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Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga throws during the first inning of Chicago's home win over the Red Sox at Wrigley Field on Saturday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Shota Imanaga and slugging Cubs overpower Red Sox
Imanaga (7-3) allowed just five hits, while striking out five and walking one.
Cubs designated hitter Seiya Suzuki after hitting a three-run home run in the first inning against the Red Sox on Friday in Chicago.
BASEBALL / MLB
Seiya Suzuki's three-run homer helps Cubs snap Red Sox's 10-game streak
The home run was the Japanese slugger's 26th of the season.
The Tigers' Tarik Skubal pitches for the American League during the MLB All-Star Game in Atlanta on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Tigers focused on getting back to playoffs and contending for World Series
At 59-38, Detroit owns the majors' best record and sent six All-Stars to Atlanta.

Japanese Baseball

The BayStars' Trevor Bauer pitches during a game at Jingu Stadium in May.
Japanese Baseball
BayStars' Trevor Bauer dejected and searching for answers as slump continues
By Jason Coskrey
Bauer has lost four straight decisions and allowed 19 runs in his last 20⅓ innings. 
Japanese Baseball
Japan's baseball world divided on fans' social media use
Japanese Baseball
Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima dies at 89
By Jason Coskrey
Japanese Baseball
What you need to know ahead of NPB interleague play resuming
By Jason Coskrey
Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Fighters already showing last season's playoff run was no fluke
By Jason Coskrey
Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Can the Central League hold out against designated hitters?
By Jason Coskrey
Japanese Baseball
Giants' Trey Cabbage not weighed down by pressure to replace Kazuma Okamoto
By Jason Coskrey

MLB

Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga throws during the first inning of Chicago's home win over the Red Sox at Wrigley Field on Saturday.
MLB
Shota Imanaga and slugging Cubs overpower Red Sox
Imanaga (7-3) allowed just five hits, while striking out five and walking one.
MLB
Seiya Suzuki's three-run homer helps Cubs snap Red Sox's 10-game streak
MLB
Tigers focused on getting back to playoffs and contending for World Series
MLB
MLB All-Star Game ratings dip despite dramatic finish
MLB
NL takes MLB All-Star Game in first tiebreaker swing-off
MLB
Tony Clark blasts MLB salary cap idea as 'collusion' during All-Star break
MLB
Shohei Ohtani and Gleyber Torres to lead off in All-Star Game
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Japan ruling bloc projected to lose majority in Upper House election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at the Liberal Democratic Party’s headquarters Sunday after exit polls showed poor results for the ruling coalition in the Upper House election.
Polls open for key Upper House election that could shake Japanese politics
People vote during Japan's Upper House election at a polling station in Tokyo on Sunday.
Sunken WWII Japanese warship Teruzuki found off Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands. A team from the U.S. nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust has discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki on the deep seabed off the Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches.
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Hitomi Obara, 2012 Olympic champion in wrestling, dies at 44
Hitomi Obara competes at the London Olympics in August 2012.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
In Gaza-made obi, Palestinian embroidery meets Japanese kimono
The Palestinian Embroidery Obi Project brings together a traditional Japanese garment and age-old designs from the Middle Eastern region.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

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