Japan

[ad_1] Iwata, Shizuoka Pref. – Midfielder Yasuhito Endo, who was capped a record 152 times for Japan and played in a record 672 J-League first-division games, has retired, his J1 club, Jubilo Iwata, announced Tuesday. The 43-year-old Endo turned pro in 1998 straight out of high school with the now-disbanded Yokohama Flugels. He won J-League championships with Gamba Osaka in 2005 and 2014 and an Asian Champions League title in […]

[ad_1] Duolingo, the maker of language-learning software, is cutting some contractors as the app uses generative artificial intelligence to create more content. About 10% of contractors were "offboarded,” a company spokesperson said Monday. "We just no longer need as many people to do the type of work some of these contractors were doing. Part of that could be attributed to AI,” the spokesperson said. CEO Luis von Ahn said during […]

[ad_1] In many European countries, including the United Kingdom, people commemorate the war dead on Remembrance Day on Nov. 11 with the wearing of red or white poppies to mark the date of the armistice that ended World War I in 1918.However, as people prayed for peace on Nov. 11 last year, brutal wars were going on in Europe and the Middle East — the Russia-Ukraine war and the Israel-Hamas […]

[ad_1] South Korea said North Korean weapons have been used by Hamas in its war with Israel, even as Pyongyang denies the arms trade.South Korea’s spy agency, the National Intelligence Service, released a photo of a North Korean rocket part on Monday to show that Hamas fighters used an F-7 rocket-propelled grenade launcher manufactured in North Korea.The NIS is "collecting and accumulating specific evidence regarding the scale and timing of […]

[ad_1] WASHINGTON/CHICAGO – Boeing's latest 737 MAX crisis deepened on Monday after United Airlines said it had found loose bolts on multiple grounded MAX 9 aircraft, raising new concerns among industry experts about how its best-selling jet family is manufactured.U.S. regulators grounded 171 MAX 9 planes after a panel blew off an Alaska Airlines-operated flight not long after taking off from a Portland, Oregon, airport on Friday, forcing pilots to […]

[ad_1] Iga Swiatek has learned how to cope with the pressure of being world No. 1 and hopes a changed mindset will help her dominate women's tennis starting with the Australian Open after she closed off a challenging 2023 with a restful off season.The 22-year-old Pole was the driving force on the women's tour in 2022 when she enjoyed 37 consecutive wins before briefly losing top spot in the rankings […]

[ad_1] Lone yokozuna Terunofuji was tight-lipped on Monday about his participation at the upcoming New Year Grand Sumo Tournament but showed positive signs during a vigorous practice session. The 32-year-old, who withdrew from the last three tournaments due to back pain, sparred with wrestlers, including fellow top-division rikishi Shodai and Hokuseiho, at the Tokitsukaze stable near Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan, where the 15-day meet will take place from Sunday. He contested […]

[ad_1] The National Football League playoff picture came into sharper focus on Sunday as the Green Bay Packers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers kept their respective seasons and Super Bowl hopes alive.The final day of the 18-week regular season began with 11 teams vying for the final four of 14 playoff spots available across the American Football Conference and National Football Conference and four of the eight […]

[ad_1] Japan ranked 30th in labor productivity among the 38 Organization for Economic Cooperation Development members in 2022, down two spots from the previous year and to a new lowest-ever position, a Tokyo-based group has said. Measured by the worth of goods or services a worker can produce per hour, labor productivity totaled $52.30 in Japan, the lowest calculated among the Group of Seven advanced economies since 1970 when comparable […]