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A government-backed disinformation campaign targeting Japan’s release of treated radioactive water may be responsible for stoking anger in China, reports suggest. Busting the campaign: Logically, a U. ( read original story ...)

The Yokohama DeNa Baystars of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball are going to post left-hander Shota Imanaga this offseason, reports Jon Morosi of MLB.com. The southpaw will be eligible to explore ... ( read original story ...)

NEW YORK—She’s back! Two-time US Open champion Naomi Osaka made a glammed-up return to the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on Wednesday, participating in a US Open Mental Health Forum alongside Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps and U.S ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese Space Agency will try again Wednesday night at 7:42 p.m. EST to launch its X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission after the mission's planned Aug. 27 launch was scrubbed due to high winds ... ( read original story ...)

Imanaga, 30, has compiled a 2.57 ERA and an 8.21 strikeout-to-walk ratio this season in 20 starts. He's improved his fastball velocity to the extent that he sits in the low-to-mid-90s, and he has a ... ( read original story ...)

One month later, America’s oldest craft brewery, along with its owner Sapporo, broke the news that Anchor was closing for good. It was a blow to both the history and future of craft beer, to say the ... ( read original story ...)

STORY: In Japan’s Miyagi prefecture, just north of Fukushima, researchers like Akira Matsumoto are working to help the country quell marine safety concerns. Since Japan began releasing treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the sea last month, ( read original story ...)

Japan's ambassador held a garden party in Brussels on Tuesday to promote sushi and sake from the Fukushima region to EU officials. (AP Video/Mark Carlson) (Sept 6) ( read original story ...)

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, who is currently visiting the region, emphasized the strategic nature of the relationship between Riyadh and Tokyo, citing significant potential to deepen ... ( read original story ...)

The landing is likely to be a “breathless, numbing 20 minutes of terror”, says mission overseer. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)

Japan's top currency diplomat Masato Kanda said on Wednesday that authorities won't rule out any options on currencies if speculative moves persist, a comment apparently warning against a sell-off in ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is seeing early signs of change in the public's long-held perception that wages and inflation won't rise much, central banker Hajime Takata said, suggesting conditions for phasing out the bank's ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Tokyo stocks on Wednesday extended their winning streak to eight days, with the Topix index climbing to a fresh 33-year high, as exporters were boosted by the yen's depreciation ... ( read original story ...)

Pace Gallery, which has locations in New York, London, Hong Kong, Seoul, and elsewhere, will add yet another city to its portfolio when the gallery opens a new space in Tokyo next spring. Located in a ... ( read original story ...)

There was a feeling of national pride in Japan as the biggest participants in the semiconductor industry from ASML to Applied Materials to Lam Research gathered on the northern island of Hokkaido when construction for the country’s new chip plant kicked off last week. ( read original story ...)

Concerns are growing among the organizers of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka that the event may flop due to the slower-than-antici ... ( read original story ...)