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…
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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…
Sony’s PC unit has never been a huge performer, and today news is erupting from reliable Asian business publication Nikkei that the Japanese giant is planning on selling off its PC business. According to today’s report, Sony has been in talks with…
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…
Nintendo on Friday warned it would swing back into the red this fiscal year as the Japanese gaming giant slashed its sales target for the Wii U console, blaming poor sales over the key holiday season. The dramatic downgrade stands in marked contrast…