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Japan's Mizuho Financial Group has sought to establish a securities company in China, becoming the latest foreign firm to make inroads into China's onshore securities market with a fully-owned entity. ( read original story ...)

Tokyo’s skyline. The Azabudai Hills, at 1,067 feet, is now Japan’s tallest skyscraper, surpassing the Abeno Harukas tower in Osaka by 83 feet.  But the project is more than just a tall tower. For its developer, ( read original story ...)

Pitching sensation Yoshinobu Yamamoto is set to make a high-profile switch to Major League Baseball (MLB) during the offseason, after he was posted as a free agent by Japan’s Orix Buffaloes on Monday. ( read original story ...)

While we wait to see if the Yankees will be all-in on Japanese pitching phenom Yoshinobu Yamamoto and if they’ll go big on one of the two outfield holes that need addressed this winter, they added a little bullpen depth on Monday. ( read original story ...)

A woman takes pictures with a smartphone inside a corridor of lights at the 43rd Sapporo White Illumination in the city's Chuo Ward on Nov. 22, 2023, ･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

A police officer has been arrested on suspicion of trespassing onto a balcony at a housing complex here, Aichi Prefectural Police said on No･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

As Japan approaches the end of a year in which its stocks have outdone almost all their global peers, Tokyo has served up a season finale: a ding-dong between two of the country’s highest-profile ... ( read original story ...)

A Beijing delegation of Komeito, the junior coalition partner of Japan's ruling party, handed a letter from Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for Chinese President Xi Jinping in a meeting with China's top ... ( read original story ...)

Hawaii leaders want to make it easier for tourists from Japan to visit the U.S. state by creating a pre-clearance program allowing travelers from the country to save time at the Honolulu airport by ... ( read original story ...)

Police in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, have arrested a 32-year-old man on suspicion of groping a 16-year-old girl on a subway train. The incident occurred on the Higashiyama line at around 8:10 a.m. on ... ( read original story ...)

Star left-hander Shota Imanaga will likely be posted by the NPB's Yokohama BayStars before Monday Nov. 27. Read more at MLB Trade Rumors. ( read original story ...)

STORY: This is the inaugural litter clean-up 'World Cup' in Tokyo‘SpoGomi’ is a combination of theJapanese words for sport and trashDate:Participants from 21 countries gathered to competefor the title ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka has superior style and the ability to look fabulous in the best that current streetwear trends have to offer. She proved as much at the Los Angeles Lakers game last week against the Sacramento ... ( read original story ...)

He may have retired from professional baseball four years ago, but Ichiro Suzuki certainly hasn’t lost his appetite for the game. ( read original story ...)

The Yokohama BayStars of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball are planning to post left-hander Shota Imanaga for major league teams sometime between now and Monday, reports Mark Feinsand of ... ( read original story ...)

British architecture studio Foster + Partners has released visuals of its design for the Saudi Arabia pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, which will be modelled on the kingdom's traditional villages. ( read original story ...)