Yamamoto, Ohtani deliver in return to Japan, Dodgers beat the Cubs 4-1 in season opener
Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw five strong innings, Shohei Ohtani had two hits and scored twice, and the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 4-1 on ...
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MAGA Is Openly Attacking Judges Who Dared Rule Against Trump
Trump’s invocation is a doubling down upon his mass-deportation mission, and setting up a crisis by openly defying the courts ...
Japanese baseball looks about the same, but the food and the vibe is different
Welcome to the view from the stands in the middle of the jammed sellout at the Tokyo Dome on Tuesday as the Dodgers and Cubs opened MLB’s regular season. Baseball in Japan — the ...
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Trump Border Czar Says He’ll Ignore the Courts as Much as He Wants
Evan Feinman, the former director of the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program, or BEAD, which provides grants to ...
Tokyo was filled with charred corpses after US firebombing. Survivors want compensation
Shizuyo Takeuchi, 94, says her mission is to keep telling the history she witnessed in 1945 at 14, speaking out on behalf of ...
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MLB News: Spring training roundup: Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani homers in return to Japan
Shohei Ohtani hit a two-run home run in his return to his home country and the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers earned a 5-1 ...
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Imanaga made all the right adjustments to excel in Majors
TOKYO – Shortly after Shota Imanaga arrived at Spring Training a year ago, Cubs pitching coach Tommy Hottovy wanted to look ...
In Japan, a Journalist Takes a Stand by Striking Out on His Own
Makoto Watanabe quit a major newspaper after it retracted a scoop. Now he runs an investigative nonprofit that does not shy ...
Going Once, Going Twice: 165,000 Tons of Rice
The Japanese government held a rare auction this week to make up for a rice shortage that an official called “truly ...
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Explosion shakes Okinawa wharf as Japan clears unexploded WWII ordnance
Eleven explosive ordnance disposal divers from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Sub Area Activity Okinawa unit set off ...
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At Fukushima Daiichi, Japan’s Unprecedented Nuclear Cleanup Continues
On March 11, 2025, we remember the profound loss and resilience of the people of Japan following the Great East Japan ...
Historic ‘China Marines’ battalion converts into latest Littoral Combat Team
The 12th Littoral Combat Team will carry on the traditions of 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, which earned the title “China ...