annual real wage growth via investment

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2g/00m/0na/018000c

Published: May 15, 2025 10:07

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government on Wednesday set a five-year goal of achieving annual inflation-adjusted wage growth of 1 percent across Japan through

Trump meets with Syria's interim president, a first between the nations' leaders in 25 years

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2g/00m/0in/016000c

Published: May 15, 2025 08:54

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- U.S. President Donald Trump met with interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, the first enc

Trump appeals for Qatar's help in persuading Iran to give up its nuclear program

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2g/00m/0in/014000c

Published: May 15, 2025 08:36

DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- President Donald Trump urged Qatar on Wednesday to use its influence over Iran to persuade the country's leadership to reach an ag

Pope meets Sinner: No. 1 player gives tennis fan Pope Leo XIV racket on Italian Open off day

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2g/00m/0sp/012000c

Published: May 15, 2025 08:06

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Leo XIV has made peace with Jannik Sinner.The top-ranked tennis player visited the new pope on Wednesday, gave him a tennis

Japan not negotiating US rice import expansion: ruling party member

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2g/00m/0bu/010000c

Published: May 15, 2025 07:35

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A senior official of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has ruled out including talks on an expansion of U.S. rice imports in ta

Japanese language school opens at hot spring inn in Kyushu amid labor shortage

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2a/00m/0na/031000c

Published: May 15, 2025 07:00

SAGA -- A Japanese language school for international students has opened at a long-established inn in Saga Prefecture in southwestern Japan's Kyushu r

'Cram school hell' intensifying S. Korea's population crisis

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0in/027000c

Published: May 15, 2025 07:00

SEOUL (Kyodo) -- South Korean parents often describe intense academic competition as "cram school warfare," but the mounting pressure is pushing more

Trump tariffs may accelerate restructuring of already struggling Japan auto industry

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2a/00m/0bu/027000c

Published: May 15, 2025 07:00

TOKYO -- Nissan Motor Co. is struggling to draw a path to recovery as the major Japanese automaker recently announced a plan to significantly scale ba

Haiku in English: May 15, 2025

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250426/p2g/00m/0su/052000c

Published: May 15, 2025 06:00

first light ...a foal tests its tremblingknees--Nitu Yumnam (Ajman, UAE)Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay

Japanese kindergarten operator in China deported after detention

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2g/00m/0in/001000c

Published: May 15, 2025 05:00

BEIJING (Kyodo) -- A Japanese kindergarten operator in Beijing was detained by Chinese authorities last year on suspicion of violating the country's i

Roki Sasaki is the latest Dodgers pitcher to land on the injured list

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0sp/033000c

Published: May 15, 2025 04:00

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Touted Los Angeles Dodgers rookie Roki Sasaki landed on the injured list Tuesday with right shoulder impingement, an injury simila

Handball: France's PSG to play exhibition games in Tokyo in Aug.

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0sp/032000c

Published: May 15, 2025 03:30

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- French handball club Paris Saint-Germain will visit Japan for the third consecutive year to play two exhibition games in August, the

Sumo: Abi condemns Hoshoryu to 2nd loss, Onosato among 5 unbeaten

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250515/p2g/00m/0sp/005000c

Published: May 15, 2025 00:31

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Yokozuna Hoshoryu fell to No. 2 maegashira Abi for his second successive defeat at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Wednesday as p

Japan set to fully cover childbirth costs possibly from April 2026

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0na/048000c

Published: May 15, 2025 00:00

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's health ministry is set to eliminate out-of-pocket payments associated with child delivery, possibly from April next year, to

Over-the-counter drugs to be available at convenience stores in Japan

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0na/041000c

Published: May 14, 2025 23:00

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Over-the-counter drugs will become available at convenience stores in Japan within two years, following the enactment of revised laws

Bulgarian, Austrian presidents to visit Japan for World Expo

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0et/034000c

Published: May 14, 2025 22:00

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen will each visit Japan later this month to attend the

US, China slash most new tariffs following high-level talks

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0in/037000c

Published: May 14, 2025 21:00

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- The United States and China on Wednesday slashed most of their recent new tariffs on each other's imports and suspended part of

