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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted Wednesday to send President Biden's nomination of former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel as U.S. ambassador to Japan to the full Senate for a confirmation vote. ( read original story ...)

Black Lives Matter. Here in the halls of Congress, it is important that we not just speak and believe these words, but put them into action in the decisions we make,” Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said ... ( read original story ...)

Kawaskai Frontale won its second consecutive J-League title on Wednesday, after drawing 1-1 with the Urawa Reds. Kawasaki, which now has won four league titles, improved to 85 points from 34 matches. ( read original story ...)

Apichatpong Weerasethakul, whose film oeuvre is gentle, perplexing and slightly trippy, immersed himself in things foreign for “Memoria,” only to find that many elements were decidedly familiar. ( read original story ...)

In August, in Molly Seidel’s third marathon ever, her third-place finish in Sapporo, Japan made her just the third American woman ever to win an Olympic medal at the distance, and the first in nearly ... ( read original story ...)

Sapporo Premium Beer has relaunched its Manga-inspired packaging as part of its marketing campaign – Refined by Rebellion – following its successful initial launch in 2020. ( read original story ...)

The marriage of the former princess Mako Komuro, niece of Japan’s Emperor Naruhito, and her long-time partner, the commoner Kei Komuro, was without the usual pomp and ceremony of royal nuptials. ( read original story ...)

Horse riding is set to be dropped from the Olympics’ modern pentathlon programme and possibly replaced with cycling after an incident at the Tokyo Games in whic ... ( read original story ...)

After Tokyo, the second most prominent city of Japan is Osaka. The Osakan neighborhoods of Dotonbori and Shinsekai have a bustling, exotic vibe rarely matched elsewhere, while the streets surrounding ... ( read original story ...)

Follow the Meiji Yasuda J1 League live Football match between Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo and Shonan Bellmare with Eurosport. The match starts at 08:00 on 3 November 2021. Who will come out on top in ... ( read original story ...)

Follow the Meiji Yasuda J1 League live Football match between Nagoya Grampus and Kashiwa Reysol with Eurosport. The match starts at 07:00 on 3 November 2021. Who will come out on top in the battle of ... ( read original story ...)

I can't tell you how many times I have been "girl who forgot trash pickup in the airplane by five seconds."View Entire Post › ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Rubber completed the sale of its sealing and adhesive materials business, Hamatite, to specialty chemicals company Sika Group. ( read original story ...)

For over 100 years, the modern pentathlon was a fixture at the Olympics, with the five-event competition going on largely without incident. That ended at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics when German coach Kim ... ( read original story ...)

Twenty-four-year-old Kyota Hattori, a man who dressed as the Joker from Batman to carry out a Halloween attack on a Tokyo train, planned his moves over months, buying a knife on the internet, police ... ( read original story ...)

Ireland second row Iain Henderson says the team must have their "heads screwed on" to overcome Japan in Dublin on Saturday. ( read original story ...)