Naoki Soma( Photo courtesy of J-League/ Kyodo) TOKYO( Kyodo)--Kashima Antlers manager Naoki Soma

artists Osamu Tezuka, Naoki Urasawa and Katsuhiro Otomo are among the past winners of the Eisner

sight ” of the central bank’s target, its board member Naoki Tamura said yesterday, signalling

Bill Emmott( Mainichi/ Naoki Watanabe) There's no denying that August was a terrible month both for

long diagonal pass unleashed Yuki Soma down the left flank from where he crossed to Naoki Maeda....

The 27-year-old trickster, who scored three goals in 34 J1 games this term, will be making his first move abroad.... " I'm taking on the challenge strongly determined to fit in straight away and produce results," Maeda said through Grampus.... Font Size S M L Print Timeline 0....

The Tenjo River is seen overflowing in the Nutahigashi district of the Hiroshima Prefecture city of Mihara on the morning of July 8, 2021, after downpours hit the area.... In the city of Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, where torrential rain topped 50 millimeters per hour, residents in about 2, 574 households in the Nutahigashi district and 862 households in the Koizumi district, as well as 42 households in the Myojin 5-chome district were ordered to evacuate.... Authorities issued the highest al

Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi soars through the air during the first stage of the 70th Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Oberstdorf, Germany, on Dec.... The Iwate Prefecture native was fifth after the first round but secured the victory with the longest jump of the day in the second round, flying 141 meters.... Norwegian jumpers took the next three spots, with Halvor Egner Granerud second with 299.2 points, Robert Johansson third on 298.6 and Marius Lindvik 5.7 points behind the winner in fourth.

Tadayoshi Motomi weaves a" Neko Chigura" cat bed at his home in Miyoshi, Tokushima Prefecture, on Dec.... Tadayoshi Motomi, a resident of Miyoshi, Tokushima Prefecture, originally started his self-taught crafting of" Neko Chigura" cat beds as a hobby, but gradually became captivated by it and began to grow his own rice, the source of the straw, using as few pesticides as possible.... They are shaped like igloo" kamakura" snow huts and have a side opening for the animal to enter and exit....

Ryoyu Kobayashi, of Japan, poses with his trophy after winning the 70th Four Hills ski jumping tournament in Bischofshofen, Austria, on Jan.... Kobayashi, who won the first three legs of the 70th Four Hills Tournament, finished fifth in the fourth and final leg held in Bischofshofen, Austria, with a total of 277.8 points after two 133.5-meter jumps.... The 25-year-old World Cup leader completed the Four Hills series with 1, 162.3 points, securing the golden eagle trophy for the first time in t