3+ hour, 2+ min ago   (182+ words) TOKYO - A man died and eight others were injured after a government car apparently caused a multivehicle accident in Tokyo's busy Akasaka district on Thursday, according to authorities. The victim, 32-year-old company employee Noboru Akashi, was a passenger inside a…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago   (148+ words) AKITA - A bear entered a shopping mall of retail giant Aeon Co. in Akita Prefecture on Sunday, prompting staff to barricade the animal before authorities arrived to kill it. The incident took place during shopping hours, but all customers inside…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (131+ words) MAEBASHI, Japan - A bear wandered a supermarket in Numata, Gunma Prefecture in eastern Japan, around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and reportedly pounced on customers, leaving two people injured but conscious, police said. One male shopper was taken to the hospital, while the bear,…...

10+ mon, 6+ day ago   (317+ words) KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 16:39 | Sports, All Teruaki Sato hit a three-run homer off two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell, leading the Hanshin Tigers to a 3-0 exhibition victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday. Shohei Ohtani struck out and…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago   (311+ words) Shohei Ohtani met the expectations of a packed crowd with a two-run blast as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Yomiuri Giants 5-1 in an exhibition game Saturday. The two-way superstar, playing in his native Japan for the first time since…...

11+ mon, 4+ week ago   (249+ words) The Kyoto Shimbun - 2 hours ago - 09:02 | All, Japan New Year's revelers tried to grab a fistful of fortune for 2025 at a western Japan temple's annual "fukutabae" event on Jan. 3, in which 3,000 "lucky notes" are dropped down to an eager crowd. Visitors…...