Japan’s core private-sector machinery orders in May fell 5.6 percent from the previous month, government data showed Monday. The orders, which exclude those for ships and from electric utilities due to their volatility, totaled 908.8 billion yen ($6.7 …
Voting under way in Japan’s upper house election
Voting is under way for a House of Councillors election Sunday, with rising prices and security threats seen as being at the forefront of the people’s minds as Japan also reels from the death of Shinzo Abe, a former prime minister who was gunned down o…
Soccer: Kawasaki put 4 past 10-man Gamba in comfortable win
Two-time reigning champions Kawasaki Frontale hammered 10-man Gamba Osaka 4-0 at home on Saturday in the J-League first division to secure their first win in three games. Leandro Damiao steered home a low left-wing cross from his Brazilian compatriot M…
Tennis: Kamiji misses out on 1st Wimbledon wheelchair singles crown
Japan’s Yui Kamiji missed out on her first Wimbledon wheelchair women’s singles title Saturday after losing the final 6-4, 6-2 to Diede de Groot of the Netherlands. Kamiji, ranked second in the world, has won all of the other three grand slam titles. S…
Baseball: Hamaguchi throws 7-2/3 shutout innings in DeNA win
Haruhiro Hamaguchi tossed 7-2/3 innings of five-hit ball as the DeNA BayStars beat the Yomiuri Giants 2-0 in the Central League on Saturday. Hamaguchi (3-3) gave up just two singles until allowing three more in the eighth. He left the Tokyo Dome mound …
Baseball: Ohtani hits homer No. 19 but Angels bullpen fails again
Shohei Ohtani homered on the night he earned his second MLB All-Star selection, but the Los Angeles Angels fumbled their way to a second straight loss on Friday, going down 5-4 to the Baltimore Orioles. Ohtani, who singled twice before he stepped to th…
Baseball: Ohtani holds narrow lead in 2nd phase of All-Star ballot
Shohei Ohtani narrowly leads the voting to start the Major League Baseball All-Star Game as the designated hitter for the American League, according to preliminary results released Thursday by MLB.com. The Los Angeles Angels two-way star received 51 pe…
Main events scheduled for July 11-17
Main events scheduled in Japan for July 11-17: July 11 (Mon) — Machinery orders data for May to be released by Cabinet Office. — German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock to hold talks with her Japanese counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi. — Bank of Japan…
G-20 begins talks on food, energy issues with U.S.-Russia row expected
Foreign ministers from the Group of 20 major economies began discussions Friday on food and energy shortages and price surges stemming from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. On the second day of the G-20 meeting on the Indonesian island of Bali, U.S. Secre…
Japan’s current account surplus down to 128.4 billion yen in May
Japan’s current account surplus shrank to 128.4 billion yen ($944.5 million) in May, the Finance Ministry said Friday. Among key components, the country had a goods trade deficit of 1.95 trillion yen and a services trade deficit of 158.5 billion yen, a…