Is mainichi.jp a scam?

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on mainichi.jp. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Is mainichi.jp safe to use?

mainichi.jp passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 95/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does mainichi.jp have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. mainichi.jp presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Cybertrust Japan Co., Ltd. · Cybertrust Japan SureServer CA G4, expiring in 233 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

Has mainichi.jp been flagged by antivirus engines?

No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report mainichi.jp as clean.

Is mainichi.jp on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. mainichi.jp is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is mainichi.jp hosted?

mainichi.jp resolves to an IP operated by Amazon.com, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.

Is mainichi.jp a well-known website?

Yes. mainichi.jp sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.

How often is the mainichi.jp report updated?

This is a permanent record of the scan run on July 8, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around mainichi.jp have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

Security Review

Is mainichi.jp legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 95/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

Official site of Japan's Mainichi Shimbun newspaper with clean security scans and 150-year corporate history.

Why we trust it

Zero of 92 antivirus engines flagged the page as malicious.Valid SSL certificate issued by Cybertrust Japan with no expiry issues.Hosting IP carries zero abuse reports and a clean reputation score.

mainichi.jpScanned 7h ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SAFE

Score breakdown

Heuristics 100·MT 92

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Positive signals (4)

Antivirus clearNot on major blacklistsEncrypted connectionClean server reputation

View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

0/92

All engines report clean

Domain Age

—

Registration date unknown

Intelligence

Safe

Low likelihood · 95% confidence

Website Preview

LIVE RENDER

mainichi.jp

1Professional news portal layout with complex navigation and categorized articles

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →

Visual analysis

We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.

/ 100

Low visual risk

Visual red flags detected in the screenshot

The screenshot shows a fully-rendered, professional Japanese news website with standard media industry features and no obvious visual scam indicators.

Visual risk5/100

What our vision model saw

5 signals

Professional news portal layout with complex navigation and categorized articles

Prominent promotional banner for a subscription discount with a specific expiration date

Standard cookie consent or privacy notification overlay in the bottom left

Consistent branding for Mainichi Shimbun (毎日新聞) throughout the page

Functional search bar, login/registration links, and timestamped news feed

Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

Analysis

Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust92/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

The page renders as a professional news portal with standard navigation, article feeds, and subscription banners. Zero engines flagged the site and the hosting IP carries no abuse reports. Business records confirm The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd. has operated since 1872 with active registration in Tokyo. Our research found three positive app reviews and zero scam or fraud complaints. The combination of established corporate history, clean technical signals, and absence of negative reports supports a safe classification.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The screenshot displays a fully rendered Japanese news site with categorized articles, search functionality, login links, and a promotional subscription banner. Branding for Mainichi Shimbun appears consistently across the layout with no visual anomalies or scam indicators. A standard cookie consent overlay sits in the bottom left corner.

Infrastructure

The site loads over valid SSL issued by Cybertrust Japan with 233 days remaining. The hosting IP 108.139.29.2 shows an abuse score of zero and zero abuse reports. One redirect hop occurs without crossing domains or using homoglyphs. No sandbox results were available for this scan.

Domain History

WHOIS data was unavailable for this scan. Company records show the newspaper was founded in 1872 and the domain replaced an earlier MSN partnership around 2007. A 2001 WIPO case confirms the company actively protects its trademark.

Web Reputation

Our research found no scam reports or complaints across multiple sources. Three positive Google Play reviews mention the English news edition. The company maintains an active UK overseas registration (FC028710) and employs between 1,001 and 5,000 people according to LinkedIn.

What this means for you

This is the legitimate website of a major Japanese newspaper with over a century of operation. You can safely browse articles and use subscription features without concern for malware or fraud.

Positive Signals

Zero of 92 antivirus engines flagged the page as malicious.
Valid SSL certificate issued by Cybertrust Japan with no expiry issues.
Hosting IP carries zero abuse reports and a clean reputation score.
Company founded in 1872 with active business registration in Tokyo.
No scam reports or complaints found in our web research.

AI Recommendation

You can safely browse news articles and use subscription features on this established newspaper site.