Japanese kids' mental health ranks poorly among rich nations: UNICEF

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0li/042000c

Published: May 14, 2025 17:43

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Children in Japan continue to suffer poor mental health, with the country ranking 32nd among 43 developed and emerging nations due to

Japan gov't not liable over 2018 execution of man seeking retrial

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0na/036000c

Published: May 14, 2025 17:22

OSAKA (Kyodo) -- A Japanese court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit calling on the central government to pay 16.5 million yen ($112,000) in damages ove

Air Self-Defense Force trainer plane crashes in central Japan: gov't

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0na/038000c

Published: May 14, 2025 17:08

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japan Air Self-Defense Force training plane crashed shortly after taking off from a base in central Japan, the government said Wedn

Bag with inflammable tube falls from US forces chopper in Okinawa

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0na/040000c

Published: May 14, 2025 16:54

NAHA (Kyodo) -- A bag containing an inflammable signal flame tube fell from a U.S. military helicopter over the Motobu peninsula in northern Okinawa P

Tokyo stocks fall as autos sold on firmer yen, weak earnings outlook

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0bu/039000c

Published: May 14, 2025 16:48

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks fell Wednesday as export-oriented auto issues were sold on a firmer yen and sluggish earnings outlooks due to uncertaint

Ex-kindergarten worker arrested for allegedly filming naked boys at public bath in Japan

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2a/00m/0na/025000c

Published: May 14, 2025 16:24

OSAKA -- A 38-year-old former public kindergarten employee was arrested on suspicion of secretly filming the naked bodies of elementary and junior hig

Easy Japanese news in translation: 'Submerged forest' appears in lake in Yamagata Prefecture

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250512/p2a/00m/0na/016000c

Published: May 14, 2025 16:00

A "submerged forest," which appears only during spring, is now at its best in Lake Shirakawa in the town of Iide, Yamagata Prefecture. When a large am

Body found in sinkhole near Tokyo confirmed as missing driver

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0na/035000c

Published: May 14, 2025 16:00

SAITAMA (Kyodo) -- A body found inside a massive sinkhole that opened at an intersection near Tokyo three months ago has been confirmed as that of a m

Editorial: Japan court ruling a condemnation of abuses of power to commit sexual assault

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2a/00m/0op/023000c

Published: May 14, 2025 15:46

A Japanese lawmaker's aide lured a female reporter by suggesting he would provide her with information, then sexually assaulted her. A court ruling ha

Japan retailer Aeon to sell 'Karoyaka' California-grown rice amid high domestic prices

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2a/00m/0bu/021000c

Published: May 14, 2025 15:37

TOKYO -- Major Japanese retailer Aeon Co. announced May 13 it will release a new 100% California-grown rice labeled "Karoyaka" on June 6, responding t

Prolonged effects of 'education abuse' have led to murder cases in Japan

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2a/00m/0na/018000c

Published: May 14, 2025 15:26

TOKYO -- A man under arrest for allegedly slashing a male passenger at Tokyo Metro's Todaimae Station has reportedly cited "educational abuse by my pa

Rice prices in Japan 'not high' claims agricultural coop chairperson

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2a/00m/0na/015000c

Published: May 14, 2025 15:18

TOKYO -- The chairperson of the Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives (JA-Zenchu) said he thinks "current rice prices in Japan aren't high," citi

Sony's profits rise on robust performance for music, movies and games

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0bu/031000c

Published: May 14, 2025 15:03

TOKYO (AP) -- Japanese technology and entertainment company Sony logged an 18% rise in profit for the fiscal year through March on healthy results at

Rugby: League One's rule change to increase Japanese players on pitch

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0sp/029000c

Published: May 14, 2025 14:52

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan Rugby League One said Tuesday it has decided to change the rules for player registration, splitting Category A into A1 and A2 t

'If I enter a reformatory, I can leave home': 15-year-old murder suspect in Japan

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2a/00m/0na/011000c

Published: May 14, 2025 13:53

CHIBA -- A 15-year-old boy who was arrested May 12 on suspicion of murder in this eastern Japan city has told police that if he entered a juvenile det

