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Lions quarterback Jared Goff looks to pass against the Bears at Ford Field in Detroit on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Nov 20, 2023
Lions use late rally to edge Bears
Jared Goff overcame a shaky start to lead the Detroit Lions to a dramatic come-from-behind win over the Chicago Bears
United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 27, 2023
Auto union boss victorious over Ford with unorthodox playbook
Bible-quoting, tough-talking Shawn Fain scored his first big victory against the Detroit Three through a tentative labor deal with Ford.
Members of the United Auto Workers pickett outside of the Michigan Parts Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, on Tuesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 27, 2023
Japanese automakers stand to gain from Detroit’s labor strike
Many firms receive a large percentage of their overall revenue from U.S. markets, so the labor action there may give a tailwind to Japanese carmakers.
U.S. President Joe Biden joins striking members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) on the picket line outside the GM's Willow Run Distribution Center, in Belleville, Michigan, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 27, 2023
Biden makes history by joining U.S. auto workers picket line
The autoworkers strike that began on September 15 has increasingly become a political football for Biden and Trump.
Striking UAW autoworkers demonstrate at a rally in downtown Detroit on Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Sep 18, 2023
How auto executives misread the UAW and ignited a historic strike
UAW president Shawn Fain’s aggressiveness reflects the mood of the American worker: anxious about job security and angry about a ballooning wealth gap.
The strikes involving a combined 12,700 workers will take place at assembly plants operated by Ford in Wayne, Michigan, GM in Wentzville, Missouri and Stellantis' Jeep brand in Toledo, Ohio.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 15, 2023
U.S. auto workers launch first simultaneous strike at Detroit Three
The walkouts at the "Detroit Three" — General Motors, Ford and Chrysler — kicks off the most ambitious U.S. industrial labor action in decades.
The Lions' Jahmyr Gibbs carries the ball against the Chiefs during their game at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Sep 8, 2023
Lions upset defending champion Chiefs in NFL season opener
David Montgomery's 6-yard touchdown run with 7:06 left propelled the Lions to the victory.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is 5-0 in Week 1 games.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Sep 7, 2023
Chiefs hope to continue streak of fast starts against Lions in NFL opener
Head coach Andy Reid is 9-1 in Week 1 since taking over in Kansas City.
Shohei Ohtani will start the first game of a doubleheader against the Tigers in Detroit on Thursday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 27, 2023
Angels move up Shohei Ohtani's next start to Thursday
Thursday's start is expected to be Ohtani's last before the trade deadline.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Apr 7, 2023
Red Sox outfielder Masataka Yoshida has two hits in victory over Tigers
'Results are what matter in the regular season,' Yoshida said. 'I'm happy with an H (for a hit) flashed on the scoreboard no matter how I get it.'
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 25, 2022
Bills edge Lions on late field goal for Thanksgiving victory
The win moved the Bills to 8-3 and snapped the Lions' three-game winning streak.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 13, 2022
Protesters flood Ottawa, and a border bridge is still blocked in Ontario
By Saturday night, the Ambassador Bridge, a key crossing at the U.S.-Canada border, was still closed. Protesters in Ottawa, the capital, vastly outnumbered the police.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 23, 2021
Improving Lions hoping to continue recent progress
'Things are coming together the way you want them to and now we've got to keep getting better,' Detroit coach Dan Campbell said. 'You'd like to think we can continue down this road.'
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 6, 2021
Lions end weeks of agony with last-second triumph over Vikings
The Detroit Lions are winless no more after beating the Minnesota Vikings 29-27 on Sunday to end weeks of agony and ridicule.
Japan Times
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Oct 23, 2021
Jared Goff to face former teammates when Lions meet Rams
Goff will face his former team for the first time since the Rams engineered a trade last offseason for strong-armed quarterback Matthew Stafford
As ‘Buy Canadian’ grows, more U.S. firms say retailers turning away products
Empty shelves with "Buy Canadian Instead" signs are seen in the American Whiskey section of the BC Liquor in Vancouver, British Columbia, on March 10.
U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan
Hyogo police believe the handgun a U.S. tourist inadvertently brought into Japan slipped through security procedures at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture.
Trump unveils 10% global tariff, with Japan levy set at 24%
Trump tosses a MAGA hat to the crowd during an event in which he unveiled new tariffs in the White House on Wednesday.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
Japan’s leader didn’t read the job description
Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba is facing a political funding scandal that has damaged his reputation and sparked speculation that internal efforts to remove him are underway.
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
On defense, Japan may avoid Trump's worst impulses — for now
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth chat after reviewing an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Sunday.

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