
Dodgers star Ohtani sends message to new employees at Japan Airlines
New employees at Japan Airlines and JAL group companies attended their entrance ceremony at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on A...
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Hanyu rehearses for his annual 'notte stellata' ice show in Miyagi
Figure skater Hanyu Yuzuru rehearsed for his ice show which starts March 7 in Miyagi Prefecture.S/ Hanyu Yuzuru, Figure ...
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Dignitaries attend farewell event for late media mogul Watanabe
Dignitaries from various fields including Princess Hisako of Takamado attended a farewell ceremony for the late media mo...
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T-rex costume race in snowy central Japan
A T-rex costume race was held at the 76th Tokamachi Snow Festival in Niigata Prefecture central Japan.The friendly compe...
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New sumo grand champion helps celebrate setsubun
Hoshoryu, the new yokozuna or sumo grand champion hailing from Mongolia, helped celebrate the spring festival setsubun a...
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Imperial family attends wheelchair basketball championship
Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako, and Princess Aiko attended the 50th Emperor’s Cup wheelchair basketball championship h...
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Ohtani's interpreter impersonated baseball star in call to bank
Mizuhara Ippei, former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Ohtani Shohei, apparently impersonated the baseball play...
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Soon-to-be Dodger Sasaki Roki makes hometown proud
S/ Sasaki’s extra!Baseball player Sasaki Roki’s home prefecture of Iwate in northeastern Japan reacts with excitement af...
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Japanese media baron Watanabe of Yomiuri Shimbun dies at 98
Watanabe Tsuneo, the representative director and editor-in-chief of the Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, died of pneumonia at a...
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Sumo tournament to be held in London in 2025
A Grand Sumo Tournament will be held at the Royal Albert Hall in London in October 2025. The Japan Sumo Association an...
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