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Kenta Maeda pitches for the Twins in the playoffs against the Astros in October. Maeda has signed a two-year deal with the division rival Tigers.
BASEBALL / MLB
Detroit Tigers sign right-hander Maeda to two-year deal
The 35-year-old from Osaka Prefecture will make $14 million in 2024 and $10 million in 2025.
Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto (left) and Hanshin Tigers rookie Shoki Murakami were named the Pacific League and Central League MVPs, respectively, on Tuesday night.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Tigers rookie Murakami and Orix ace Yamamoto named MVPs
Yamamoto became the first player since Ichiro Suzuki to win three straight MVP awards, while Murakami also won Central League Rookie of the Year honors.
Shota Imanaga (left) and Naoyuki Uwasawa
BASEBALL / MLB
MLB negotiation window opens for pitchers Imanaga and Uwasawa
Both left-handed starter Shota Imanaga and right-handed starter Naoyuki Uwasawa have a 45-day window to be signed.

Japanese Baseball

Orix Buffaloes ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto (left) and Hanshin Tigers rookie Shoki Murakami were named the Pacific League and Central League MVPs, respectively, on Tuesday night.
Japanese Baseball
Tigers rookie Murakami and Orix ace Yamamoto named MVPs
Yamamoto became the first player since Ichiro Suzuki to win three straight MVP awards, while Murakami also won Central League Rookie of the Year honors.
Japanese Baseball
Oh vows return to top of Japanese baseball for Hawks
Japanese Baseball
BayStars post pitcher Shota Imanaga to clear way for MLB move
Japanese Baseball
Yoshinobu Yamamoto named to third straight Best Nine team
By Jason Coskrey
Japanese Baseball
Triumphant Tigers and Buffaloes hold parades in Kobe and Osaka
Japanese Baseball
BayStars lefty Shota Imanaga hoping to face Shohei Ohtani in MLB
Japanese Baseball
Japan Series champion Tigers lead way with five Golden Glove winners
By Jason Coskrey

MLB

Kenta Maeda pitches for the Twins in the playoffs against the Astros in October. Maeda has signed a two-year deal with the division rival Tigers.
MLB
Detroit Tigers sign right-hander Maeda to two-year deal
The 35-year-old from Osaka Prefecture will make $14 million in 2024 and $10 million in 2025.
MLB
MLB negotiation window opens for pitchers Imanaga and Uwasawa
MLB
Free-agent pitcher Kenta Maeda set to join Tigers
MLB
MLB pursuit of Yoshinobu Yamamoto gets underway
MLB
Hideki Kuriyama praises Shohei Ohtani after second MVP win
MLB
MLB owners give stamp of approval to Athletics' move to Las Vegas
MLB
Shohei Ohtani wins second American League MVP award
By Jason Coskrey
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A new wave of Chinese elites is flocking to Japan
Toyosu, a reclaimed area and former industrial zone in the Tokyo Bay area, has become popular with a new wave of Chinese immigrants for its breathtaking views of the Tokyo skyline.
Japan is enticing for digital nomads, but visa hurdles remain
Akina Shu has visited around 50 countries as a speaker and ambassador on the digital nomad lifestyle since 2020.
Reluctant CEO becomes billionaire at Netflix rival in Japan
Yasuhide Uno, Usen-Next Holdings CEO, has transformed his father’s company into Netflix’s biggest competitor in Japan.
Children of Jehovah’s Witnesses submit report detailing sexual abuse
Ayuko Kato, minister in charge of child policies. A group of children of Jehovah’s Witnesses have submitted a report to the Child and Family Agency detailing sexual abuse.
Wasabi effective in improving memory of elderly: study
A research has found that hexaraphane — a component found in wasabi — helps improve the episodic and working memories of elderly people.
Children of Jehovah’s Witnesses submit report detailing sexual abuse
Ayuko Kato, minister in charge of child policies. A group of children of Jehovah’s Witnesses have submitted a report to the Child and Family Agency detailing sexual abuse.
Japan is enticing for digital nomads, but visa hurdles remain
Akina Shu has visited around 50 countries as a speaker and ambassador on the digital nomad lifestyle since 2020.
Nature-focused theme park to open in Okinawa in 2025
A rendering of the new Junglia theme park scheduled to open in Okinawa in 2025
Japan to start trial of over-the-counter sales of morning-after pills
Customers look at products on display outside a drug store in Tokyo on Friday. As part of a trial, 145 stores nationwide will be allowed to sell morning-after pills until the end of March.
Bedbugs are spreading in South Korea and China. Is Japan next?
A bed bug in Paris in September

Podcast

An official shot for this year’s lineup for NHK’s annual “Kohaku Uta Gassen.”
Things get warmer with Xi; Johnny’s get the cold shoulder

Longform

Yoshiko Koide sits in a classroom at Nagoya College where she teaches a Japanese-language observation seminar.
How a dictionary came to spark outrage among the web’s otaku
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