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Seattle, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers hit his 55th homer of the season in the National League team’s final game of the 2025 regular season on Sunday, rewriting his own single-season home run record and

Kagoshima, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)–A Chinese survey ship was spotted within Japan’s exclusive economic zone off the island of Amami Oshima Island in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima on Sunday, according to the Japan Coast Guard. The JCG’s 10th Regional Coast Guard

Tokyo, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–Candidates in the leadership election of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party discussed ways to ensure political stability and other issues during televised debates on Sunday. All five candidates said that they would seek to expand the ruling coalition

Osaka, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–The cumulative number of general visitors to the World Exposition in the western Japan city of Osaka has topped 22 million, which is regarded as the break-even point, its organizers said Sunday. About 22,000,500 people had visited the

San Francisco, Sept. 27 (Jiji Press)–A large-scale manga exhibition opened at the de Young Museum in San Francisco on Saturday to convey the charm of Japanese manga as works of art. The exhibition, “The Art of Manga,” features more than 600 works,

Tokyo, Sept. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung are expected to agree that the two countries’ leaders will continue “shuttle diplomacy” or mutual visits to each other’s country, at a meeting in Busan, South Korea,

Besancon, France, Sept. 27 (Jiji Press)–Satoshi Yoneda won the grand prix at the Besancon International Competition for Young Conductors in eastern France on Saturday, becoming the 11th Japanese to win the top prize at the prestigious contest. Yoneda, 29, earned applause after

Otaki, Nagano Pref., Sept. 27 (Jiji Press)–About 60 people mourned the victims of the eruption of Mount Ontake in central Japan 11 years ago in a memorial ceremony on Saturday. A moment of silence was observed at the ceremony in the village

Tokyo, Sept. 27 (Jiji Press)–People from Japan and South Korea kicked off a two-day cultural exchange event in Tokyo on Saturday as this year marks the 60th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between the two Asian neighbors. In the opening

New York, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani has led the way in U.S. Major League Baseball jersey sales for the third consecutive season, MLB said Friday. Since a survey began in 2010, Ohtani became the fourth player