Son was born in 1957 to Korean immigrants on the Japanese island of Kyushu. The 67-year-old CEO was one of four brothers, and his father worked at restaurants, farms, and fisheries. In 1972 ...

Having broken Ohtani’s record for the fastest pitch thrown by a Japanese high school player ... why they got a meeting, why they didn’t get a meeting, why other teams got a meeting.

The singer-songwriter has been plying her craft from an early age. In 2011, she took part in a Japanese music competition called Next Generation Star. The following year, she flew to New York ...

Jaishankar and Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi, will be his first as secretary of state, the current and incoming officials said. The three ministers will all be attending Trump’s ...

Roki Sasaki has made his decision and he will join the Dodgers rotation. The right-hander announced the choice on his Instagram account. "I have signed a minor contract with the Los Angeles ...

As joint military training begins between the UK and Japan, a meeting of defence ministers plans details of a Carrier Group deployment later in the year. Exercise Vigilant Isles, the latest combined ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is set to hold their monetary meeting across 23 – 24 January 2025. Market expectations are increasingly focused on a 25 basis point (bp) rate hike by the BoJ at its upcoming ...

Before Marie Kondo stormed into the global consciousness, Hideko Yamashita taught Japan the art of creating tidier spaces. “In many ways, having to face our things is like having to face ...

Morii hit 45 home runs and pitched in three high school seasons in Tokyo, and the Athletics were able to "build a relationship" with him and his family while scouting him in Japan, Feinstein said.

The delegation of lawmakers from the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito and their CCP counterparts held a meeting of the Japan-China Ruling Party Exchange Council at which they agreed to encourage ...

The delegation of lawmakers from the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito and their CCP counterparts held a meeting of the Japan-China Ruling Party Exchange Council at which they agreed to encourage ...

“Japanese ace Roki Sasaki’s recruitment tour will include a second meeting with the Dodgers, with this one taking place in Los Angeles and allowing for the inclusion of other ...