What is a marshmallow girl?Three Kyodo News reporters -- Toma Mochizuki, Donican Lam and newly joined writer Minori Moriuchi -- discuss an article by Donican on Japan’s plus-size industry and its future amid the spread of artificial intelligence. They look at how the body positivity movement has reshaped Japanese society despite a broader cooling of the discourse, and how AI can be used to support the plus-size industry.Article mentioned in the podcast:FEATURE: Japan's plus-size industry holds strong despite weight stigma, rise of AIKyodo News presents a bilingual podcast for English lear…READ FULL ARTICLE