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Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 10, 2023
Yu Darvish agrees to six-year contract extension with Padres
Darvish had been set to become a free agent after the 2023 season.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 2, 2023
Myanmar junta extends state of emergency, delaying elections
The country has been in turmoil since the army's power grab in 2021, and a subsequent crackdown on dissent has sparked fighting across swathes of the nation while tanking the economy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 31, 2023
More bloodshed feared in Myanmar as junta plans election
Observers say the planned vote cannot be free and fair under the present circumstances and may be aimed only at justifying the junta's hold on power.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jan 30, 2023
Chiefs and Eagles set up showdown in Super Bowl
The Chiefs and Eagles will square off in the Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 12.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jan 27, 2023
Eagles plot to end storybook run of 49ers' Brock Purdy
Purdy's rise from the 262nd and last pick in the NFL draft to unbeaten in seven career starts is becoming the stuff of legend.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / Football
Jan 23, 2023
Bengals beat Bills, 49ers end Cowboys' hopes in NFL playoffs
The Bengals win sets up an AFC Championship clash with the Kansas City Chiefs, while the 49ers will face the Philadelphia Eagles for a place in the Super Bowl.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / Football
Jan 19, 2023
Dak Prescott and Cowboys confront 49ers in playoff rivalry renewal
Much of the drama on the Dallas side this week surrounded kicker Brett Maher, who missed a record four extra points at Tampa on Monday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jan 15, 2023
Brock Purdy and Trevor Lawrence defy inexperience with composure
The 49ers and Jaguars advanced to the second round of the NFL postseason thanks to inspired second-half performances from their young quarterbacks.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jan 15, 2023
Spurs return to the Alamodome for a record-breaking anniversary party
San Antonio celebrated its 50th anniversary with a one-night return to its former home court, drawing over 68,000 to the cavernous venue known locally as 'the Dome.'
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Jan 11, 2023
Carlos Correa comes to terms with Twins, leaving the Mets behind
The Twins deal is also pending a physical. So until it is completed, everyone will have to stay tuned.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2022
Shielded by Russia and China, Myanmar junta turn more brutal
The two countries have become significantly important to the junta as Western sanctions hurt the country's finances.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 30, 2022
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi faces 33 years in jail after junta trial closes
A prisoner of the military since the 2021 coup, Suu Kyi, 77, has been convicted on every charge leveled against her following an 18-month trial that rights groups called a sham.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 25, 2022
Myanmar's Suu Kyi to hear final verdicts in junta trial
The Nobel laureate, 77, has already been found guilty on 14 charges ranging from corruption to illegally importing walkie-talkies and breaching the official secrets act.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Dec 18, 2022
Heat rally to beat Spurs in NBA Mexico City game
A sellout crowd of over 20,000 turned out at Mexico City Arena.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 15, 2022
49ers head into clash against Seahawks with chance to win division title
Brock Purdy emerged victorious from his first career NFL start, but not unscathed.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 7, 2022
Giants go big with $360 million offer for Aaron Judge
Judge turned down a seven-year, $213.5 million extension offer from the Yankees in March and went on to hit an American League-record 62 home runs.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 20, 2022
Report: Padres meet SoftBank pitcher Kodai Senga after Mets
The Dodgers and Angels are reportedly among other suitors for the free agent right-hander, who will turn 30 in January.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Nov 13, 2022
Shichi-go-san: Take the picture, skip the ceremony
Celebrating your offspring or just getting hitched? Create fake memories with real photographs.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 13, 2022
The Americans going where no miso has gone before
Eleana Hsu and Kevin Gondo don't just break the rules with their homemade miso and shoyu — they create their own.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 24, 2022
Phillies advance to World Series by beating Padres
Bryce Harper became the first Philadelphia player in 41 years with a go-ahead homer so late in a playoff contest to send the team to its first World Series since 2009.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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