Toyota, Japan’s most valuable company, unveiled plans last month to trim its board from 16 members to 10 and make half of them independent, up from 40 per cent previously. It will also create a ... ( read original story ...)
How to Watch Dodgers vs Hanshin Tigers: Live Stream MLB Tokyo Series, TV Channel
Catch the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Hanshin Tigers in the Tokyo Series this Saturday on MLB.TV. The Dodgers have made the trip to Japan and will play in their second exhibition game before playing a ... ( read original story ...)
The best team in the National League? For two days in Japan, it’s looked like the Hanshin Tigers
For two days in Japan, it's the Hanshin Tigers who have have looked like the class of the National League. In another sign that Japanese baseball has never been better, the Tigers capped a two-game ... ( read original story ...)
Ukrainian painter who fled to Japan after invasion hopes to build bridge to peace via art
On a midsummer night, a beautiful-looking light resembling fireworks lit up the sky. However, this light was not from fireworks but from a bo ... ( read original story ...)
A heart a day: Artist supporting 2011 disaster victims holds exhibit in Nagoya
A Japanese artist has been drawing illustrations featuring heart shapes every morning since shortly after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthqua ... ( read original story ...)
Retro Japan: 1914 ‘hammerhead’ crane a testament to Yokohama port’s rich history
A giant hammer-shaped crane erected here in 1914 to handle ship cargo stands as a lasting symbol of the Port of Yokohama's industrial heri・・・ ... ( read original story ...)
Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani rips 2-run homer in Tokyo return
With a crowd of 42,064 filling the Tokyo Dome, the three-time MVP delivers and goes deep in his second at-bat in the Dodgers’ 5-1 win over the Yomiuri Giants. ( read original story ...)
Will Korea-Japan Relations Survive The Turmoil In Seoul?
This was supposed to be a year to celebrate the improvement of relations between South Korea and Japan. However, amid the turmoil in South Korea – and across the ocean in the United States -- the ... ( read original story ...)
BOJ expected to hold interest rates steady at next meeting
Almost all market watchers believe the BOJ will keep rates unchanged at this month's meeting. As of Friday, the market sees a 1% chance of a rate hike at the upcoming meeting, according to Totan ...
‘Here is nowhere’: Japan’s stunning, little-known epic walking trail
The coastline here is as beautiful as it is battered, in a region that has traditionally seen few tourists. But that’s starting to change. ( read original story ...)
Japanese PM Ishiba apologises for giving out gifts, clouding budget prospects
TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba apologised on Friday (March 14) for giving gift certificates to some ruling party lawmakers, a move that could hurt his administration's already low approval ratings and risk delaying passage of next fiscal year's budget.
Wall Street’s largest $3 trillion bank says crypto has ‘increased competition’
Goldman Sachs, an American multinational bank, has acknowledged cryptocurrencies for the first time in its annual shareholder letter. While skeptical of crypto, the firm has raised its Bitcoin ...
Why Everyone Will Be Going to Osaka in 2025
With a long history as Japan's mercantile heart and major port of call, Osaka is dense and delightfully in your face. Now, as it gears up to host World Expo 2025 this month and welcome more travelers ... ( read original story ...)
Shohei Ohtani home run at Tokyo Dome delivers yet another moment seemingly on command
Years from now, people who weren’t here will claim they were. The people who actually were here won’t be complaining about the outrageous ticket prices. ( read original story ...)
Mookie Betts to sit for exhibitions in Japan, Dodgers will re-evaluate for Tokyo Series
Mookie Betts will be re-evaluated during the team’s off-day on Monday, and is questionable to be in the lineup for the club’s two regular-season-opening games at the Tokyo Dome. ( read original story ...)
It was released in the theatres in Japan on March 7.
Therefore, the musical fantasy has hit the $6.2 million cume in Japan. Wicked will soon surpass Timothee Chalamet starrer Dune: Part One’s collection in the market. Based on Box Office Mojo’s data, ... ( read original story ...)