Superstar Shohei Ohtani: How the baseball unicorn got caught up in a multi-million dollar betting scandal
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‘We want to enjoy now’: Young Japanese choose work-life balance over notoriously long office hours
channelnewsasia.com/asia/we-want-enjoy-now-young-japanese-choose-work-life-balance-over-notoriously-long-office-hours-4285576
‘Cheated’: Chinese Doping Case Roils Swimming: An American who won silver in Tokyo calls for an investigation. A British gold medalist demands bans ...
nytimes.com/2024/04/21/world/asia/chinese-swimmers-doping.html
Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani passes Hideki Matsui for most MLB homers by a Japanese-born player
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Quick Glance: Shohei Ohtani Sets New Record for Most MLB Homers
- Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani has broken the record for the most homers hit by a Japanese-born player in Major League Baseball.
- During a game at Dodger Stadium, Ohtani hit an impressive homer that flew into the right field bleachers off pitcher Adrian Houser of the New York Mets.
- With this homer, which was Ohtani's 176th in his six years in the MLB, he surpassed Matsui, who played the final 10 years of his 20-year pro career in North America.
- Ohtani's record-breaking blast traveled 423 feet and put the Dodgers ahead 2-0. Prior to this, Ohtani had not hit a homer in seven consecutive games.
Shohei Ohtani Hits 450-foot Homer into Second Deck at Nationals Park in Dodgers’ 4-1 Win
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Shannon Sharpe calls out Rui Hachimura“Maybe he talked to Michael Porter Jr.’s brother, because I think he took the under on the 10 points the bettors had ... Show more @BasketballOnX
Chinese swimmers head to Paris Olympics under a cloud amid row over handling of drugs tests
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Why East Asia is simply better at Pisa: East Asian countries regularly perform best in the Pisa study. That's because of the lessons and: because of Confucius ...
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Kenta Maeda Allows Three Hits in Five Scoreless Innings; Tigers Past Rays 4-2
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/baseball/20240424-182068/
Qatari official: Jews are murderers of prophets; October 7th is only a ‘prelude’: Ovations sound as Essa Al-Nassr, member of the Gulf state’s legislative body ...
jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/qatari-official-jews-are-murderers-of-prophets-october-7th-is-only-a-prelude-798358
Old Japanese train cars get new life in Cambodia: Japanese rail diesel cars taken out of service will get a second life in Cambodia.
www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/ataglance/3094/
Men's inclusion in artistic swimming progressing slowly - The Mainichi: TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Although artistic swimming aims to grow with the inclusion of men ...
mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240423/p2g/00m/0sp/004000c
Resurgent Tomoyuki Sugano off to strong start on mound for Giants: Sugano is off to a 2-0 start in three outings this season.
japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/04/22/baseball/tomoyuki-sugano-bounce-back/
Memorial Service Held for Victims of Sightseeing Boat Sinking off Hokkaido’s Shiretoko Peninsula 2 Years Ago
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20240423-181971/
Rate of small firms in Japan hiking wages rises to 63% in FY 2024 - The Mainichi: TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The proportion of small and midsize firms in Japan raising ...
mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240422/p2g/00m/0bu/020000c
Sumo: Onosato, ex-yokozuna Kisenosato warned over drinking incident - The Mainichi
mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240422/p2g/00m/0sp/053000c
Boxing: Kazuto Ioka, Fernando Martinez set for super flyweight unification bout - The Mainichi
mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240422/p2g/00m/0sp/038000c
Hiroyuki Sanada says Hiromatsu is the character that defines the samurai spirit the most in #Shōgun .
Japan Hight School Baseball Bat Standards Get Update; Outdated Bats Reused as Vases or Sent Overseas to Promote Sport japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/baseball/20240422-181764/
Doping: Suspected doping in China shakes the sport of swimming: 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive in the run-up to the Tokyo Summer Games ...
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Twenty-three Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned drug called Trimetazidine, which is found in heart medication, months before the Olympics began in ... Show more www.reuters.com/sports/wada-confirms-23-chinese-swimmers-tested-positive-before-tokyo-games-accepted-2024-04-20/
Wrapping up the #TableTennis stars bringing home the glory at the end of the #ITTFWorldCup 🤩
🥇Ma Long 🏆
🥈Lin Gaoyuan
🥉Wang Chuqin
🥉Tomokazu Harimoto
🥇Sun Yingsha 🏆
🥈Wang ... Show more #LiftTheCup #Macao2024 #PingPong
Baseball: Takayuki Kato throws surprising Fighters' 2nd straight shutout - The Mainichi
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Inter Owner Nears New Loan to Retain Control of Team, Corriere Says: Italian football club Inter Milan is negotiating a new loan that could be worth €400 million ...
