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Masahiro Tanaka struck out six and walked only one batter over 5 2/3 innings for the New York Yankees in a Major League Baseball pre-season matchup Saturday against Minnesota. The 25-year-old Japanese right-handed starting pitcher surrendered three…

Japan’s J-League is one of the safest and most welcoming football leagues but a furore over a “Japanese only” banner directed at foreign fans has caused deep embarrassment and highlighted questionable attitudes to race. Urawa will host Shimizu S-Pulse…

Enlarge A Japanese actor performs during a presentation of a play called ‘Saigmusume.’ Kabuki Theatre is a highly stylized classical Japanese dance-drama. The related musical form, Nagauta, is powerful and dramatic, if alien to Western ears. (Jose Cabezas…