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From burgers to cream puffs, Japan puts the moon on the menu for autumn
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (172+ words) September 11, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO -- Japan's restaurant industry has begun its annual "tsukimi" (moon-viewing) sales season, now an autumn fixture. Companies are offering a wide variety of seasonal products inspired by the full moon, ranging from dishes topped with fried eggs…...
Japan temple lodgings on foreign tourist hotspot Mt. Koya underreported income: sources
3+ day, 47+ min ago (336+ words) September 10, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) KOYA, Wakayama -- The Osaka Regional Taxation Bureau identified widespread income underreporting by religious corporations operating temple lodgings on Japan's popular tourist spot Mount Koya during tax investigations in fiscal 2025. The monk Kukai founded a sacred site of…...
Japan's Shizuoka Pref. names food maker Yataro as 1st intercultural-support business
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (279+ words) September 10, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) SHIZUOKA -- Japanese food manufacturer Yataro has become the first business certified by the Shizuoka Prefectural Government under a system recognizing operators that promote regional growth through multicultural coexistence. Yataro, based in Hamamatsu's Chuo Ward, is known for…...
Japan's Mercari pulls 'Chiikawa' goods linked to Kura Sushi promotion scandal
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (230+ words) September 9, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO -- Mercari Inc., a major Japanese online flea market operator, said on Sept. 7 that it was removing listings linked to a promotional merchandise scandal at Kura Sushi Inc. after the conveyor-belt sushi chain acknowledged its staff misappropriated…...
Editorial: Japan gov't rice buyback must not be used as tool to distort market
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (189+ words) September 9, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) The Japanese government is set to buy back 210,000 metric tons of the 590,000 tons of reserve rice it released last year. From a food security standpoint, this is a necessary step, but large-scale purchases must not be allowed…...
Dollar briefly falls into 152 yen zone amid BOJ rate hike speculation
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (284+ words) September 8, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO (Kyodo9 -- The U.S. dollar briefly fell into the 152 yen range in Tokyo on Tuesday morning, the first time since February, amid speculation that the Bank of Japan will decide on a rate hike at its policy meeting next…...
Foreign buyers turn up the heat on competition for Japan's used cars
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (597+ words) September 8, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) YOKOHAMA -- Foreign buyers are flooding Japan's used-car market, seeing opportunity in the yen's historic weakness. Competition with Japanese buyers for inventory has intensified and prices are soaring. Toyota, Honda, Nissan -- each time images of used cars from…...
Rising costs threaten Japan's book distribution system
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (526+ words) September 7, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO -- Japan's publishing distributors are under severe strain due to rising labor and fuel costs, as well as new trucking industry reform legislation that is expected to sharply increase delivery expenses. If distributors can no longer transport…...
Japanese motor-maker Nidec says it found hundreds of cases of quality control misconduct
1+ week, 1+ day ago (409+ words) September 5, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) Chief Executive Mitsuya Kishida bowed deeply at a news conference, apologizing to investors, group companies, customers and society overall. "The entire company is working hard to review and improve our quality controls," he said. Most of the…...
The Mainichi News Quiz Answer for Sept. 3
1+ week, 3+ day ago (180+ words) 毎日新聞 Please view the main text area of the page by skipping the main menu. The page may not be displayed properly if the JavaScript is deactivated on your browser. Which new cellphone number prefix does Japan plan to add…...