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Japan top court upholds guilty verdict against Vietnamese woman over abandoned baby
13+ hour, 56+ min ago (152+ words) March 12, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO -- The Japanese Supreme Court has dismissed a claim by the defense team for a 22-year-old Vietnamese technical intern in an appeal trial that she was innocent of abandoning the corpse of her stillborn baby. In contrast,…...
Baseball: Japan fires late to beat Czech Republic in WBC pool finale
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (354+ words) March 11, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Munetaka Murakami hit a grand slam as Japan's bats exploded late in a 9-0 win against the Czech Republic that brought down the curtain on Pool C action at the World Baseball Classic on Tuesday. The…...
Baseball: Japan holds on for 4-3 win over WBC surprise package Australia
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (482+ words) March 8, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Masataka Yoshida turned the game around with a two-run bomb in the seventh inning Sunday as Japan battled to a 4-3 win against Australia and improved to 3-0 at the World Baseball Classic. Japan clinched a quarterfinal…...
Baseball: Seiya Suzuki homers twice as Japan beats S. Korea for 2nd win at WBC
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (438+ words) March 8, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Seiya Suzuki blasted two home runs while Shohei Ohtani and Masataka Yoshida also went deep as Japan came from behind to beat South Korea 8-6 to secure its second straight win in Pool C of the…...
Aeon opens 1st 'Food Style' store in Tokyo amid intensifying competition
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (150+ words) March 7, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Aeon Co. opened the first of its new "Food Style" brand of supermarkets in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Saturday, as the retail giant reorganizes its grocery business in response to intensifying competition. Aeon, Japan's…...
Aaron Judge and a loaded US roster hope to dethrone Ohtani's Japan at the World Baseball Classic
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (593+ words) March 6, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) "Getting the chance to wear that across my chest is going to be pretty powerful," the U.S. and New York Yankees captain said of the World Baseball Classic. "I think a lot of people have a lot of…...
Mother acquitted in baby's death after years in custody amid medical debate in Japan
1+ week, 1+ day ago (288+ words) March 4, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) FUKUOKA -- Was the injury an accident or an assault? More than 3 1/2 years after her 11-month-old daughter died from head trauma, a mother was arrested on suspicion of injury resulting in death, and deliberations in the case continued…...
Exhibit honors Japanese American who fought for US in WWII while their families were locked up
1+ week, 2+ day ago (568+ words) March 3, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) Decades after they returned home from the war to face more racism and discrimination, the soldiers now are being honored in a new traveling exhibit kicking off in San Francisco called "I am an American: The Nisei…...
Baseball: Kikuchi roughed up early, Ohtani hitless as Japan loses to Orix
1+ week, 2+ day ago (389+ words) March 3, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) OSAKA (Kyodo) -- Starting pitcher Yusei Kikuchi ran into early trouble and Shohei Ohtani went hitless as Samurai Japan was beaten 4-3 by the Orix Buffaloes in a warm-up game Monday ahead of the World Baseball Classic. The exhibition…...
Kazumasa Nagai, prize-winning Japanese graphic designer, dies at 96
1+ week, 3+ day ago (151+ words) March 2, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Kazumasa Nagai, a prize-winning Japanese graphic designer who created the official logo for the Sapporo Winter Olympics, died of acute respiratory failure on Feb. 23, the design agency to which he belonged said Monday. He was…...