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Juan Soto joined the Mets on a record $765 million deal.
BASEBALL
Dec 14, 2024
Yankees’ post-Juan Soto plan has a powerful echo
The Yankees began their pivot away from Juan Soto by reaching an eight-year, $218 million contract agreement with lefty Max Fried
Ichiro Suzuki became one of the best hitters in baseball history during his 19-year career in MLB.
BASEBALL
Nov 19, 2024
Ichiro makes debut on Hall of Fame ballot
The superstar outfielder is considered by many to be a lock to gain induction during his first year on the ballot.
Izumi Suzuki’s autobiographical novel “Set My Heart on Fire” is the first novel by the author and actor to appear in English.
CULTURE / Books
Nov 12, 2024
‘Set My Heart on Fire’: Izumi Suzuki captures the heady cravings of youth
The cult writer’s autobiographical novel follows its unapologetic groupie narrator as she romps through Yokohama’s underground music scene in the 1970s.
The e Vitara is Suzuki's global strategic EV model, which will also be supplied to leading Japanese automaker Toyota Motor.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 5, 2024
Suzuki unveils first mass-market electric vehicle
The model, the e Vitara SUV, will be launched in Japan, Europe and India starting around the summer of 2025.
Suzumi Suzuki’s “Gifted,” translated by Allison Markin Powell, centers on a hostess working in Kabukicho. Rather than focusing on the protagonist’s occupation, the story plunges the reader into her strained relationship with her dying mother.  
CULTURE / Books
Nov 3, 2024
A nuanced glimpse into the cloistered world of Kabukicho
Drawing on her own experience working in adult entertainment, Suzumi Suzuki crafts a fresh, visceral work for her debut novel, "Gifted"
Maruti Suzuki, which is majority-owned by Suzuki Motor, will begin production of a new EV from spring 2025 at its plant in the western Indian state of Gujarat.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 30, 2024
Toyota to get Suzuki's first-ever EV as partnership expands
Maruti Suzuki, which is majority-owned by Suzuki, will begin production of the EV from spring 2025 in Gujarat, India.
Takayuki Suzuki won a gold, two silvers and a bronze medal during the Paris Paralympics.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 7, 2024
Paralympic star Takayuki Suzuki hopes to raise visibility of people with disabilities
Takayuki Suzuki won four medals, including one gold, during the Paris Paralympics.
Ayami Sato is one of the best female players in baseball history.
BASEBALL
Oct 3, 2024
Japan great Ayami Sato helps shine light on women's baseball in new documentary
Ayami Sato has helped Japan win six straight Women's Baseball World Cup titles.
LDP policy chief Itsunori Onodera, Secretary-General Hiroshi Moriyama, Vice President Yoshihide Suga, Shunichi Suzuki, chairman of the general affairs council, and Shinjiro Koizumi, chairman of the election committee, at the party's headquarters on Monday
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 30, 2024
Ishiba announces new leadership lineup ahead of general election
The appointments seem to reflect Ishiba’s desire to maintain internal party harmony ahead of a general election and reward those who have supported him.
Cubs starting pitcher Shota Imanaga throws during the seventh inning of Chicago's win over the Dodgers on Tuesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 11, 2024
Dodgers' defensive meltdown carries Cubs to win
Shota Imanaga (13-3) kept Chicago in the game, allowing three runs on seven hits over seven innings. He struck out four without issuing a walk.
Masato Kanda, Japan's former top currency diplomat, led massive bouts of yen-buying intervention in the currency markets in 2022 and 2024.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 10, 2024
Japan nominates ex-currency diplomat Kanda to head ADB
Since its 1966 founding, the ADB's top post has always gone to a Japanese national, making Kanda a strong candidate.
Swimmer Takayuki Suzuki celebrates after winning gold at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
PARALYMPICS / Swimming
Aug 30, 2024
Swimmer Takayuki Suzuki wins Japan's first gold medal at Paris Paralympics
Suzuki, who has 10 medals from the past five Paralympic Games, added a gold to his already impressive medal cabinet.
Cars are assembled at a Maruti Suzuki manufacturing plant in Manesar, India, in September 2023. Suzuki is one of the success stories for Japanese manufacturers trying to establish joint ventures in India, having become a household name in the country.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 29, 2024
For Japanese companies in India, local staff are an invaluable resource
The roots of Japanese investment in India go far back, to 1958, when the latter became the first country to receive official development assistance from Japan.
Shares faced historic sell-offs at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday, but some retail investors see them as an opportunity to buy the dip, betting that the downturn is temporary.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 6, 2024
Japan’s retail investors show resiliency despite market turmoil
Some small investors chose the opportunity to buy the dip, betting that the market downturn was temporary.
Upper House lawmaker Muneo Suzuki speaks to reporters in Moscow on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 30, 2024
Pro-Moscow lawmaker Muneo Suzuki visits Russia again
The Upper House member defied the central government by flying to Moscow for talks with senior Russian officials.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 24, 2024
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
The funds can be used by the chief cabinet secretary with no explanation needed, fueling speculation of widespread misappropriation.
A Maruti Suzuki India showroom in New Delhi. Suzuki hopes to grab 50% share of the Indian market by 2030, targeting 15% of its sales in India to be electric vehicles by that time.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 22, 2024
Suzuki sees India’s automobile market growing fivefold by 2047
Promising growth in the electric vehicles segment is putting the South Asian country's car market on track to reach 20 million units by 2047.
Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani speaks with Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga during MLB All-Star festivities at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on Monday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 19, 2024
Dodgers and Cubs to open 2025 MLB season in Tokyo
The opening series at Tokyo Dome marks the 25th anniversary of the first regular-season games played in Japan.
Workers assemble a car inside BYD's first electric vehicle factory in Southeast Asia in Rayong, Thailand, on July 4.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 15, 2024
Thai economy faces upheaval due to factory closures
Scores of companies are shuttering in Thailand, which is bearing the brunt of cheap imports from China and factors including rising energy prices and an aging workforce.
A Maruti Suzuki India showroom in Chennai, India
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 5, 2024
Suzuki starts $40 million India fund to help rural startups
Suzuki is at risk of losing customers in India due to its paltry lineup of hybrid cars and lack of any electrified options.
Nippon Steel alleges undue White House influence on doomed deal review
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec. 10.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Mother hopes for reunion with daughter ensnared by Tokyo host clubs
The Kabukicho district in Tokyo, where the daughter of a woman in her 60s fell deeply into the host club culture.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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