Koyo Aoyagi of the Hanshin Tigers throws against the Yakult Swallows on June 29, 2021, at Hanshin

company that makes medical equipment.... A niece, Kyoko Aoyagi, confirmed the death but said she did

nondelaico.... Now the footage has become a documentary that premiered July 10.... Taku Aoyagi

This file photo shows para men's table tennis player Koyo Iwabuchi, right, playing in the Iwabuchi

SoftBank Hawks ace Kodai Senga pitches against the Lotte Marines in an 11-3 Pacific League loss at Chiba's Zozo Marine Stadium on July 6, 2021.... Senga( 1-1), who hurt his ankle in his April 6 season debut, threw hard but lacked touch and command.... The 28-year-old right-hander was named to Japan's Olympic team on Monday after Yomiuri Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano pulled out....

The Osaka Prefecture-based party secured victories in all 15 single-seat constituencies in the prefecture where it fielded its candidates, and also increased its seats on a nationwide scale in the proportional representation bloc.... If we join the administration, our voices would get buried and we wouldn't be able to have our say.... We'd like to challenge( the governing parties) as a third force," said JIP leader and Osaka Mayor Ichiro Matsui in a TV program on the night of Oct....

KUDAMATSU, Yamaguchi--The latest bullet train model to run on the new Nagasaki route of southwest Japan's Kyushu Shinkansen Line were unveiled to the media at Hitachi Ltd.'s Kasado Works factory in this west Japan city, where they are manufactured, on Dec.... The new train cars are named" Kamome," meaning seagull.... Wooden seats covered with the arabesque patterns on the" Kamome" new bullet train cars are seen at Hitachi Ltd.'s Kasado Works factory in Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Dec..

Junichi Kawai, chef de mission of Japan's Tokyo Paralympic delegation, gives a speech during a ceremony at a hotel in Tokyo on Sept.... At a small ceremony held in Tokyo, a day after the closing of the Paralympics, the delegation flag was returned to the Japanese Paralympic Committee, officially marking the end of the team's participation in the 13-day games, staged following a one-year postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.... " We were able to deliver a very meaningful and a big achievem

PARIS( AP)--French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that his country will return 26 African artworks--royal thrones, ceremonial altars, revered statues--to Benin later this month, part of France's long-promised plans to give back artwork taken from Africa during the colonial era.... Called the" Abomey Treasures," they currently are held in the Quai Branly Museum in Paris.... The museum, near the Eiffel Tower, holds thousands of works from former French colonies....

TOKYO( Kyodo)--Japan's largest-ever Paralympic delegation was launched Tuesday, just a week to go until the opening of the games in Tokyo, with athletes and officials gearing up for their best performances.... The 464-member team is targeting a record 20 gold medals at the Tokyo Paralympics, hoping to continue the success and excitement created by the country's Olympians, who won a record 27 golds at the recently closed sporting event.... " At the Tokyo Olympics, we were able to see Japanese a