Japan opened its professional regular season Friday without fans in attendance. (AP/Eugene Hoshiko) TOKYO -- Japanese baseball managed to do what American baseball has not -- play ball. After a three ... ( read original story ...)
Truck driver stabbed on Yokohama street after dispute with motorcyclist
Police in Yokohama have arrested a 26-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of attempted murder after he stabbed another man following an argument over a traffic matter. According to police, the ... ( read original story ...)
Eilish McColgan: Scot ‘excited’ by Tokyo Olympics distance double
Eilish McColgan is "excited" to go for the distance double at the Tokyo Olympics - 30 years after mother Liz won 10,000m world gold in the same city. ( read original story ...)
Bureaucratic fight forcing some athletes to miss out on Tokyo Games
Canada's wheelchair basketball program will go into Tokyo with a different team than it qualified with due to new eligibility policies put in place by the sport's organizing bodies. ( read original story ...)
Gerardo Parra walks up to ‘Baby Shark,’ collects first hit in Japan debut
Baby Shark” blared from the speakers at the Tokyo Dome when Gerardo Parra stepped to the plate in the second inning on Friday, as Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball leagued opened its shortened ... ( read original story ...)
Cramer says support from the Fed makes it ‘very difficult for a stock to get crushed’
CNBC's Jim Cramer said on "Squawk on the Street" that support from the U.S. central bank was supporting stocks that might otherwise plunge. ( read original story ...)
Japan Lifts Coronavirus Travel Curbs
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan lifted a virus-related ban on domestic travel on Friday. He also said concerts and other events could be held with some restrictions. ( read original story ...)
The exhaust gas from a power plant can be recovered and used as a raw reaction material
A research group at Nagoya University has developed a new technology that can drastically conserve the energy used to capture carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the greenhouse gases, from facilities such as ... ( read original story ...)
Japan opens baseball season after 3-month pandemic delay
All games in Japan will be played without fans until at least July. The league has also revised the schedule to limit travel. ( read original story ...)
As MLB struggles to restart, Japan celebrates opening day
After a three-month delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the world's second-most famous baseball league opened a season Friday that will be shortened from its regular 143 games to 120. That's ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s economy reopening cautiously, balancing health risks
Major retailer Uniqlo’s new “cool and dry” mask, three for 990 yen ($9), sold out Friday shortly after it was put on the shelves The delicate “new normal” balancing act playing out around the world is ... ( read original story ...)
5,000 fan panels placed in empty Yokohama Stadium as Japan pro ball season set to start
About 5,000 panels depicting baseball fans were arranged along infield seating at Yokohama Stadium, home field of the Yokohama DeNA Baysta ... ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: Blackstone, Taisho Pharma among final bidders for Takeda’s Japan OTC unit – sources
Blackstone, Bain Capital and Taisho Pharmaceutical are among the final bidders for Takeda Pharmaceutical's consumer drug business in Japan, a deal that could be worth up to 400 billion yen ... ( read original story ...)
For an American Journeyman, a Long-Delayed Honor in Japan
As Nippon Professional Baseball begins its season after a 91-day delay, Zach Neal will be a rare foreign-born starter for the Saitama Seibu Lions. ( read original story ...)
Pandemic to sink Japan business mood to lowest since 2009 global financial crisis: Reuters poll
Business sentiment among Japan's big manufacturers in the second quarter likely tanked to levels last seen during the 2009 global financial crisis as the coronavirus pandemic crushed global demand and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Lifts Coronavirus Travel Curbs to Help Economy Bounce Back
Japan began lifting its pandemic lockdown in May as coronavirus infections fell. The latest easing on Thursday comes after the end of an emergency declaration that allowed people to return to work and ... ( read original story ...)