Shinji Mizushima

National Jun 22, 2018

'Dokaben' baseball manga series to end after nearly half a century

"Dokaben," a popular Japanese baseball manga series that has been published on and off in a weekly magazine since 1972, will end its run in the next issue due out on June 28. Its publisher, Akita Publishing Co., announced the end of the series in ...

National Nov 13, 2015

Crown Princess Masako attends first Imperial garden party in 12 years

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Thursday met celebrities and renowned Japanese from a variety of fields at a biannual garden party they hosted in Tokyo, with Crown Princess Masako taking part for the first time in 12 years. Among the estimated 1,900 guests were ...