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The Tokyo Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs is a full circle moment for Japanese baseball.

In February 2023, in the lead-up to the most anticipated World Baseball Classic to date, the Dodgers president of baseball operations accompanied team scouts and executives on a trip to Japan to get ...

Medieval Japanese culture, influenced by Confucian ideals, imposed strict gender roles. While Japanese women had more power ...

Kingpin Cinnamon Rolls, which sells a large, fragrant cinnamon roll with a butter-based glaze, rotates between three locations in Napa every week, offering coffee, milk and Fiji water alongside ...

Early risers across Kagoshima Prefecture and other parts of western Japan spotted a fiery object slowly splitting apart as it traveled across the predawn sky around 4 a.m. on Dec. 19. An expert ...

The more encouraging cases are the ones that we find in the western Pacific in East Asia, where South Korea and Japan increasingly have defense programs that allow them to contribute significantly.

Japanese knives are renowned worldwide for their exceptional sharpness, durability, and craftsmanship. Made from high-quality ...

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The French director Alain Guiraudie’s latest film, a bent kind of murder mystery, presents life at its basest and gamiest. By Wesley Morris This gimmicky thriller starring Bill Skarsgard and ...

That’s a point of pride at home, but also a reason to worry. What happens to baseball in Japan, to the country’s pro league, if the stars all leave for the United States? About a dozen ...

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