The Japanese government is set to re-examine its goal of achieving fiscal consolidation in fiscal 2025 due to growing calls within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to boost public spending to prop up the economic recovery, which is now threatened by…
Baseball: Padres’ Darvish takes 2nd loss despite quality start
Yu Darvish turned in another quality start but a lack of run support led to his second loss of the 2022 campaign as the San Diego Padres were defeated by the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 on Wednesday. Darvish (4-2) was tagged with the loss in the series final…
Soccer: Sagan, Antlers finish see-sawing battle in 4-4 deadlock
Sagan Tosu foiled an improbable comeback win by Kashima Antlers on Wednesday after Masaya Tashiro’s last-gasp header left their J-League first-division clash deadlocked 4-4. A 94th-minute goal from late substitute Itsuki Someno appeared to seal victory…
Baseball: Okamoto homers, drives in 5 as Giants get past Buffaloes
Kazuma Okamoto homered for the second straight night and drove in five runs as the Central League’s Yomiuri Giants improved to 2-0 in interleague play with a 5-3 win over the defending Pacific League champion Orix Buffaloes on Wednesday. Okamoto, the G…
Tokyo stocks open lower on Nasdaq decline, stronger yen
Tokyo stocks opened lower Wednesday, tracking an overnight fall of the U.S. Nasdaq index, with some export-oriented issues losing ground after the yen strengthened against the U.S. dollar overnight. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nik…
Japan report drops mention of virus as it keeps seeing recovery signs
The government said in a monthly report Wednesday that the Japanese economy is recovering from the pandemic, with the word “coronavirus” not included in its assessment for the first time in more than two years. “The Japanese economy shows movements of …
Japan tops world tourism ranking despite COVID restrictions
Japan on Tuesday came out ranking highest on a list of destinations in a 2021 travel and tourism development report by the World Economic Forum, despite the country being closed to foreign tourists due to restrictions against the coronavirus. Topping t…
Japan town recovers most of 46.3 mil. yen mistakenly sent to resident
A western Japanese town that mistakenly sent 46.3 million yen ($363,000) in COVID-19 relief money to a resident has legally recovered about 43 million yen, or about 90 percent of it, the mayor said Tuesday. The 24-year-old resident, Sho Taguchi, has be…
Tokyo stocks fall on weak U.S. stock futures, profit-taking
Tokyo stocks ended lower Tuesday as sentiment was hurt by a sharp drop in U.S. stock futures in after-hours trading, while investors locked in gains after the Nikkei index’s two-day rally. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended down 253.38 points, or…
Japan plastics firm charged over alleged bribes to Vietnam officials
A Tokyo-based plastic products manufacturer, its former president and two others were charged Monday with allegedly paying bribes to Vietnamese government officials totaling about 23.6 million yen ($185,000) to avoid large sums of additional taxes and …