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Seattle, April 10 (Jiji Press)–Japanese baseball legend Ichiro Suzuki, the first Asian inducted into the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame, was honored with a statue unveiled at T-Mobile Park, the Seattle Mariners’ home stadium, on Friday. The statue depicts Ichiro in

By Sakurako Nakagawa Tokyo, April 11 (Jiji Press)–A major tourism promotion event hosted by the Taiwan Tourism Administration opened in Tokyo’s busy Akihabara district on Saturday. The two-day event, called “Taiyukan 2026,” is being held at Akiba Square, an event space near

Washington, April 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan has gifted the United States 250 cherry blossom trees to mark the country’s 250th anniversary this year, with a planting ceremony held in Washington on Friday. At the ceremony, Japanese Ambassador to the United States Shigeo Yamada

Tokyo, April 11 (Jiji Press)–A man in his 50s and a woman in her 40s were injured after a female acquaintance allegedly stabbed them at the Rihga Royal Hotel Tokyo on Friday night, local police said. The incident occurred at a restaurant

Seattle, April 10 (Jiji Press)–Japanese baseball legend Ichiro Suzuki, the first Asian inducted into the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame, was honored with a statue unveiled at the Seattle Mariners’ home stadium on Friday. The statue depicts Ichiro in a familiar

Tokyo, April 11 (Jiji Press)–Supply confusion for naphtha, an oil product used to make daily necessities, continues amid tensions in the Middle East, prompting concerns about its widespread impact on Japanese industries and households. Naphtha, along with gasoline, gas oil, and fuel

(Adnkronos) – An exemplary sentence in Russia. Former Russian Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Popov has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for corruption by the Moscow military court as part of the clean-up operation at the Ministry of Defense starting in

(Adnkronos) – Russia could resume direct flights between Moscow and Havana and promote tourism programs in Cuba, as part of “a series of practical cooperation measures” between the two countries discussed yesterday by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, on a mission to

(Adnkronos) – Risk of diplomatic crisis on the Tokyo-Auckland axis. The possible installation in the New Zealand capital of a monument in honor of the so-called “comfort women” – women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese army during World War II

(Adnkronos) – Japan officially enters a new ‘era’ in its relations with China: for the first time in a decade, Tokyo has changed the definition of the Chinese giant in its Diplomatic Bluebook of Japan (Gaiko Seisho), the annual strategic report published