Shuta Ishikawa allowed a run while pitching into the seventh inning, and the SoftBank Hawks rode a big first inning to beat the Seibu Lions 6-1 on Wednesday and increase their Pacific League lead to two games. Ishikawa (6-9) worked a 1-2-3 first inning…
URGENT: Kadokawa chairman arrested over Tokyo Olympics bribery scandal
Prosecutors on Wednesday arrested the chairman of major publisher Kadokawa Corp. for his alleged involvement in a widening bribery scandal over the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. Tsuguhiko Kadokawa is suspected of giving 69 million yen ($481,000) in b…
Baseball: Darvish gets 14th win with 8-inning gem
Yu Darvish threw eight dominant innings to pick up his 14th win as the San Diego Padres beat the Seattle Mariners 2-0 on Tuesday. Darvish (14-7) won his fourth consecutive start after limiting the Mariners to a pair of singles with no walks while strik…
BREAKING NEWS: Kadokawa chief arrested over Tokyo Olympics bribery scandal
BREAKING NEWS: Kadokawa chief arrested over Tokyo Olympics bribery scandal
URGENT: BOJ conducts “rate check” seen as precursor to intervention: source
The Bank of Japan has asked market participants about their current foreign exchange trading in a “rate check,” a move interpreted as a precursor to direct currency intervention, sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The move came as Finance…
Nikkei down over 2% on Wall St. plunge amid U.S. rate hike fears
Tokyo stocks plunged Wednesday morning, with the Nikkei index sinking over 2 percent, tracking steep falls on Wall Street overnight as strong U.S. inflation data fanned fears of aggressive interest rate hikes in the United States. The 225-issue Nikkei …
Police increase patrols at Haneda airport ahead of Abe state funeral
Police officers increased their patrols at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Tuesday as Japan strengthens security ahead of a state funeral later this month for slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Accompanied by two dogs, around 60 officers, some carrying …
Soccer: Knee injury may keep Japan defender Itakura out of World Cup
Borussia Monchengladbach defender Ko Itakura suffered a knee injury while training with his German top-flight club on Monday, putting him in doubt for Japan’s World Cup squad. The 25-year-old suffered a partial tear of the medial collateral ligament in…
Tokyo stocks open flat ahead of U.S. inflation data
Tokyo stocks opened flat Tuesday as investors sat on the sidelines ahead of the release of the U.S. consumer price index later in the day. In the first 15 minutes of trading, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average rose 11.66 points, or 0.04 percent, from M…