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-21/inter-owner-nears-new-loan-to-retain-control-of-team-corriere-says
Baseball Hall of Fame to highlight history of Japan-U.S. ties in new exhibition: The exhibition, 'Yakyu/Baseball: The Transpacific Exchange of the Game between ...
japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/04/19/baseball/japan-us-baseball-hall/
Parisians struggle to cash in on Olympic Games rentals: A glut of apartments available in the French capital this summer is pushing down prices
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Tyler Glasnow shines, Shohei Ohtani homers as Dodgers beat Mets: Tyler Glasnow strikes out 10 over eight innings and Shohei Ohtani and Andy Pages hit home runs ...
latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2024-04-21/tyler-glasnow-shohei-ohtani-dodgers-defeat-mets
Mt. Fuji's Yoshida route to cap entry at 4,000 daily, limit hours, collect toll - The Mainichi
mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240419/p2a/00m/0li/029000c
BASEBALL/ First Japanese player in MLB feels pride on 60th anniversarywww.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15211979
'Mr. Incredible' and Japan’s improbable bid to compete with the NBA: Japan is a latecomer to basketball’s global expansion, but it has stratospheric expectations ...
japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/04/20/basketball/b-league/japan-basketball-high-hopes/
Lin Gaoyuan secures a clean victory over Tomokazu Harimoto, advancing to the #ITTFWorldCup Finals where Ma Long awaits him ⚔️ #LiftTheCup #Macao2024 #TableTennis #PingPong
Kento can still pop up: PETALING JAYA: Japan’s Kento Momota has the opportunity to end his career on a high in the Thomas Cup Finals from April 27-May 5 in ...
thestar.com.my/sport/badminton/2024/04/21/kento-can-still-pop-up
Honda to invest $808 million in Brazil by 2030: Japanese automaker Honda will invest 4.2 billion reais ($807.74 million) in its Itirapina plant in Brazil by 2030 ...
reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/honda-invest-808-million-brazil-by-2030-2024-04-19/
WADA stands by decision to clear 23 Chinese swimmers for Tokyo Olympics : The world’s top anti-doping regulator says after reviewing a documentary and other ...
apnews.com/article/china-doping-tests-wada-olympics-tokyo-061043894e68ba1be5f8a28f6a74bf6c
Star figure skater Hanyu still pursuing excellence in new forms - The Mainichi: TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Although Yuzuru Hanyu has turned his back on competition ...
mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240421/p2g/00m/0et/018000c
Singapore kayaker Stephenie Chen punches ticket to Paris Olympics: SINGAPORE: Kayaker Stephenie Chen narrowly missed out on qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics ...
channelnewsasia.com/sport/qualify-paris-olympic-games-stephenie-chen-kayak-team-singapore-4279771
Japan's Hakuba resort tries to avoid skiing into Niseko's rut: NAGANO, Japan -- Hakuba, a resort village in Nagano prefecture, is booming. In the village ...
asia.nikkei.com/Business/Travel-Leisure/Japan-s-Hakuba-resort-tries-to-avoid-skiing-into-Niseko-s-rut
Basketball: Yuta Watanabe to quit NBA, play in Japan next season - The Mainichi: NEW YORK (Kyodo) -- Memphis Grizzlies swingman Yuta Watanabe said Friday he will ...
mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240420/p2g/00m/0sp/011000c
I’m gonna miss you Momota, says Axelsen: PETALING JAYA: World No. 1 Viktor Axelsen is going to miss being put through hard times by former top shuttler Kento ...
thestar.com.my/sport/badminton/2024/04/19/im-gonna-miss-you-momota-says-axelsen
Frankfurt's Japanese veteran Makoto Hasebe to retire at age 40: Hasebe made his international debut in 2006 and featured in 114 games for Japan while serving as ...
japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/04/18/soccer/makoto-hasebe-retirement/
Quick Glance: Farewell to Makoto Hasebe
- At the age of 40, Makoto Hasebe is concluding his over 20-year career in professional football. He made the move from Japan to VfL Wolfsburg in 2008, also playing for 1. FC Nürnberg before joining Eintracht Frankfurt in 2014. Achievements include winning the German Championship with Wolfsburg (2009) and the DFB-Pokal (2018) and Europa League (2022) with SGE. Additionally, he triumphed in the 2011 Asian Cup with Japan.
