The Orix Buffaloes moved top of the Pacific League in their final game of the regular season Monday as Yoshinobu Yamamoto capped his stellar year with a four-hit shutout of the Rakuten Eagles in a 4-0 win. Yamamoto (18-5) outpitched former New York Yan…
Japan’s Pasona to introduce IT talent teleworking from overseas
Japanese staffing firm Pasona Group Inc. has said it will launch next month a service focused on introducing to companies in Japan overseas IT engineers who will work remotely from home amid travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic. On Nov. …
Main events scheduled for day, Oct. 23
Main events scheduled in Japan for Saturday, Oct. 23: — Princess Mako, niece of Emperor Naruhito, to turn 30.
Japan visitors down 99.2% in Sept. from 2019 due to border controls
The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in September was down 99.2% from the same month in the pre-pandemic year of 2019 to 17,700 amid continued travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, government data showed Wednesday. Compared …
Basketball: Watanabe set to make Raptors’ opening night roster
Japanese forward Yuta Watanabe is all but assured of a spot on the Toronto Raptors’ opening night roster after the NBA team announced its final preseason cut on Sunday. Toronto trimmed its roster to the league maximum 15 players, including two two-way …
Soccer: Mitoma leads Union to comeback win with hat-trick off bench
Rising Japanese star Kaoru Mitoma struck a hat-trick after coming off the bench in the second half on Saturday, sparking Royale Union Saint-Gilloise to a 4-2 comeback win over Belgian top-flight opponents RFC Seraing. Entering after the break with Unio…
URGENT: China’s Xi vows to boost dialogue with Japan’s new PM Kishida
Chinese President Xi Jinping told Japan’s new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday that he will try to boost dialogue and cooperation with the neighboring country, during their first teleconference, state-run media reported. Xi was also quoted by the…