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Football: Japan name all-domestic 26-man squad for E-1 Championship
Vissel Kobe forward Taisei Miyashiro and Kawasaki Frontale striker Shin Yamada were among the first-time call-ups as Japan ...
Knicks sign high-flying Japanese guard nicknamed 'Tokyo Drift'
Yudai Baba will suit up for the Knicks. He's a Japanese star with two fun nicknames. One commentator in Australia nicknamed ...
Historic baseball stadium where Babe Ruth played in Tokyo is at the center of a disputed redevelopment plan
Plans to demolish a historic baseball stadium where Babe Ruth played and an adjacent rugby venue are at the heart of a ...
When Japanese Depth Meets American Speed
When Japanese depth meets American speed, the result won’t just be more unicorns. It will be stronger ones—companies built to ...
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Manga doomsday prediction spooks tourists to Japan
Steve Huen of Hong Kong-based travel agency EGL Tours blamed a flurry of social media predictions tied to a manga that ...
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Land of the rising run: Japan’s father of the marathon
The first instalment of this four-part series looks at some of the early figures who paved the way for marathon runners in ...
Avoiding your boss? In Japan, you can hire someone to quit your job for you.
Japanese companies’ rigid hierarchies can make it hard to confront bosses. Enter “proxy quitters.” TOKYO — Shota Shimizu slid ...
Japan’s emperor says he will honor Japanese POWs who were held in Mongolia
Japan's Emperor Naruhito has announced plans to honor Japanese World War II prisoners during his visit to Mongolia next week.
Management booted out as Japan's shareholders flex their muscles in AGMs
Japan's annual general meetings in June saw a CEO voted out and an entire board of directors replaced in a sign shareholders ...
Japan, Denmark play to stalemate in women's friendly
The Japanese women's national basketball team made too many mistakes but "learned a lot" from Thursday's 65-65 tie with ...