SAPPORO (Kyodo) -- A ninth-inning RBI from Yurisbel Gracial got the Pacific League-leading SoftBank Hawks across the line Thursday in a 2-1 win over t ... ( read original story ...)
We’re lucky to have Osaka as a leader, says King
Women's tennis is very fortunate to have U.S. Open champion Naomi Osaka as its new figurehead, according to one of the sport's greatest trailblazers Billie Jean King. Not only did the 22-year-old ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Lawmakers Call for Military Drills With U.S. Around Disputed Islets
Japanese lawmakers on Thursday compiled a draft proposal urging the government to hold joint military drills with the United States around a group of East China Sea islands administered by Japan but ... ( read original story ...)
Japan weather agency pulls ads from site after 1 day due to inappropriate content
Japan's weather agency has yanked ads from its website just a day after debuting them due to a stream of inappropriate adverts appearing. ( read original story ...)
Execs Behind Sony’s Brad Pitt Action Film ‘Bullet Train’ Explain Why More Japanese Adaptations Are Heading to Hollywood
When Brad Pitt signed on in August to star in director David Leitch's upcoming action thriller Bullet Train, it gave Yuma Terada and Ryosuke Saegusa, co-founders of startup Japanese rights management ... ( read original story ...)
Brainstorm Announces Grant of a New Japanese Patent for NurOwn®
PRNewswire/ -- Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: BCLI), a leading developer of adult stem cell therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases, ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese-American who served in Army during World War II receives Honor Salute
Nelson Akagi, a World War II Army veteran and Congressional Gold Medal recipient, was recognized during an Honor Salute ceremony. He was a college student when Pearl Harbor was attacked, went on to ... ( read original story ...)
Big in Japan: UK announces first major post-Brexit trade deal
Brexit trade agreement -- a deal with Japan -- as its negotiations with the European Union become increasingly fractious. ( read original story ...)
Fukuoka court holds local gov’t responsible for worker’s asbestos exposure in Japan first
In a ruling lawyers say is the first of its kind in Japan to assign responsibility for the management of asbestos in buildings to a muni ... ( read original story ...)
Beware Chinese Property Firms in Tech’s Clothing
Investors are willing to pay a premium for KE Holdings, trying to disrupt the world’s largest housing market, but the fast-rising valuation of the Chinese real-estate platform could limit its further ... ( read original story ...)
Battles Of Dirty Money And Blockchain: How To Trace Stolen Crypto
The battle between the fraudsters and RegTechs. Tracing stolen funds across the blockchain and crypto space is a hard fought fight. A How To Guide. ( read original story ...)
Japan chipmaker Kioxia sets lower IPO price range than indicative price
Kioxia Holdings Corp, the world's second-largest memory chipmaker, on Thursday set a tentative price range for an IPO in Tokyo that put the market value lower than a Bain Capital-led group paid for ... ( read original story ...)
Passion hasn’t changed’ for Japan’s ageless wonder ‘King Kazu’
TOKYO (Reuters) - Kazuyoshi Miura, the 53-year-old forward for J.League side Yokohama FC, began his career 34 years ago and is still going strong, wondering if he "can stay alive" without the ... ( read original story ...)
New Japanese PM gets word out: He supports Tokyo Olympics
Japan’s new prime minister has gotten the word out to the president of the International Olympic Committee that he is behind next year’s delayed Tokyo Games. Yoshiro Mori, ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo nightlife facing sobering reality after restrictions lifted
But for many such business owners in the capital’s nightlife districts, the first night was anything but happy times as they struggled to lure back customers. Starting from early August, the ... ( read original story ...)
Yoshihide Suga Is Japan’s New Prime Minister. Here’s What That Means for the U.S.
A s Japan’s new prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, takes the reins of the world’s third-largest economy this week, he inherits a domestic agenda swamped by the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s biggest ... ( read original story ...)