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Japan midfielders Daichi Kamada and Wataru Endo opened their German Bundesliga accounts for the season Saturday as Eintracht Frankfurt and Stuttgart both drew their matches. Kamada hit a 48th-minute leveler for Frankfurt in their 1-1 draw away to Hertha Berlin, slotting home from inside the box at Olympiastadion. Eintracht…

Takashi Wakasugi's offbeat sense of humour helps him pay the bills.After moving from Japan to Australia, Mr Wakasugi decided he'd combine his passion for comedy with the need to improve his English."So I tried and I loved it," he says.Mr Wakasugi now performs stand-up around the country — using this Western style of performance to unpack his…

File photo taken Feb. 6, 2021, shows Google LLC's office in New York. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo Google LLC has started allowing smartphone app developers to use payment options other than its own as part of a reduced-fee pilot program in Japan, some other Asian countries and Europe, possibly leading to lower app prices for Android…

Solid profits at major Japanese companies in recent earnings reports are unlikely to translate into near-term wage hikes in broad sectors due to the risk of a global recession, dashing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's hopes for higher pay to blunt the impact of rising prices. The Japanese currency's drop to 24-year lows…

A woman takes pictures with a smartphone inside a corridor of lights at the 43rd Sapporo White Illumination in the city's Chuo Ward on Nov. 22, 2023, the first day of the winter event in the Hokkaido capital. Started in 1981, the illuminating installation lights up five locations -- the city's symbolic Odori Park, the Ekimae-dori avenue,…

A giant float is paraded during the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage-listed Karatsu Kunchi festival in Karatsu in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- Support for Kishida Cabinet at record-low 28%…

(Reuters) - A group of Sri Lanka's creditor nations are likely to reach an agreement on debt relief and an extension of repayment deadlines for the South Asian nation, Japan's Jiji News reported on Wednesday, without naming a source or giving any details. Japan co-chairs this group, together with France and India. China is Sri Lanka's largest…

By Kim Han-joo SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- Yohan Ihn, the newly-appointed chairman of the ruling People Power Party's (PPP) innovation committee, is not only the first foreigner to pass the country's medical licensing examination but also the first special naturalized citizen. Fluent in Korean, using the dialect of the Jeolla region in the…

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida on Saturday 27 August, 2022. Photo courtesy of Egyptian cabinet Facebook page.  The two premiers discussed various topics to boost economic cooperation between the two countries in a video meeting on Saturday with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the…

Japanese shogi prodigy Sota Fujii received the Prime Minister's Award on Monday for his achievement in becoming the first player ever to hold all eight major titles in the traditional board game. The government commended the 21-year-old player, who secured the last remaining Oza title in October, for inspiring dreams and…