Kyushu dinosaur museum identifies fossil as new pterosaur species

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0sc/021000c

Published: May 14, 2025 13:23

KUMAMOTO (Kyodo) -- A fossil found nearly three decades ago in southwestern Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture has been identified to be a previously unclass

Tokyo stocks drop as stronger yen hits exporters, gains locked in

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0bu/022000c

Published: May 14, 2025 13:15

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks fell Wednesday morning as a stronger yen led to selling of exporter issues and investors locked in gains after the Nikke

Event for S. Korea held at Osaka Expo featuring parade reenacting old diplomatic mission

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2a/00m/0li/006000c

Published: May 14, 2025 12:41

OSAKA -- A National Day event to introduce South Korean culture was held at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kanai on May 13, one month after its opening. A parade re

In Photos: Parade reenacting traditional Korean diplomatic mission livens up Osaka Expo

https://mainichi.jp/english/graphs/20250514/hpe/00m/0na/001000g

Published: May 14, 2025 12:39

Dutch king to visit Japan next week for World Expo in Osaka

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0in/015000c

Published: May 14, 2025 12:11

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands will visit Japan next week to attend the World Exposition being held in the western city of

The Mainichi News Quiz for May 14

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2g/00m/0et/046000c

Published: May 14, 2025 12:00

How closely have you been following events in Japan? Try The Mainichi News Quiz to test your news knowledge. Ready?What milestone did the number of fo

News in Easy English: Rice prices in Japan finally go down a little bit

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2a/00m/0na/014000c

Published: May 14, 2025 11:58

TOKYO -- In Japan, rice prices became lower for the first time in 18 weeks. This happened because the government started selling rice it had in storag

Zelenskyy says he will be waiting for Putin in Ankara on Thursday for talks

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0in/020000c

Published: May 14, 2025 11:55

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that he will be waiting for his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in the

Japan spots new China construction moves in disputed sea area

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0na/018000c

Published: May 14, 2025 11:34

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government said Tuesday it has confirmed that China is moving toward constructing a new structure in a contested area of

Trump's plan to accept free Air Force One replacement from Qatar raises ethical and security worries

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0in/017000c

Published: May 14, 2025 11:15

WASHINGTON (AP) -- For President Donald Trump, accepting a free Air Force One replacement from Qatar is a no-brainer."I would never be one to turn dow

Tokyo stocks open mixed as tech issues rise, gains locked in

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0bu/013000c

Published: May 14, 2025 10:07

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks opened mixed Wednesday as buying of technology issues tracking overnight advances by their U.S. counterparts on the Nasd

H.K. updates security law to facilitate China agency investigations

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0in/012000c

Published: May 14, 2025 09:38

HONG KONG (Kyodo) -- Hong Kong on Tuesday updated its local security law to facilitate investigations by Beijing's agency overseeing national security

At Cannes opening, Robert De Niro calls Trump 'America's philistine president'

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0et/010000c

Published: May 14, 2025 09:22

CANNES, France (AP) -- Much of the cinema world, including Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio and Quentin Tarantino, descended on the Cannes Film Festi

Pope Leo XIV is back on social media, with a message of peace

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0in/008000c

Published: May 14, 2025 09:02

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Leo XIV has taken over the Vatican's official social media handles, with a first Instagram post on Tuesday repeating the fir

In Photos: Traditional cormorant fishing creates magical river view in central Japan

https://mainichi.jp/english/graphs/20250513/hpe/00m/0na/001000g

Published: May 14, 2025 09:00

MLB reinstates Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, making them Hall of Fame eligible

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0sp/006000c

Published: May 14, 2025 08:36

NEW YORK (AP) -- Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson were reinstated by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, making both eligible for the spor

French actor Gerard Depardieu convicted of sexual assault and given 18-month suspended sentence

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0et/004000c

Published: May 14, 2025 08:15

PARIS (AP) -- French movie star Gerard Depardieu was convicted Tuesday of sexually assaulting two women on a set and received an 18-month suspended pr

Jose Mujica, Uruguay's humble president who changed his country and charmed the world, dies at 89

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250514/p2g/00m/0in/002000c

Published: May 14, 2025 07:46

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) -- Former Uruguayan President Jose Mujica, a onetime Marxist guerilla and flower farmer whose radical brand of democracy, pla

