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Giants ace Shosei Togo is expected to get the start on opening day.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 26, 2025
Big-spending Giants aim to hold off BayStars and Tigers in competitive Central League
The Giants spent big as the club aims to win its first Japan Series title since 2012. But can the BayStars or Tigers spoil the Kyojin's fun?
Al-Nassr's Cristiano Ronaldo prepares to take a free kick against Al-Wehda at King Abdul Aziz Stadium in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Feb. 25.
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 17, 2025
Ronaldo's Al-Nassr to face Yokohama F Marinos in ACL quarters
All four quarterfinals will be played in Jeddah as part of a centralized competition that will also see the Saudi Arabian port city hosting the semifinals and final.
The BayStars used data analytics to inform the decision to have Hayato Horioka pitch against the Giants last fall. The bet paid off, with Horioka helping to seal the game and Yokohama advancing to the championship.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Mar 17, 2025
'Moneyball' disciples aim to upend Japanese baseball for second year
Yokohama is honing its indicators that predict how well a pitcher will perform at any given moment.
Kanagawa Prefectural Police have arrested a former deputy manager at Hana Credit Union’s Yokohama branch on suspicion of stealing ¥619 million in cash from the branch's safe deposit boxes.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 5, 2025
Hana Credit Union employee arrested on suspicion of safe deposit box theft
The suspect admitted to the allegations, telling police he used the stolen money to pay off debts and gamble.
Yokohama F. Marinos’ Anderson Lopes celebrates having scored during an AFC Champions League match against Shanghai Port in Shanghai on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Mar 5, 2025
Lopes gives Marinos upper hand in Asian Champions League last 16
Steve Holland's side will take a slender advantage over Shanghai Port into the second leg in Yokohama.
A scene from Satoko Yokohama's "Umibe e Iku Michi" ("Seaside Serendipity")
CULTURE / Film
Feb 23, 2025
Japanese movies win accolades at Berlin International Film Festival
"Futsu no Seikatsu," an animated movie directed by Yoriko Mizushiri, was awarded the Silver Bear Jury Prize for a short film at this year's Berlin International Film Festival.
Yokohama F. Marinos' Yan Matheus (center) is congratulated after scoring against Shanghai Shenhua in Yokohama on Wednesday.
SOCCER
Feb 12, 2025
Holland wins first game in charge of Marinos
Steve Holland is in his first job since stepping down following England's defeat to Spain in the final of last year's European Championship.
Former England assistant Steve Holland is preparing for his first match in charge of Marinos.
SOCCER
Feb 10, 2025
Steve Holland set to begin life with Yokohama in AFC Champions League
Yokohama, which lost in last season's final under Australian Harry Kewell, is at home against Shanghai Shenhua on Wednesday.
The Old Yokohama District Court
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 3, 2025
Woman pleads guilty over involvement in fatal ‘shady’ burglary
A group of suspects are accused of breaking into the home of Hiroharu Goto, 75, in Yokohama’s Aoba Ward, killing him and stealing about ¥200,000 in cash.
People who were onboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship when the COVID-19 cluster infections in the ship broke out in February 2020 pray Monday in Yokohama for those who died of the disease.
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2025
COVID-19 victims of Diamond Princess ship remembered five years on
Of a total of 3,711 passengers and crew members on the ship, 712 became infected with the novel coronavirus and 14 died from the disease.
Al-Ain players prior to an Asian Champions League match against Al-Nassr in November.
SOCCER
Feb 2, 2025
Reigning champion Al-Ain faces must-win clash as Asian Champions League resumes
With just two points from six matches in the league phase of the competition, Al-Ain sits three points adrift of the qualifying spots for the knockout rounds.
Brian Hutto runs Craft Sake Shoten, a Yokohama shop he calls a hangout for 'real sake enthusiasts.'
LIFE / Food & Drink / Kanpai Culture
Feb 2, 2025
Sipping down the rabbit hole at Craft Sake Shoten
A chance encounter with sake evangelist John Gauntner led Brian Hutto to reinvent himself with sake as his new focus.
Yokohama F. Marinos coach Steve Holland holds a news conference in Yokohama on Saturday.
