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Al-Nassr's Cristiano Ronaldo leads his team out onto the field prior to a match against Al-Riyadh on April 12.
SOCCER
Apr 23, 2025
Ronaldo hunts Asian Champions League glory in Saudi-hosted finals
First, Ronaldo's side must overcome last year's finalists, Yokohama F. Marinos, a club that is in a crisis after firing manager Steve Holland last week.
Executives from U.K. self-driving startup Wayve and SoftBank attend an event in Tokyo on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 22, 2025
U.K. AI startup Wayve makes Japan debut after Nissan partnership
Earlier this month, Wayve said it was joining forces with Nissan Motor to help build the next generation of its ProPilot driver-assist system.
Steve Holland helped Marinos reach the quarterfinals of the Asian Champions League Elite, but poor league results led to the end of his tenure with the club.
SOCCER / J. League
Apr 21, 2025
Steve Holland runs out of time at Marinos amid poor results and bad breaks
The 54-year-old was dismissed on April 18 with the club languishing in the lower reaches of the J1 table.
Yokohama F. Marinos players after the team dropped into the relegation zone of the J. League's top flight following a loss to Shimizu S-Pulse on Wednesday.
SOCCER / J. League
Apr 18, 2025
Yokohama F. Marinos fire Steve Holland as loss sends club to relegation zone
Holland leaves the five-time J. League champion after a 3-2 loss to Shimizu S-Pulse on Wednesday saw F. Marinos drop to 19th in the 20-team top flight.
BayStars pitcher Andre Jackson throws during Game 1 of the Japan Series on Oct. 26 last year.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 16, 2025
Baystars pitcher Jackson 'honored' to wear No. 42 on Jackie Robinson Day
The stars almost aligned perfectly on Tuesday night for the American, who pitched six strong innings on the day that the baseball world celebrates the Dodgers legend.
Tony Blanco played in Japan for eight seasons and hit 181 home runs in NPB. The Dominican slugger was among more than 200 killed when the roof of a popular nightclub collapsed on Tuesday in the Dominican Republic.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 12, 2025
Tony Blanco remembered in Japan and Dominican Republic after nightclub tragedy
Blanco, who spent eight seasons in Japan with three NPB clubs, is remembered as a 'great guy' with a tremendous sense of humor.
Liverpool's Wataru Endo controls the ball during a match against Newcastle in Liverpool on Feb. 26.
SOCCER
Apr 10, 2025
Liverpool to face Marinos as part of preseason tour of Asia
Liverpool is embarking on a Asian tour in July that will also take the club to Hong Kong.
The site of the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 10, 2025
Pedro Martinez says family members still missing after tragedy in Dominican Republic
Former MLB players Octavio Dotel and Tony Blanco, who also played in Japan for the Chunichi Dragons, Yokohama BayStars and Orix Buffaloes died in the tragedy.
Giants ace Shosei Togo is expected to get the start on opening day.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 26, 2025
Big-spending Giants aim to hold off BayStars and Tigers in competitive Central League
The Giants spent big as the club aims to win its first Japan Series title since 2012. But can the BayStars or Tigers spoil the Kyojin's fun?
Al-Nassr's Cristiano Ronaldo prepares to take a free kick against Al-Wehda at King Abdul Aziz Stadium in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Feb. 25.
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 17, 2025
Ronaldo's Al-Nassr to face Yokohama F Marinos in ACL quarters
All four quarterfinals will be played in Jeddah as part of a centralized competition that will also see the Saudi Arabian port city hosting the semifinals and final.
The BayStars used data analytics to inform the decision to have Hayato Horioka pitch against the Giants last fall. The bet paid off, with Horioka helping to seal the game and Yokohama advancing to the championship.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 17, 2025
'Moneyball' disciples aim to upend Japanese baseball for second year
Yokohama is honing its indicators that predict how well a pitcher will perform at any given moment.
Kanagawa Prefectural Police have arrested a former deputy manager at Hana Credit Union’s Yokohama branch on suspicion of stealing ¥619 million in cash from the branch's safe deposit boxes.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 5, 2025
Hana Credit Union employee arrested on suspicion of safe deposit box theft
The suspect admitted to the allegations, telling police he used the stolen money to pay off debts and gamble.
Yokohama F. Marinos’ Anderson Lopes celebrates having scored during an AFC Champions League match against Shanghai Port in Shanghai on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Mar 5, 2025
Lopes gives Marinos upper hand in Asian Champions League last 16
Steve Holland's side will take a slender advantage over Shanghai Port into the second leg in Yokohama.
A scene from Satoko Yokohama's "Umibe e Iku Michi" ("Seaside Serendipity")
CULTURE / Film
Feb 23, 2025
Japanese movies win accolades at Berlin International Film Festival
"Futsu no Seikatsu," an animated movie directed by Yoriko Mizushiri, was awarded the Silver Bear Jury Prize for a short film at this year's Berlin International Film Festival.
Yokohama F. Marinos' Yan Matheus (center) is congratulated after scoring against Shanghai Shenhua in Yokohama on Wednesday.
SOCCER
Feb 12, 2025
Holland wins first game in charge of Marinos
Steve Holland is in his first job since stepping down following England's defeat to Spain in the final of last year's European Championship.
Former England assistant Steve Holland is preparing for his first match in charge of Marinos.
SOCCER
Feb 10, 2025
Steve Holland set to begin life with Yokohama in AFC Champions League
Yokohama, which lost in last season's final under Australian Harry Kewell, is at home against Shanghai Shenhua on Wednesday.
The Old Yokohama District Court
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 3, 2025
Woman pleads guilty over involvement in fatal ‘shady’ burglary
A group of suspects are accused of breaking into the home of Hiroharu Goto, 75, in Yokohama’s Aoba Ward, killing him and stealing about ¥200,000 in cash.
People who were onboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship when the COVID-19 cluster infections in the ship broke out in February 2020 pray Monday in Yokohama for those who died of the disease.
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2025
COVID-19 victims of Diamond Princess ship remembered five years on
Of a total of 3,711 passengers and crew members on the ship, 712 became infected with the novel coronavirus and 14 died from the disease.
Al-Ain players prior to an Asian Champions League match against Al-Nassr in November.
SOCCER
Feb 2, 2025
Reigning champion Al-Ain faces must-win clash as Asian Champions League resumes
With just two points from six matches in the league phase of the competition, Al-Ain sits three points adrift of the qualifying spots for the knockout rounds.
Brian Hutto runs Craft Sake Shoten, a Yokohama shop he calls a hangout for 'real sake enthusiasts.'
LIFE / Food & Drink / Kanpai Culture
Feb 2, 2025
Sipping down the rabbit hole at Craft Sake Shoten
A chance encounter with sake evangelist John Gauntner led Brian Hutto to reinvent himself with sake as his new focus.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Japan must correct Trump’s false data for trade talks, says Kono
Former Foreign Minister Taro Kono
Japan wants to 'separate' tariff and security issues. That may be tough.
Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, poses with a "Make America Great Again" cap at the White House in Washington on April 16.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ¥12,000.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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