Japan Diet staff overwhelmed as surge in lawmakers' bills sparks health fears

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2a/00m/0na/011000c

Published: May 14, 2025 07:00

TOKYO -- The workload at the House of Representatives' Legislative Bureau, which supports lawmakers in drafting and managing bills, has surged dramati

Visitors to Japan most frustrated with lack of trash bins: survey

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2g/00m/0li/052000c

Published: May 14, 2025 07:00

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Visitors to Japan have cited the lack of trash bins in public areas, including at train stations, as the biggest inconvenience during

Cormorant fishing with 1,300-year history begins in central Japan, luring tourists

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2a/00m/0na/013000c

Published: May 14, 2025 07:00

GIFU -- Traditional cormorant fishing has begun on the Nagara River in this central Japan city, with fiery torches on boats creating a magical atmosph

Haiku in English: May 14, 2025

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250426/p2g/00m/0su/051000c

Published: May 14, 2025 06:00

spring storm --even more restlessthe wild dogs--Dimitri N. Avgerinos (Damascus, Syria)Selected by Dhugal J. Lindsay

Japanese national in Shanghai given 12-yr jail term for espionage

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2g/00m/0in/062000c

Published: May 14, 2025 00:30

SHANGHAI (Kyodo) -- A Shanghai court on Tuesday sentenced a Japanese national to 12 years in jail for engaging in spying activities, a Japanese govern

Replica of Nobel Prize medal on display at museum in Hiroshima

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2g/00m/0na/054000c

Published: May 14, 2025 00:00

HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) --Replicas of the Nobel Peace Prize medal and certificate awarded last year to Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors went o

Baseball: Yoshiaki Watanabe's walk-off sac fly ends Eagles' 4-game skid

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2g/00m/0sp/060000c

Published: May 13, 2025 23:00

SENDAI (Kyodo) -- Yoshiaki Watanabe hit a walk-off sacrifice fly as the Rakuten Eagles ended their losing streak at four games with a 4-3 victory over

Nissan to shut plants, ax 20,000 jobs after logging FY 2024 net loss

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2g/00m/0bu/048000c

Published: May 13, 2025 22:35

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday it will shut seven vehicle plants and cut 20,000 jobs globally, more than double the initially planned

Survey shows Japanese vulnerable to misinformation online: gov't

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2g/00m/0bu/044000c

Published: May 13, 2025 22:00

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Around half of respondents to a survey believed at least one of 15 instances of false information on social media after seeing or hea

Japanese novelist Yuzuki's 'Butter' wins British book award

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2g/00m/0et/050000c

Published: May 13, 2025 21:00

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese novel "Butter" by Asako Yuzuki has won the debut fiction section at the 2025 British Book Awards, its Japanese publisher sai

Sumo: Long-time foe Oho sends yokozuna Hoshoryu down to 1st defeat

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2g/00m/0sp/056000c

Published: May 13, 2025 20:24

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- No. 1 maegashira Oho handed his long-time rival and yokozuna Hoshoryu his first defeat at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday

SoftBank Group returns to black for 1st time in 4 yrs on stock rally

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2g/00m/0bu/039000c

Published: May 13, 2025 20:00

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- SoftBank Group Corp. said Tuesday it swung back to profitability in fiscal 2024 for the first time in four years with a net profit of

Japan's Honda projects plummeting profits due to Trump's tariffs

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2g/00m/0bu/042000c

Published: May 13, 2025 19:00

TOKYO (AP) -- Honda's profit for the fiscal year through March slipped 24.5% from the previous year, as its vehicle sales in China dropped, and the Ja

Majority approve Mt. Fuji climbing restrictions, hope tolls used for conservation

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2a/00m/0na/024000c

Published: May 13, 2025 18:59

FUJIYOSHIDA, Yamanashi -- About 80% of respondents to a survey of Mount Fuji climbers approved of entry restrictions on the Yoshida Trail implemented

Philippine election shows support divided between Marcos, VP Duterte

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2g/00m/0in/037000c

Published: May 13, 2025 18:30

MANILA (Kyodo) -- Preliminary results from the Philippines' mid-term elections showed public support divided between President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. an

