Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki are all Dodgers. And a Japanese fan base has coalesced around its interest in the team. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo cops continue crackdown on commercial sex scouting group Access
TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police are stepping up its crackdown on the scout group Access, which lures women on social media with the promise of high pay and sends them to commercial sex ... ( read original story ...)
How to Watch Cubs vs Yomiuri Giants: Live Stream MLB Tokyo Series, TV Channel
Catch the Chicago Cubs and the Yomiuri Giants in the Tokyo Series on MLB Network this Sunday. The Cubs will play a second exhibition game against one of the top teams in Japan before starting a two-game regular season set against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)
Chain of Chinese ‘migration for education’ thrives in Japan
A growing number of Chinese parents want their children to get educations in Japan, and as a result help them and their families migrate to Japan. Messages posted on RedNote, also known as Xiaohongshu ...
Upside risks for Japan as annual wage talks reveal strength
Long-term yields have risen sharply and we think interest rate futures markets are underestimating the likelihood that the Bank of Japan will deliver its next increase by the summer. In the past few ...
Rider reports cracked window on Tokaido bullet train in Aichi
NAGOYA--Passengers in a Tokaido Shinkansen car bound for Shin-Osaka from Tokyo on March 15 were moved to another car after a cracked window was found that apparently resulted from a falling steel ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese companies pitch reforms as ‘vanilla’ buybacks fail to placate investors
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 ...)