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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy passes under pressure from Green Bay Packers defensive end Karl Brooks during a playoff game on Jan. 20.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Feb 9, 2024
From 'Mr. Irrelevant' to 'Mr. Right': Purdy plots Super Bowl ambush
Purdy is on the brink of history as he leads the 49ers into Sunday's Super Bowl showdown against the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes will be vying for his third Super Bowl title when Kansas City faces San Francisco in Las Vegas on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Feb 9, 2024
Chiefs and 49ers ready for another Super Bowl showdown
The same two teams met in the Super Bowl four years ago.
49ers running back Christian McCaffrey runs with the ball during the team's win over the Detroit Lions in the NFC Championship game on Jan. 28.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Feb 8, 2024
McCaffrey sprints into Super Bowl as key cog in 49ers offense
McCaffrey heads into the biggest game of his life in blistering form after a regular season campaign that saw him amass 1,459 rushing yards.
Niners running back Christian McCaffrey (right) stiff arms Lions safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson during the first half of the NFC title game in Santa Clara, California, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Jan 29, 2024
Chief and 49ers set up Super Bowl rematch in Las Vegas
The reigning champion Chiefs returned to the Super Bowl for the fourth time in five years.
San Francisco running back Christian McCaffrey races into the end zone during the fourth quarter of the 49ers NFC divisional game win over the Packers on Saturday in Santa Clara, California.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Jan 21, 2024
49ers squeak past Packers to reach third straight NFC title game
Brock Purdy completed 23 of 39 passes for 252 yards and a touchdown for the 49ers in what was a close battle to the very end.
South Korea's Jung Hoo Lee bats during a World Baseball Classic pool game against Australia at Tokyo Dome on March 9.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 16, 2023
South Korea's Lee promises to impress San Francisco Giants fans
The 25-year-old left-handed slugger won five Golden Gloves as best overall KBO League player at his position over his seven seasons for the Kiwoom Heroes.
South Korean outfielder Jung Hoo Lee during the Olympic semifinal against Japan in Tokyo in 2021.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 13, 2023
San Francisco signs South Korean Jung Hoo Lee for $113 million
Lee, 25, was the Korean Baseball Organization MVP in 2022 after he hit .349 with 23 home runs.
Niners running back Christian McCaffrey runs against the Jaguars during the fist quarter at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Nov 13, 2023
49ers rout Jaguars to get back on track after losing streak
San Francisco snapped a three-game losing streak with the win.
A protester looks on during a protest on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders' Meeting in San Francisco on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 13, 2023
APEC San Francisco protesters span gamut of political issues
Demonstrations could become confrontational on Wednesday, with protesters calling to block attendees from entering the San Francisco conference center.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Group of 20 Summit in 2022 in Bali, Indonesia
WORLD / Politics
Nov 8, 2023
Biden and Xi to hold talks in San Francisco on Nov. 15, report says
Final preparations are under way for the meeting, which is set to be the first face-to-face talks that Biden and Xi will have in about a year.
A Cruise driverless car operating in San Francisco. On Tuesday, California regulators ordered Cruise, a General Motors subsidiary, to stop its driverless taxi service in San Francisco after a series of traffic incidents.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 25, 2023
California sidelines Cruise's driverless cars, citing safety risk
The U.S. state suspended Cruise's autonomous vehicle deployment, saying the company had "misrepresented" the safety of the technology.
Police officers are seen where a vehicle crashed into the the visa office of the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco on Monday. The driver was shot dead.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 10, 2023
U.S. police shoot and kill driver in Chinese Consulate incident
A witness told local media that the driver shouted "Where’s the CCP,” using the acronym of the Chinese Communist Party, before he was killed.
A self-driving Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle in San Francisco in 2017
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 17, 2023
With self-driving cars, it's the ethics we have to navigate
Do accidents involving self-driving cars today save lives tomorrow? When it comes to self-driving cars, the challenges aren't just technical, but ethical.
Chicago Cubs right fielder Seiya Suzuki hits a one run double against the San Francisco Giants during the seventh inning at Wrigley Field, Chicago, on Monday.
BASEBALL / MLB / Baseball
Sep 6, 2023
Seiya Suzuki looks to stay hot as Cubs take on Giants
Cubs right fielder Seiya Suzuki is off to a sizzling start in September.
A Cruise autonomous taxi in San Francisco on Aug. 10. Cruise is one of only two firms in California allowed to run paid robotaxi services around the clock.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 25, 2023
Robotaxis are making enemies as they go around San Francisco
Mishaps are adding to traffic and safety concerns over driverless vehicles, which zip around the city’s streets surrounded by sensors and cameras.
People lie passed out on a sidewalk in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco in February 2020.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 8, 2023
Is America’s soft power eroding?
San Francisco has changed from a hub of hippie culture and freedom in the 1960s and '70s, suggesting America's soft power is abating.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 13, 2023
Sapporo Holdings to shutter century-old San Francisco brewer Anchor Brewing
Sapporo bought the maker of Anchor Steam beer to gain a foothold in the U.S. craft-beer market and make up for declining domestic consumption but has failed to turn its fortunes around.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jun 6, 2023
Holger Rune double-bounces into French Open quarterfinals
The Dane will now need to improve on last year's performance against Casper Ruud, when he lost a bad-tempered quarterfinal.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jan 30, 2023
Chiefs and Eagles set up showdown in Super Bowl
The Chiefs and Eagles will square off in the Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 12.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jan 27, 2023
Eagles plot to end storybook run of 49ers' Brock Purdy
Purdy's rise from the 262nd and last pick in the NFL draft to unbeaten in seven career starts is becoming the stuff of legend.
The U.S. says Japan has a 700% tariff on American rice. Is that the case?
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds up a piece of paper with information about tariff rates at the White House on Tuesday.
Man arrested in Tokyo stabbing tracked victim through livestream
Kenichi Takano leaves a police station in Tokyo on Thursday to be sent over to prosecutors.
Struggling Intel names industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as CEO
The Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California. The struggling tech giant announced Lip-Bu Tan as its new chief executive, boosting shares of the U.S. computer chipmaker.
Concerns grow over possible U.S. tariffs on Japan's auto sector
Toyota vehicles are loaded onto a ship at the Port of Nagoya in June last year.
Japan to get tough on businesses not taking heatstroke countermeasures
A construction site in Tokyo in July 2018. Businesses failing to take measures to prevent severe heatstroke among employees will be subjected to criminal punishment from June.
How Upper House pressure led to Ishiba's stunning reversal on medical cost caps
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends an Upper House Budget Committee session in Tokyo on Monday.
Taiwan’s No. 2 diplomat seeks higher-level ‘unofficial’ Japan meetings as ties grow
Taiwanese Deputy Foreign Minister Francois Wu told The Japan Times in an interview last week in Taipei that he hopes with the island democracy can strengthen ties with Japan and other like-minded nations “at every level.”
14 years after 3/11 disasters, Fukushima vies to become a startup hub
Aizawa Concrete employees work in the Namie factory in Fukushima Prefecture in January.
Tokyo’s vinyl experts say overseas buyers are ‘sustaining the scene’
Rintaro Sekizuka runs a record store in both London and Tokyo’s Katsushika Ward.

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