In 2019, the Japanese government announced that it would invite Chinese President Xi Jinping to Japan for an official state visit. It was a...
So there it is, done and dusted. I have cycled the length of Japan during COVID-19. It took 5 weeks, a lot of blood and...
The Rakuten Japan Open, a men's ATP Tour event, was canceled in June, and the Hana-Cupid Japan Women's Open was called off as well....
A major challenge facing policymakers has been how to carefully control the spread of COVID-19 while allowing society to return to some level of normal...
July 23 marked the second time that Japan has said, “One year to go until the Tokyo Olympics.” The reason, of course, is that the global...
The delayed Major League Baseball season began with much fanfare on July 23, but the COVID-19 pandemic has already raised questions about whether all 30...
Japan marked July 24, the date the 2020 Tokyo Olympics would have started, with the grim news that, one year away from the start of...
Some victories provide a telling look at a team’s overall quality and potential. Such was the case on Wednesday, July 22 at Yurtec Stadium Sendai. In...
Satoshi Shimizu’s return to the ring on Thursday, July 16 wasn’t a seminal moment in national history. But it was important for two reasons. ...
Hideto Asamura is on pace to set a career-high total in home runs for the third consecutive year. The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles...
The current global pandemic has greatly altered life as we know it, and practically every industry has been affected. Some clear cases are tourism and...
For the July Grand Sumo Tournament, fans will be permitted to sit in the stands at Ryogoku Kokugikan. The announcement, made on Monday, July 13...