Name on medicine bag leads to arrest of suspected serial burglar in southwest Japan

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2a/00m/0na/021000c

Published: May 13, 2025 18:24

FUKUOKA -- A name on a forgotten medicine bag at a crime scene has led to the arrest of a suspect in a series of burglaries across two prefectures in

Kitagawa Utamaro's woman portrait found after 44 years, to be shown at Tokyo Nat'l Museum

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2a/00m/0et/019000c

Published: May 13, 2025 17:51

TOKYO -- A signature piece by famous Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro titled "Young Woman Blowing a Glass Pipe (poppin)" was discovered for the first

Lawyers for ex-Japan TV host Nakai dispute 3rd-party report on 'sexual violence'

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2a/00m/0et/016000c

Published: May 13, 2025 17:37

TOKYO -- Lawyers representing former Japanese television personality Masahiro Nakai have disputed a third-party committee's finding that he committed

Trump and Pope Leo are now Earth's most powerful Americans. They lead in different roles and realms

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2g/00m/0in/029000c

Published: May 13, 2025 17:30

(AP) -- The motto of one newly elected American world leader: " Fight! " The other introduced himself to the world with his first public word as pope:

Australian Cabinet sworn in after landslide election victory

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2g/00m/0in/035000c

Published: May 13, 2025 17:00

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australia's Cabinet was sworn into office Tuesday after the center-left Labor Party was reelected in a landslide May 3.Wit

Nikkei ends at 2.5-month high as US-China trade conflict eases

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2g/00m/0bu/040000c

Published: May 13, 2025 16:47

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Nikkei stock index climbed for the fourth straight day to end at a 2.5-month high above 38,000 on Tuesday, as caution over the U.

Suspected unexploded wartime bomb found on Hiroshima Univ. campus

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2g/00m/0na/033000c

Published: May 13, 2025 16:30

HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) -- An object believed to be an unexploded wartime bomb was discovered Tuesday on a Hiroshima University campus in western Japan, pol

World trade chief says global free trade is in a 'crisis' while on visit to Japan

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2g/00m/0bu/024000c

Published: May 13, 2025 16:00

TOKYO (AP) -- Global free trade is in crisis, the head of the World Trade Organization chief said Tuesday while meeting Japanese Prime Minister Shigar

Baseball: Suzuki rips 10th homer of season as Cubs beat Marlins

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2g/00m/0sp/031000c

Published: May 13, 2025 15:38

CHICAGO (Kyodo) -- Seiya Suzuki reached double figures in home runs for the fourth straight Major League Baseball season as the Chicago Cubs beat the

Father of boy accused of murder in east Japan: 'I feared he might do something'

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2a/00m/0na/007000c

Published: May 13, 2025 15:28

CHIBA -- The father of a 15-year-old student arrested on suspicion of murdering an elderly woman who was found stabbed in a street in this city's Waka

Editorial: High hopes for 1st American pope to heal global divides

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2a/00m/0op/004000c

Published: May 13, 2025 15:02

Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the new pope at a conclave held in the wake of Pope Francis' passing, assuming the name Pope Leo XIV. Leo, the fir

Japan ruling camp to craft extra budget this fall to support economy

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2g/00m/0bu/021000c

Published: May 13, 2025 15:00

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito party agreed Tuesday that the government should draw up a fi

Average rice price in Japan finally edges down but unlikely to fall significantly

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2a/00m/0bu/002000c

Published: May 13, 2025 14:51

TOKYO -- The nationwide average price of rice in Japan recently marked the first decline in 18 weeks following the release of government stockpiles, b

Trump starts his foreign trip with a crush of problems -- and outsized certainty he has the answers

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2g/00m/0in/027000c

Published: May 13, 2025 14:30

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump set out on a three-nation visit to the Middle East on Monday, a trip he had originally intended to use to fo

Japan finance chief seeks more currency talks with US at G7 meeting

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250513/p2g/00m/0bu/019000c

Published: May 13, 2025 14:00

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said Tuesday that he intends to continue talks on currency issues with U.S. Treasury Secreta