Monica Okoye poured in 15 points, and Yuki Miyazawa added 14 as Japan dominated Turkey 77-49 in the opening game of their international women’s exhibition series Saturday. The Olympic silver medalists created easy transition buckets off turnovers while…
Baseball: Olympic ace Yamamoto throws season’s 4th no-hitter
Japan’s Tokyo Olympic ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw the year’s fourth no-hitter and the 97th in Japanese pro baseball on Saturday, pitching the Orix Buffaloes to a 2-0 Pacific League win over the Seibu Lions. It is the first time four no-hitters have be…
U.S., EU, Japan eye curbing methane emissions in oil, gas sector
The United States, the European Union and countries such as Japan on Friday agreed to enhance efforts to achieve a goal of reducing global methane emissions by at least 30 percent by 2030, targeting emissions in the oil and gas sector. Under the Global…
Baseball: Hawks hit record 4 HRs off Tanaka, close on 1st place
The SoftBank Hawks became the first Japanese team to hit four home runs in one game off Masahiro Tanaka in Friday’s 9-4 win over the Rakuten Eagles. The win at PayPay Dome, moved the Hawks to within a half-game of the Pacific League-leading Eagles on t…
1,300 apply for Japan entry since tours reopen as COVID fears ease
More than 1,300 people have applied to travel to Japan on guided tours since the country restarted visa procedures to accept some leisure visitors from abroad a week ago as worries about the COVID-19 pandemic wane, a government agency said Friday. Koic…
URGENT: Nikkei opens over 2% lower on Europe rate hike fears
The Nikkei stock index briefly fell more than 2 percent in early trading Friday after sell-offs in international markets overnight on fears over the adverse impact of monetary tightening by European central banks. In the first 15 minutes of trading, th…
URGENT: U.S. Fed resorts to largest rate hike since 1994 to tackle inflation
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday decided on its largest interest-rate hike since November 1994 as the United States continues to face its highest inflation in decades, moving ahead with a 0.75 percentage point increase. Upon concluding a two-day meetin…
Yen falls to 24-year low vs. dollar on rate gap, stocks slide
The yen hit a 24-year low against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, briefly falling to around 135.60 on expectations of a further widening of the interest rate gap between Japan and the United States. On the stock market, the benchmark Nikkei index was dow…
Japan’s April machinery orders rise 10.8% on month
Japan’s core private-sector machinery orders rose 10.8 percent in April from the previous month, marking the second consecutive month of climb, government data showed Wednesday. The orders, which exclude those for ships and from electricity utilities d…
Biden to visit Saudi Arabia in mid-July amid high gas prices
President Joe Biden will meet with the de facto Saudi Arabian ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during his trip to the Middle East in mid-July, the White House said Tuesday, as the United States struggles with high gasoline prices at home amid Rus…