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[ad_1] In an unexpected move that sent shock waves through Japan’s political establishment Friday night, three major Liberal Democratic Party factions announced they would disband amid a slush fund scandal.The party’s largest faction, formerly led by Shinzo Abe, the faction most recently led by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and the one led by former Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai each made formal announcements Friday and declared they would cease to exist as […]

[ad_1] German renewable energy company RWE plans further expansions into Japan's offshore wind sector after winning its first project last month, and also considers South Korea a promising market, a senior executive said.RWE, the world's second-biggest offshore wind company, won the right to build a 684-megawatt (MW) wind farm in Niigata Prefecture in a consortium with Mitsui & Co. and Osaka Gas as part of the second round of Japanese […]

[ad_1] Japan's space agency was racing to confirm whether its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) had reached the lunar surface early Saturday. If confirmed, Japan would be only the fifth country to land a craft on the moon, after the U.S., Russia, China and India. Tensions rose at midnight Saturday as Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) began its final descent, dubbed the “20 minutes […]

[ad_1] Los Angeles – The Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday congratulated former pitcher Hiroki Kuroda for being named to the 2024 class of the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. Kuroda, who won a total of 203 games in a career split between Japan and the major leagues from 1997 and 2016, became one of the three newest members of the Hall of Fame. The right-hander collected 41 wins over four […]

[ad_1] Doha – Aymen Hussein scored two first-half headers as Iraq stunned Asian Cup favorites Japan 2-1 on Friday to reach the knockout rounds.It was Japan's first Asian Cup group-stage defeat in 26 matches and the loss sets them on a potential collision course with South Korea in the last 16 in Qatar, assuming they still progress.Iraq — ranked 63 in the world to Japan's 17 — endured a nervous […]

[ad_1] Japan and the Ivy League will battle it out on the gridiron for the second successive year Sunday when an All-Star selection from the historic east coast American conference takes on the nation’s best football players at National Stadium in Tokyo.Japan will be hoping to avenge what was a frustrating 24-20 defeat at the hands of its NCAA opponents in the inaugural Japan U.S. Dream Bowl last January.That’s shaping […]

[ad_1] Promotion-seeking sekiwake Kotonowaka suffered his first loss of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at the hands of rank-and-file opponent Wakamotoharu on Friday, leaving unbeaten former ozeki Asanoyama with the outright lead.Lone yokozuna Terunofuji and ozeki Kirishima, who is gunning for promotion to sumo's top rank, both racked up wins to stay on the second rung at 5-1 on Day 6 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.Former sekiwake Wakamotoharu proved too strong […]

[ad_1] Tension is building as Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) prepares for a landing on the moon in the closely watched last stage of the spacecraft’s four-month journey to the moon. If successful, Japan will become only the fifth country to land a craft on the moon, after the U.S., Russia, China and India. It will also be the first to succeed in a high-precision […]

[ad_1] YOKOHAMA – Naoya Inoue has been named the winner of the Sugar Ray Robinson Award as the Boxing Writers Association of America's Fighter of the Year, becoming the first Japanese boxer to win the prestigious prize, the fighter's Ohashi Boxing Gym said Friday. After capturing all four world championship belts as a bantamweight in 2022, Inoue, who is nicknamed "Monster," repeated the feat as a super bantamweight last year, […]