Pitching in his first official game in over 22 months, former Major League Baseball pitcher Trevor Bauer won in his Japanese league debut on Wednesday. Bauer made his debut for the Yokohama DeNA Baystars, allowing seven hits and one run over seven
Trevor Bauer’s signature strikeout celebration is causing some stirs with a teammate on his Japanese team, the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. When Bauer has struck out batters in MLB, he has been seen doing a motion where he appears to put a sword
Japan’s public safety chief has come under fire for his remark that he enjoyed eel rice so much that he kept eating after his agency informed him of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s narrow escape from a pipe bomb attack two weeks ago.
Japanese LGBTQ activist groups delivered a statement to the government on Friday urging that Japan enact an anti-discrimination law and legalize same-sex marriages ahead of a summit of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations being hosted by Japan in May. Japan
The fishermen who tackled the man suspected of the second attack on a Japanese political leader in less than a year were surprised by the lack of security for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Fisherman Tsutomu Konishi was watching Kishida at a campaign
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated Saturday after someone threw an explosive device his way during a campaign event at a fishing port in western Japan. No one was hurt in the incident and police tackled a suspect as panicking bystanders
A Japanese baseball stadium where Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx and Lou Gehrig played in 1934 when American stars went on tour is at the center of a climate battle in the country. Meiji Jingu Stadium in Tokyo opened in 1926 and is
Nineteen Japanese men detained in Cambodia in January on suspicion of taking part in organized phone and online scams will be deported to their homeland, a Cambodian immigration police officer said Friday. Arrangements for their return are being made by the Japanese
Two Japanese men were arrested this week for allegedly contaminating a communal bowl of pickled ginger at a fast-food restaurant as part of a prank that has spiraled into what some have called sushi terrorism. Ryu Shimazu, 35, and Toshihide Oka, 34,
Japanese musician and film composer Ryuichi Sakamoto died during a battle with cancer on March 28, according to recording company Avex. Sakamoto was initially diagnosed with throat cancer in 2014, and revealed in 2022 that he had terminal cancer. His cancer diagnosis