Next-gen fraud intelligence

Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for mainichi.jp, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Business registration

Active · Japan

Site traces back to an actively registered business.

Clone check

Not a clone

No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.

Typosquat check

No look-alike match

The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.

Web mentions

3 positive

Key findings

7 headline facts from open-web research

mainichi.jp is the official website of The Mainichi Shimbun (毎日新聞), one of Japan's four major national newspapers, founded in 1872 and published by The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd.
English edition at mainichi.jp/english/ provides news on Japanese politics, business, and society; active X account @themainichi and Facebook page with ~34k likes.
Official Google Play app '毎日新聞ニュース' by THE MAINICHI NEWSPAPERS CO., LTD. with 5.93K reviews and 4.0 star rating; support email android@mainichi.co.jp.
No scam reports, fraud complaints, or negative reviews found in searches for 'mainichi.jp scam', 'review', 'complaint', or Reddit; multiple safety scanners rate it legitimate/high trust.
Wikipedia and company records confirm long history; domain launched around 2007 replacing MSN-Mainichi partnership; WIPO case from 2001 shows company enforcing trademark rights.
Site publishes articles on scams/fraud prevention in Japan but no association with any fraudulent activity itself.
Company has UK overseas company registration (FC028710) listed as active; LinkedIn shows 1,001-5,000 employees, headquarters in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.

Positive reviews (3)

Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.

Google Playopen
"I often read news in English on Mainichi website."
Google Playopen
"ok"
Google Playopen
"good"

Business registration

Status: active · Japan

The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd. (Kabushiki Kaisha Mainichi Shimbunsha); parent registry Tokyo Legal Affairs Bureau; company status active per UK Companies House record of overseas company; founded 1872; address 1-1-1 Hitotsubashi, Palaceside Bldg., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8051

Research summary

Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

Our research found no scam reports, fraud complaints, or negative reviews for mainichi.jp. The site is confirmed as the official platform for The Mainichi Shimbun, one of Japan's four major national newspapers founded in 1872. Company records show active registration with the Tokyo Legal Affairs Bureau and an overseas company filing in the UK. The official Google Play app carries a 4.0-star rating from nearly 6,000 reviews.

Threat Detection

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified

Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious60Harmless92Engines

Clean

Kaspersky

Clean

Bitdefender

Clean

Microsoft

Not in pass

ESET-NOD32

Not in pass

Avira

Not in pass

Sophos

Clean

Fortinet

Clean

Google Safebrowsing

Clean

Emsisoft

Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check

Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

Not listedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

Not listedCheck ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

Technical Details

domain · encryption · redirects · server reputation · referenced

Domain & Encryption

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerCybertrust Japan Co., Ltd. · Cybertrust Japan SureServer CA G4

ExpiresFeb 26, 2027 (233d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingAmazon.com, Inc.

Server locationUS

PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://mainichi.jp/
2200https://mainichi.jp/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPAmazon.com, Inc.

Usage typeContent Delivery Network

What to do

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
Confirm you are actually on mainichi.jp and not a lookalike like m-ainichi.jp.com or an IDN homoglyph.
Use a password manager
Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.
Discuss this site on the forum
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Open

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·mainichi.jp

SAFE

Mainichi.jp is the official website of Japan's established Mainichi Shimbun newspaper. The domain shows clean scans, valid SSL, and a long corporate history with active business registration in Japan. No scam reports or complaints appear in our research.

You can safely browse news articles and use subscription features on this established newspaper site.

AV engines

MT passes

Net signals

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Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on mainichi.jp. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
mainichi.jp passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 95/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
Yes. mainichi.jp presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Cybertrust Japan Co., Ltd. · Cybertrust Japan SureServer CA G4, expiring in 233 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report mainichi.jp as clean.
No. mainichi.jp is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
mainichi.jp resolves to an IP operated by Amazon.com, Inc. in US (usage type: Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
Yes. mainichi.jp sits in the global top-100k on Cloudflare Radar, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. That does not automatically make it safe, but established brands almost always rank here and throwaway scam domains almost never do.
This is a permanent record of the scan run on July 8, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around mainichi.jp have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

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