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BASEBALL
Oct 1, 2019
Japan national team announces 28-man roster team for Premier12
Yomiuri Giants captain Hayato Sakamoto was among the 28 players named Tuesday to the Japan national team for the upcoming Premier12, an international baseball event that doubles as a qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2019
Masazo Nonaka, world's oldest living man, dies at 113 in Hokkaido
Masazo Nonaka, who was recognized by Guinness World Records last year as the oldest living man, died Sunday at the age of 113, his family said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2018
Ritsumeikan student said to be oldest to secure doctorate, at 88, was preceded by 95-year-old Kyoto scholar
Ritsumeikan University said an 88-year-old visiting researcher who was conferred a doctorate by the university on Saturday was not the oldest person in Japan to have been awarded the degree.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2015
Nagoya resident recognized as oldest living man at 112
Yasutaro Koide, a 112-year-old from Nagoya, was recognized Friday by the Guinness World Records as the oldest living man.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 7, 2015
Descendant from slaves, oldest person on Earth turns 116 in Brooklyn
The world's oldest living person, the daughter of sharecroppers and granddaughter of slaves, celebrated her 116th birthday on Monday in New York.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 7, 2015
After six-day run as world's oldest person, Arkansas woman, 116, dies
Gertrude Weaver, who last week became the world's oldest-known living person, has died at the age of 116 at a senior care facility in Arkansas, officials said on Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2014
Japanese recognized as world's oldest man by Guinness World Records
A 111-year-old Japanese was recognized as the world's oldest man by Guinness World Records on Wednesday, following the death in June of a Polish-born New Yorker.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 10, 2014
Japan now home to world's oldest man and woman
The world's oldest man died at the age of 111 in New York on Sunday, leaving a Japanese man, also aged 111, as the world's oldest.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2013
Osaka resident world's oldest woman
A 114-year-old resident of the city of Osaka is expected to be recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest woman, according to people close to her.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan's former PM Aso meets Trump for talks on security and economy
Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in New York on Tuesday. The Japanese government’s top spokesman on Wednesday played down the meeting as one conducted "in the capacity of one lawmaker" and “without the government’s involvement.”
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.

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Longform

Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores
By Alex K.T. Martin

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