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Kawasaki Frontale defeated China’s Guangzhou FC 1-0 on Saturday but had to settle for second place in Asian Champions League Group I after Malaysia’s Johor Darul Ta’zim snatched the top spot in dramatic fashion. With three teams fighting for first plac…

Following his team’s first-round exit from the NBA playoffs, Yuta Watanabe reflected Friday on a challenging season with the Toronto Raptors. The 27-year-old Japanese national team forward was not part of coach Nick Nurse’s playoff rotation and logged …

Main events scheduled in Japan for Sunday, May 1: — Japan to raise dental fees by 8 percent as palladium prices surge on Ukraine war. — 3rd enthronement anniversary of Japanese Emperor Naruhito.

Two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani blasted his fourth home run of the season Friday while batting cleanup for the first time since September 2020 as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Chicago White Sox 5-1 for their sixth straight win. The reigning American …

In the story headlined “Baseball: Ohtani hits 4th homer of season as Angels win 6th straight,” please note the following CORRECTION. At 3rd graf, 1st line, please read … April 16 …(not … April 14 … as sent). A corrected version will move moment…

With Florida’s citrus farmers facing some of their toughest ever times due to the combined effect of a spreading tree blight and the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, innovation appears to be the key to sustain exports to Japan, one of their key m…

Koyo Aoyagi went the distance in his second straight start as the Central League’s last-place Hanshin Tigers beat the Yomiuri Giants 3-2 on Friday for their first four-game win streak of the season. Aoyagi (3-0), a side-arm right-hander, struck out sev…

China’s ruling Communist Party hinted Friday at terminating a crackdown on IT companies, as the world’s second-biggest economy has been slowing down under the radical “zero-COVID” policy. The leadership of President Xi Jinping, who heads the party, ann…

Japan’s planned development aid for India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands carries a “geostrategic overtone,” with some security experts saying it is part of initiatives to keep an increasingly assertive China in check. The 4.02 billion yen ($31 million) …

Shohei Ohtani showed power at the plate and on the mound as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Cleveland Guardians 9-5 Wednesday night in a 25-hit slugfest. Ohtani (2-2), making his fourth pitching start this year, survived a rough beginning to deliver th…