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DeNA's Katsuki Azuma pitches against the Giants in Yokohama on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 27, 2023
Katsuki Azuma gem for DeNA puts Giants' playoff hopes on rocks
The BayStars' only run came when catcher Yudai Yamamoto's ground ball found a hole between third and short for a leadoff single.
Giants' Hayato Sakamoto celebrates with teammates after hitting a 3-run home run against the BayStars at Yokohama Stadium on Sunday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 24, 2023
Shosei Togo and Hayato Sakamoto lead Giants past BayStars
Yomiuri entered the game at Yokohama Stadium three games back of third-place DeNA in the battle for the CL's last two playoff seeds.
F. Marinos forward Takuma Nishimura (right) pressures the Incheon goal during their Asian Champions League game in Yokohama on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Sep 20, 2023
South Korea's Incheon upsets Yokohama F. Marinos in ACL group opener
In other ACL action, Kawasaki Frontale defeated Malaysia's Johor Darul Ta'zim.
BayStars starter Katsuki Azuma recorded a complete-game victory against the Carp in Hiroshima on Thursday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 8, 2023
Katsuki Azuma tosses complete game to help BayStars end slide
BayStars starter Katsuki Azuma recorded a complete-game victory against the Carp in Hiroshima on Thursday.
A former boxer (Koichi Sato, left) trying to restart his life in Japan takes on a young trainee (Ryusei Yokohama) with aspirations to win big in “One Last Bloom.”
CULTURE / Film
Sep 7, 2023
‘One Last Bloom’: Pugilist melodrama feels all too familiar
While the film takes the approach of local TV dramas, with broad narrative strokes and a zero-to-hero arc, the boxing scenes deliver insider details.
Items from the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake are on display at the memorial museum in Yokoamicho Park in Tokyo. Here, a warped clock is frozen minutes after the quake struck at 11:58 a.m. on Sept. 1, 1923.
JAPAN / History / Longform
Aug 31, 2023
The Great Kanto Earthquake: A wall of fire, a picture of hell
On Sept. 1, 1923, a massive earthquake struck off the coast of Kanagawa Prefecture. It came to be defined by fire and vigilantism.
Cerezo's Leo Ceara waves to the crowd after his team's win over Yokohama FC in Yokohama on Sunday.
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 21, 2023
Leo Ceara scores to help Cerezo win at Yokohama FC
Leo Ceara powered home a header off a cross from compatriot Capixaba four minutes into the second half at Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium in Yokohama.
Reliever Edwin Escobar has allowed just three runs in his last 16 appearances for the BayStars.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 14, 2023
Hard-throwing Edwin Escobar keeping things simple with BayStars
Edwin Escobar is back to doing what he loves as the BayStars jostle for position in the Central League.
The Giants' Lewis Brinson hits a two-run double against the BayStars at Tokyo Dome on Saturday afternoon.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 12, 2023
Lewis Brinson and Iori Yamasaki lead Giants past BayStars
Lewis Brinson does not have to adjust to the intensity at this time of the year as his Yomiuri Giants fight for a spot in the postseason.
From hidden street art to this two-story-tall Pikachu balloon, Yokohama will be blanketed in Pokemon paraphernalia through Aug. 14.
LIFE / Digital
Aug 10, 2023
Pokemon comes home for the 2023 world championships in Yokohama
For the first time in the Pokemon franchise’s history, its world championships get underway in Japan.
Yokohama FC midfielder Shion Inoue scores against Kobe during their match in Yokohama on Sunday.
SOCCER / J. League
Aug 7, 2023
Yokohama FC stuns first-place Kobe
Shion Inoue and Ryoya Yamashita struck as Yokohama FC stunned leader Vissel Kobe 2-0 at home in the J. League first division Sunday.
Manchester City's Erlind Haaland scores his team's fifth goal against Yokohama F. Marinos during the J. League World Challenge at Tokyo's National Stadium on Wednesday.
BASEBALL
Jul 23, 2023
Erling Haaland brace sparks Man City comeback over F. Marinos
Pep Guardiola's men conceded two goals against the reigning J. League champion before taking control at the National Stadium in Tokyo.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Jul 19, 2023
F. Marinos thump Celtic, overcoming Daizen Maeda's homecoming hat trick
Over 20,000 fans at Nissan Stadium were treated to a 10-goal outing in the teams' first meeting since 2006.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jul 13, 2023
Machida upsets Marinos in third round of Emperor's Cup
J. League second-division leader Machida Zelvia sprang one of the upsets of this year's Emperor's Cup by knocking out reigning top-flight champion Yokohama F Marinos 4-1 in the third round of Japan's longest-running soccer competition Wednesday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Jul 12, 2023
Kazuyoshi Miura extends Portuguese second-division stint at 56
The Yokohama FC forward set the record for the Portuguese league's oldest player during his half-season loan this spring.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jul 10, 2023
Embracing change key ingredient in Neftali Soto's longevity in NPB
Soto has followed helpful advice from former teammate Jose Lopez during his time in Japan.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Jul 9, 2023
Nagoya and leader F. Marinos play out intense draw
Grampus had a late goal ruled out for a tight offside call and settled for a point at Toyota Stadium.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jul 3, 2023
Anderson Lopes helps Marinos solidify place atop J. League standings
Anderson Lopes scored a goal in each half to help Yokohama F Marinos tighten its grip on first place with a dominant 4-1 victory over struggling Shonan Bellmare in the J. League top flight Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 29, 2023
Man arrested after 18-year-old woman stabbed to death in Yokohama
The woman's family called the police when they found her collapsed and covered with blood in an apartment complex Thursday morning.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jun 25, 2023
DeNA closes on first place as Katsuki Azuma shuts out CL-leading Tigers
Azuma struck out nine without a walk to outduel fellow lefty Masashi Ito, who took the loss despite seven solid innings.
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.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
'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.
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.
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.
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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