- More information to follow soon.
Baseball: Jose Osuna, Munetaka Murakami homers lift Swallows over BayStars - The Mainichi
mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240419/p2g/00m/0sp/064000c
Olympics: Who’s in and who still has work to do to qualify for Paris: From archery to wrestling, each of the 32 sports on the Olympic program has different ...
chicagotribune.com/2024/04/18/paris-olympics-who-is-going/
Easy Japanese news in translation: Carp streamers in production at Mie Prefecture shrine - The Mainichi
mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240419/p2a/00m/0na/018000c
Baseball: New heat time-outs planned for Japan high school championship - The Mainichi
mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240419/p2g/00m/0sp/058000c
BOJ's Ueda says 'very likely' to hike rates if inflation keeps rising: Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Friday the central bank "very likely" will raise ...
reuters.com/markets/rates-bonds/bojs-ueda-says-very-likely-hike-rates-if-inflation-keeps-rising-2024-04-19/
Vows to be ‘Ambitious’ at Hokkaido Statue Hit 100,000; Famous Quote Attributed to Sapporo Agricultural College Professor Clark Lives On
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/features/travel-spots/20240419-181080/
Baseball: Japan to face Australia in Premier 12 group opener in Nov. - The Mainichi
mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240419/p2g/00m/0sp/048000c
World Championship Sumo adds WWE-style pizazz to Japan's traditional sport: A boisterous, nearly full crowd got an in-person look at sumo wrestling at Madison ...
nytimes.com/2024/04/14/sports/sumo-wrestling-madison-square-garden-nyc.html
What an exchange between Tomokazu Harimoto and Anton Kallberg 🤩
Their meeting ends with the Japanese taking the first spot in the #ITTFWorldCup Semifinals 👏
Keep ... Show more www.youtube.com/ITTFWorld #LiftTheCup #Macao2024 #TableTennis #PingPong
How a new class of Japanese stars is changing baseball: Japanese stars help shape MLB. Now MLB helps shape Japanese baseball, too.
washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/04/18/japanese-stars-mlb-npb/
Shohei Ohtani Hits three singles, 3-for-4; Nationals over Dodgers 2-0
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/baseball/20240418-181061/
Changes made to protect Koshien baseball players from brutal heatwww.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15235056
Simone Biles thought ‘the world is going to hate me’ after experiencing the twisties at the Tokyo Olympics
cnn.com/2024/04/17/sport/simone-biles-twisties-tokyo-olympics-spt-intl/
Snake on a bullet train causes rare railway delay in Japan: Almost nothing stops Japan’s famous high-speed bullet trains from running exactly on time – but a ...
cnn.com/travel/snake-bullet-train-delay-japan/
Osaka says 'no excuses' after defeat on clay return: The former world No. 1 was making her first appearance on clay since the 2022 French Open.
japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/04/18/tennis/naomi-osaka-no-excuses/
Yoshiki Plays U.S. National Anthem on Piano for Baseball Star Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto of Dodgers Before Game
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/baseball/20240417-180880/
A woman who accused Trevor Bauer of sex assault is now charged with defrauding ex-MLB player
apnews.com/article/mlb-trevor-bauer-accuser-fraud-charges-6d3f2767d51edcd40271d1c0fa17061f
Quick Glance: Trevor Bauer accuser charged with felony fraud after false claims
- For the first time in a case involving baseball player Trevor Bauer, an accusation has been made against one of his accusers for allegedly defrauding him.
- The woman, Darcy Adanna Esemonu, was charged with defrauding Bauer by making false claims about a pregnancy.
- A grand jury in Maricopa County, Arizona, filed an indictment against Esemonu in March for felony fraud against Bauer and another man.
- Bauer emphasized that the accusations against him were false and that the justice system had affirmed his innocence, leading to charges against one of his accusers.
