.... Nishikawa's RBIs included a third-inning double that knotted the game at 1-1 and a sacrifice fly that put

Tomoaki Makino, left, of Urawa Reds reacts after scoring an injury-time goal during the Emperor's Cup final against Oita Trinita at Tokyo's National Stadium on Dec.... The 34-year-old former Japan center-back made an unforgettable cameo in his last match for the Saitama Prefecture club, entering in the 83rd minute and heading home the winner in the third minute of time added on.... Makino, whose departure from Reds was announced last month, deflected praise for the goal to keeper Shusaku Nishi

This file photo shows the Yokohama District Court.... The Yokohama District Court handed down the ruling on Ayumi Kuboki, 34, who admitted during the high-profile trial to murdering the patients by mixing an antiseptic solution into their drip bags at the hospital where she worked.... Kuboki's defense counsel sought a life sentence, arguing the former nurse had a diminished capacity at the time of the crimes in September 2016 due to her suffering schizophrenia....

Hiroshima Carp closer Ryoji Kuribayashi pitches against the Central League winners Yakult Swallows in the final game of the regular season on Nov.... The winner will face Yakult for a spot in the Japan Series, where a Pacific League playoff winner will await.... " We still have the Climax Series and the Japan Series to come, but we hope to stick together and get through them with you fans," skipper Shingo Takatsu told the Jingu Stadium spectators after being presented with the CL trophy....

The Lotte Marines' Ayumu Ishikawa pitches during a Pacific League game against the Nippon Ham Fighters on Sept.... " The rehab was tough, but I'm glad to have made it( before the end of the season)," Ishikawa said.... " The team was in really good form, and I wanted to be back with them as soon as I could."" I didn't pitch very well last time out, so I tried to be careful with my pitches, focusing on control....

TOKYO( Kyodo)--One-third of a person's life is said to be given over to sleep--but getting enough of it, and of sufficient quality, can be a challenge for many people, especially under the duress of a worldwide pandemic.... S' UIMIN, a Tokyo venture spun off from the University of Tsukuba, has developed an AI device that measures brain activity during sleep.... " You have a C evaluation," a person who recently tested out the service was informed by the device's readout....

TOKYO — In 2018, when the power company Hope Energy entered Japan’s new retail electricity market, it thought it had a surefire strategy.... Hope Energy could not honor its price pledges, and it, along with more than 30 other electricity retailers in Japan, went out of business.... Customers scrambled for new providers. Now, the world’s third-largest economy is again confronting the fragility of its energy system....