Japan midfielder Hidemasa Morita opened his account for Sporting Lisbon and set up another goal Friday in a 3-1 victory over Portuguese top-flight opponents Gil Vicente. Morita struck the opener against a visiting Gil Vicente side featuring compatriot …
Main events scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 2
Main events scheduled in Japan for Sunday, Oct. 2: — No major events.
67% of young people in Japan routinely engage in power saving: survey
Sixty-seven percent of people aged between 17 and 19 in Japan make power-saving efforts on a daily basis, apparently driven by Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to a recent survey. With the government asking businesses and households to cut electricit…
Kishida vows to check all options for defense buildup at expert panel
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Friday to “fundamentally strengthen defense capabilities without excluding any options,” as the government held its first meeting of an expert panel for Japan’s defense buildup. Kishida made the remark at the meetin…
Baseball: Hawks reduce magic number to one for PL title
Former Chicago Cubs left-hander Tsuyoshi Wada earned his 150th career win in Japan as the Pacific League-leading SoftBank Hawks beat the Rakuten Eagles 5-1 on Friday to cut their magic number to one for clinching the PL title. Wada (7-4) allowed one ru…
Basketball: Wizards’ Hachimura pleases home crowd in loss to Warriors
Rui Hachimura’s Washington Wizards were 96-87 losers to the Golden State Warriors on Friday, but the local favorite delighted fans with a handful of highlight moments in the first of two preseason exhibition games at sold-out Saitama Super Arena near T…
Beijing Olympic mascot shops end operation after huge sales
Official shops selling licensed products of Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics held earlier this year marked the last day of operation Friday, with people bidding farewell to the hugely popular mascot in the motif of a panda, according to state-ru…
Japan adds chemical weapons materials to Russia export ban list
Japan’s Cabinet approved Friday adding 89 items, including materials and equipment used in the production of chemical weapons, to the list of goods and technology banned from export to Russia in response to Moscow’s continued offensive in Ukraine, the …
Pro-Russia hacker group stops cyberattacks on Japan due to money woes
A pro-Russia hacker group that commenced cyberattacks on Japan in early September has stopped the operation due to financial difficulties, the group said Friday. Killnet claimed responsibility for attacking the websites of Japanese ministries, Tokyo Me…
Japan’s August industrial output rises 2.7% on month
Japan’s industrial output in August grew 2.7 percent from the previous month, government data showed Friday. The seasonally adjusted index of production at factories and mines stood at 99.5 against the 2015 base of 100, the Ministry of Economy, Trade a…