Japan prepares to cheer on Ohtani and the Dodgers, with the country dressing for the occasion. Television ratings in Japan have set records as the Dodgers and Ohtani prepare to face the New York Yankees. Ohtani has stoked national pride, even among Japanese who don’t care about baseball, with merchandise for the 12 Japanese pro teams on sale.
Living to Breaking Bad: The film and TV facing up to death Lionsgate/Alamy A new remake of Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru sees a man finding peace after a cancer diagnosis. Ishiguro came up with the idea for Living because he felt there could be something interesting in marrying the power of Ikiru's message around mortality "with a kind of contemplation of …
Top Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth sailed into the second round of men's singles with a comfortable straight-game win over Japan's Koki Watanabe in the HYLO Open Super 500 tournament here on Wednesday. However, H S Prannoy made a first-round exit, while compatriot Sourabh Verma advanced to the pre-quarterfinals after receiving a walkover in the tournament that was formerly known as …
Morinari Watanabe is no stranger to pressure but the International Gymnastics Federation president says he has never felt such responsibility ahead of a four-nation meet in November that could “open the door” to the Tokyo Olympics. The Tokyo meet will feature gymnasts from Japan, the United States, China and Russia and marks the first international event to be held at …