SOCCER / J. League
Jan 11, 2025
Steve Holland ready to step out of Gareth Southgate's shadow in Japan
The 54-year-old, who will coach Yokohama F. Marinos this season, was the right-hand man to Southgate during their eight years together with England.
NHK’s latest taiga period drama, “Unbound,” centers on Tsutaya Juzaburo (Ryusei Yokohama), a commoner who becomes a successful bookseller and publisher.
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Jan 10, 2025
‘Unbound’ breaks NHK period drama tradition with a hero of the common folk
Public broadcaster NHK marks its 100th anniversary by flipping the script on its long-running period drama series.
Former England assistant coach Steve Holland has been named the new manager of Yokohama F. Marinos, taking over from interim coach John Hutchinson.
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 17, 2024
Former England assistant Holland named Yokohama F. Marinos manager
Holland takes over from John Hutchinson, who stepped in as interim coach when Harry Kewell left the club due to a run of poor results in July.
Former England assistant manager Steve Holland watched Marinos' final match of the season from the stands on Sunday.
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 9, 2024
Former England assistant Steve Holland set to coach Yokohama F. Marinos
Media reports said Holland would take charge of Yokohama ahead of the new J. League season, which starts in February.
Vissel's Daiju Sasaki (center) fights off a defender during Kobe's Asian Champions League loss to Pohang Steelers on Tuesday in Pohang, South Korea.
SOCCER
Dec 4, 2024
Pohang clip Vissel's wings in Asian Champions League
Kobe racked up four wins and one draw from their opening five games but Vissel could not cope with a hungry Pohang side on Tuesday.
Drag queen Becca D’Bus plays Dido, the forlorn queen of Carthage, in a drag version of “Dido and Aeneas."
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 30, 2024
Divas and diversity: Opera meets drag in ‘Dido and Aeneas’
Becca D’Bus, one of Singapore’s most popular drag queens, and Tokyo’s voguers and queens team up for a grand show at the Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting.
Yokohama's Takuma Nishimura goes on the attack during his team's Asian Champions League Elite win over Pohang Steelers on Wednesday in Yokohama.
SOCCER
Nov 28, 2024
Yokohama tops Pohang as Gwangju stays second in Asian Champions League
Goals from Yan Matheus and Anderson Lopes were enough for Yokohama as the club moved up to third in the standings.
Keiichi Kaburagi (Ryusei Yokohama) goes on the run after being sentenced to death for a triple murder he insists he didn’t commit in Michihito Fujii’s “Faceless.”
CULTURE / Film
Nov 28, 2024
‘Faceless’: Fugitive thriller turns a blind eye to hard truths
Michihiro Fujii’s latest offers stylistic flourishes while treading the familiar terrain of the fugitive film.
Japan considers all possible options as Trump threatens new auto tariffs
Subaru cars awaiting export at a port in Yokohama on Thursday.
Massive quake kills at least 150 in Myanmar and Thailand
Medical workers treat a earthquake survivor on a bed in the compound of a hospital in Naypyitaw on Friday, after an earthquake in central Myanmar.
Tokyo police seek public's help on Setagaya family murder 24 years ago
Police seek information from the public on a high-profile murder case, in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, on Saturday
Student suicides in Japan hit all-time high
A volunteer handles an incoming call at the Tokyo Befrienders call center, a suicide hotline center in Japan's capital.
Copyright questions loom as ChatGPT's Ghibli-style images go viral
A screenshot of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's Ghibli-style profile picture on X
Recent spate of wildfires in Japan and South Korea linked to climate change
Smoke and flames rise from a wildfire in Andong, South Korea, on Tuesday.
Hanami season to have record ¥1.39 trillion economic impact on Japan
Cherry blossoms along a road in Tokyo on Tuesday. The 2025 cherry blossom season is expected to have an economic impact of around ¥1.39 trillion on Japan.
Tokyo Series proves to be big business for MLB — and Japanese companies
An advertisement featuring Shohei Ohtani in Tokyo.
New SDF command will be key for contingency planning, Australian commander says
A Maritime Self-Defense Force SH-60K "Super Auk" from JS Shiranui prepares to land on HMAS Brisbane during Exercise Malabar 2023 while off the coast of New South Wales, Australia.
Japanese wages likely to rise more than 5% again this year
Wages are set for another big increase this year as annual negotiations secure generous agreements.

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