Main events scheduled in Japan for Monday, June 6: — Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda to deliver speech in Tokyo at 12:30 p.m. — Yokohama District Court to hand down ruling at 1:30 p.m. over high-profile 2017 fatal road rage case that was sent …
Baseball: Murakami blasts CL-leading Swallows past Lions
Munetaka Murakami scored two runs and brought the Central League-leading Yakult Swallows from behind with a two-run home run in a 3-2 interleague win over the Seibu Lions on Saturday. Before a crowd of 29,538 at historic Jingu Stadium, Murakami capped …
Main events scheduled for Sunday, June 5
Main events scheduled in Japan for Sunday, June 5: — No major events.
Main events scheduled for Sunday, June 5
Main events scheduled in Japan for Sunday, June 5: — No major events.
Baseball: Giants stomp out-of-form Sasaki
Kazuma Okamoto hit the first home run of the year off Roki Sasaki as the Central League’s Yomiuri Giants handed the gifted 20-year-old his first loss in a 10-3 interleague win over the Pacific League’s Lotte Marines on Friday. Sasaki (5-1), the younges…
Japan PM eyes Aug. visit to Tunisia for African development meeting
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to visit Tunisia for an international conference on African development in August if the meeting is held in person, Japan’s top government spokesman said Friday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno met with visit…
Nikkei ends at 2-month high as Fed fears ease, Fast Retailing climbs
The Nikkei index ended Friday at its highest level in nearly two months as concerns eased over the U.S. Federal Reserve’s aggressive monetary tightening, as well as due to a surge in heavyweight Fast Retailing. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended …
Malaysia’s chicken export ban hits chicken rice in Singapore
Malaysia’s ban on exporting chickens, which took effect Wednesday amid a supply shortage, has hit its neighbor Singapore, which boasts chicken rice as a national dish and depends heavily on food imports. As the war in Ukraine has pushed up the price of…
Tennis: Shibahara, Koolhof win French Open mixed doubles
Japan’s Ena Shibahara and Dutchman Wesley Koolhof beat Belgium’s Joran Vliegen and Norway’s Ulrikke Eikeri in straight sets to win the French Open mixed doubles championship on Thursday. The second seeds, Shibahara and Koolhof, clinched the 7-6(5), 6-2…
Main events scheduled for Friday, June 3
Main events scheduled in Japan for Friday, June 3: — First of two-part official Tokyo Olympics film to be released.