The Sumo Scene / Makuuchi Newcomer’s Amazing Title Run While Defying Injury Evokes Images of Kisenosato’s ‘Miracle’
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/sports/sumo/20240417-180866/
Marvellous Miyazaki deserves her spot in Japan team: PETALING JAYA: Teen sensation Tomoka Miyazaki has earned herself a well deserved spot in a strong looking ...
thestar.com.my/sport/badminton/2024/04/18/marvellous-miyazaki-deserves-her-spot-in-japan-team
Another amazing full-distance thriller today from Hina Hayata, taking a 4-3 victory over Shin Yubin after she put up a valiant fight ⚔️ #ITTFWorldCup #LiftTheCup #Macao2024 ... Show more #TableTennis #PingPong
Baseball: Tigers come from behind against tough Giants pitchers - The Mainichi: NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo (Kyodo) -- The Central League champion Hanshin Tigers snapped ...
mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240419/p2g/00m/0sp/004000c
OLYMPICS/ Gold is great, but athletes say some cash to go with it is even better | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
asahi.com/ajw/articles/15233411
Akebono showed the dignity and humility of a sumo grand champion: TOKYO -- Akebono, a native Hawaiian who arrived in Japan as Chad Rowen and went on to become ...
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A woman's place is in the sumo ring: An ancient sport shrouded in mystery, professional sumo wrestling in Japan is reserved only for men ...
abc.net.au/news/2024-04-18/female-sumo-wrestlers-fight-inside-and-outside-the-ring/103657938
France projected to nearly triple its gold medal haul at Paris 2024: Host nation France is projected to almost triple its gold medal total at the Paris 2024 ...
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Shohei Ohtani to Build a Hawaii Home: The Los Angeles Dodgers star is planning a house on the Big Island, where he’ll spend offseasons
wsj.com/real-estate/luxury-homes/shohei-ohtani-to-build-a-hawaii-home-c2abd7fd
Romano's return caps impressive Blue Jays win after Kikuchi's high-octane performance
sportsnet.ca/mlb/romanos-return-caps-impressive-blue-jays-win-after-kikuchis-high-octane-performance/
Paris 2024 set to leave mark on Olympic Games chronicles: As boats glide down the Seine and B-boys showcase their moves at the Place de la Concorde ...
dailysabah.com/sports/paris-2024-set-to-leave-mark-on-olympic-games-chronicles/news
Quick Glance: Paris Olympics Flame Lit in Greek Cradle Amid Weather Challenges
- Despite the absence of Apollo, the flame for the Paris Olympics was ignited at the site of the ancient games in southern Greece on Tuesday.
- A backup flame was used as cloudy skies prevented the traditional lighting, where an actress dressed as an ancient Greek priestess typically uses the sun to ignite a silver torch.
- The flame will be carried by torchbearers from Olympia for over 5000 kilometers through Greece before being handed over to the Paris Games organizers in Athens on April 26.
- The Belem, a French three-masted sailing ship, will transport the Olympic flame from Greece to Marseille, arriving on May 8 after visiting the historic site of Olympia.
Japanese NFL hopeful gets dream chance on football field in U.K.: Ryoma Shimoseki was recently announced as the newest addition to the NFL Academy as he bids to ...
japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/04/17/more-sports/nfl-academy-ryoma-shimoseki/
Eita Okuno on ‘Shōgun’s Sibling Rivalry and Saeki’s Revenge: ‘Shōgun’s Eita Okuno breaks down how Saeki’s flashy costuming and villain turn are informed by ...
vulture.com/article/eita-okuno-shogun-interview-toranaga-brother-betrayal.html
Formula E Shows Way Ahead for Racing as F1’s Net Zero Deadline Nears: Formula One is a sporting empire complete with rock star drivers, billion-dollar teams and ...
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This is what getting through to the Knockout rounds here at the #ITTFWorldCup means to Tomokazu Harimoto 🤩
Who else takes another step to glory in #Macao2024 👉 ... Show more www.youtube.com/ITTFWorldCup #LiftTheCup #TableTennis #PingPong
Former All Blacks coach Foster makes Japan move: Ian Foster has not coached since leading the All Blacks to last year's World Cup final ...
japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/04/16/more-sports/rugby-ian-foster-toyota-verblitz/
The group for Paris has been drawn 🤾 In the preliminary round of the Olympic Games, the national team will meet Spain, Croatia, Slovenia, Sweden and Japan ... Show more #handball #olympia #Paris2024 #paris
Baseball: Triple Crown slugger Munetaka Murakami moves forward on own terms - The Mainichi
mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240416/p2g/00m/0sp/022000c
Japan's Hakuba resort tries to avoid skiing into Niseko's rut: NAGANO, Japan -- Hakuba, a resort village in Nagano prefecture, is booming. In the village ...
asia.nikkei.com/Business/Travel-Leisure/Japan-s-Hakuba-resort-tries-to-avoid-skiing-into-Niseko-s-rut
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