From left, front row, Chiho Osawa, Hanae Kubo and Nana Fujimoto, and Akane Shiga, far right, back

2 that she had been released after she was arrested for allegedly kicking an ambulance.... Onitsuka, 41, said in the message," I sincerely apologize that my inappropriate behavior caused trouble to many people.... I deeply regret it." The singer was arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department's Shibuya Police Station on the spot on suspicion of damaging property by kicking an ambulance and denting it on a street in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Nov....

SAPPORO( Kyodo)--Nippon Ham Fighters manager Hideki Kuriyama, who orchestrated Shohei Ohtani's development as a two-way star, and won the most games in franchise history, announced Saturday that he will step down at the end of the season.... Kuriyama, 60, steered the Fighters to his first Pacific League pennant in his 2012 managing debut, and won the league and Japan Series in 2016, when Ohtani was voted PL MVP in his fourth pro season.... The club allowed ace pitcher Kohei Arihara to move to

Some of the acts set to perform for the first time in the 72nd" Kohaku Uta Gassen" singing contest are seen in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Nov.... 19, with a handful of newcomers among their ranks.... Kamishiraishi and DISH// will join the red and white teams, respectively....

In some cases, hundreds of articles were posted in a single day.... Some categories were also written in Chinese....

A scene from the movie" Tokyo Jitensha Bushi" is seen in this image provided by film distributor nondelaico.... Now the footage has become a documentary that premiered July 10.... Taku Aoyagi, director of" Tokyo Jitensha Bushi," had been waiting for a chance to make his own film while doing video production work and part-time jobs for a designated driver service in his hometown in Yamanashi Prefecture....