.... Japan winger Takuma Asano started in his league debut for promoted Bochum, who marked their

Shoma Hatamura, front center left, and Gin Shinya, front center right, are seen with their certificates of thanks from the Yahatanishi Fire Department, in Yahatanishi Ward, Kitakyushu, on Aug.... They knew they had to do something.... While their friends were contacting the police, Hatamura and Shinya decided to act....

Takehiro Tomiyasu( Getty/ Kyodo) LONDON( Kyodo)--English Premier League side Arsenal announced the signing Tuesday of Japan international defender Takehiro Tomiyasu on a full transfer from Bologna in the Italian top flight.... He has been capped 23 times by the Samurai Blue since his senior international debut against Panama in October 2018 and was a member of the Japanese Olympic side who finished fourth at the Tokyo Games this summer.... Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said Tomiyasu" will be an

This screenshot taken from a tourism promotion video shows the giant monster Kaisendon appearing in the Kanmon Straits.... " appears at the end of the 2-minute, 37-second video.... Kenji Hibitani is seen at Kitakyushu City Hall on Sept....

Takumi Minamino( Mainichi) TOKYO( Kyodo)--Arsenal defender Takehiro Tomiyasu and Liverpool attacker Takumi Minamino were named among Japan's 25-man squad on Tuesday ahead of their vital 2022 World Cup qualifiers away to Saudi Arabia and at home to Australia next month.... " We'll do our best to get the maximum points."" We need to prepare tactically and mentally first in order to give a proper fight in the away atmosphere.... We need to raise the quality of preparation in light of our experien

The headquarters factory of Nihon Seimitsu Sokki Co., which has increased production of pulse oximeters, is seen in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug.... " The production capacity of pulse oximeters has been raised to 1.5 times the level seen at the end of the previous year," said a representative at Nihon Seimitsu Sokki Co., a medical electronic equipment maker based in the city of Shibukawa.... The company invested money in its equipment and facilities at the beginning of this year to boos

Japan players react after losing to Spain in a men's field hockey match at the Summer Olympics, on July 28, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.... Japan's men lost 4-1 to Spain on Wednesday to likely fall out of contention for a quarterfinal spot.... 4-ranked Australia for their third consecutive one-goal loss....

Oyamada had provided roughly four minutes of music for the ceremony.... He later resigned. The Tokyo Games had chosen “ Unity in diversity ” as its tagline.“ It’s a real crisis for Japan and has really shone a spotlight on the underside of Japan, ” said Jeff Kingston, the director of Asian Studies at Temple University Japan.... “ When you think of Japan, don’t you think of good organization?...

HIROSHIMA--Hiroshima filmmaker Masaaki Tanabe considers himself to be the" caretaker of the Atomic Bomb Dome." The 83-year-old man was born and raised next door to this building that was destroyed by the world's first-ever nuclear attack, of which the skeletal dome has become a symbol.... A Mainichi Shimbun reporter joined Tanabe to observe today's A-Bomb Dome and to reconfirm what it symbolizes.... A map of present-day Hiroshima shows filmmaker Masaaki Tanabe's home and military ground before