UNBELIEVABLE: 14 | History Defined

Gaps seen in economic cooperation stance

BEIJING -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed Tuesday during their meeting in Moscow that their nations will further strengthen economic cooperation in areas including natural gas and currency trading. China is offering support to Russia, which is suffering from U.S. and European sanctions over its…

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Mar 23, 2023

'Baseball's World Cup' attracts, delights biggest audience ever

MIAMI -- Even after Japan beat the United States in the final of the World Baseball Classic (WBC) on Tuesday night in Miami, the festivities continued outside loanDepot park. Joining the fans rooting for Samurai Japan and the U.S. team were supporters of teams that had earlier been eliminated from…

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Mar 23, 2023

Space firm's lunar lander enters moon's orbit

Tokyo-based Ispace Inc. said Tuesday that its moon lander had entered orbit around the moon.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Mar 23, 2023

Case of abandoned babies reflects fears of foreign trainees

The Supreme Court will hand down a decision Friday on the appeal of a former Vietnamese trainee convicted of abandoning the corpses of stillborn twins she gave birth to in Kumamoto Prefecture in 2020.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Mar 22, 2023

Supporters rejoice as Hakamata case goes to retrial

After 57 years, the road to a retrial has finally opened up for Iwao Hakamata, 87, whose death sentence had been finalized in the murder of four family members in Shizuoka Prefecture in July 1966. With his acquittal at a retrial now widely expected, those who believe in his innocence…

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Mar 21, 2023

Model arrested for alleged possession of MDMA

The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested model Jessica Michibata for allegedly possessing the synthetic drug MDMA in violation of a law to prevent acts related to narcotics and psychotropics, it has been learned.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Mar 21, 2023

Ohtani shines in sparkplug role in thriller

Going into the World Baseball Classic, Shohei Ohtani was the biggest star on the Japanese team, if not the entire tournament. On Monday night, the two-way Los Angeles Angels superstar was content to play a vital supporting role.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Mar 21, 2023

Struggling Murakami finally gets big hit

Struggling Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami smashed a two-run sayonara double to complete a 6-5 comeback against Mexico in the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic in Miami on Monday.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Mar 21, 2023

Robot looks for children missing in 2011 tsunami

SENDAI -- A technical college in Sendai has developed a self-propelled robot equipped with ground-penetrating radar, which it recently deployed to search for four elementary school children missing since the tsunami caused by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Mar 20, 2023

Hakamata set for retrial as prosecutors forgo appeal

Iwao Hakamata's high-profile 1966 murder case is set to be retried after prosecutors on Monday decided not to file a special appeal against the court's decision.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Mar 20, 2023