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Japanese people could all be called Sato by 2531

Tokyo – Everyone in Japan could one day have the same surname unless its restrictive marriage laws change, according to…

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What Japanese moviegoers have to say about Oppenheimer as it debuts on Hiroshima, Nagasaki screens

Oppenheimer finally premiered Friday in the nation where two cities were obliterated 79 years ago by the nuclear weapons invented…

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Sports

Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter fired after allegedly stealing from Japanese star

LOS ANGELES – Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter and close friend has been fired by the Los Angeles Dodgers following allegations of…

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Sports

‘Ohtani changed our store’: Blue Dodgers jerseys listed for $510 at Japanese shop

Mai Fukuo was gift-shopping for a friend. Hideki Chiba was in the same sports store in the Shinjuku area of…

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Entertainment

Debut feature from B.C. filmmaker looks at Japanese Canadian stories

As Meredith Hama-Brown’s debut feature film Seagrass made waves during its festival run last fall, the Vancouver writer-director says she heard…

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Tech

Japanese moon lander revived by sun, regains contact with Earth

A Japanese moon explorer is up and running Monday after several tense days without the sunlight it needs to generate…

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Sports

Japanese star pitcher Yuki Matsui agrees to US$28M contract with Padres

SAN DIEGO – At 5-foot-8, Yuki Matsui figures to be among the shortest pitchers in the major leagues. “It’s a…

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Sports

Japanese phenom Yamamoto joins Ohtani on Dodgers with $325M US contract: reports

Prized free-agent pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to a $325 million US, 12-year contract, according…

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Sports

Verstappen easily wins Japanese Grand Prix, edging closer to F1’s season series title

Max Verstappen survived a dramatic first lap then coasted to victory at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday in Suzuka to…

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Entertainment

Japanese media apologize for ignoring sex abuse by top J-pop agent

After Japan’s top talent agency Johnny & Associates apologized on Thursday for decades of sexual abuses committed by its late…

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