Sota Fujii wins shogi’s Ryuo crown, youngest to hold 4 major titles

Tokyo, 14 November, /AJMEDIA/ Shogi prodigy Sota Fujii won the most prestigious Ryuo championship Saturday with a four-game sweep of Masayuki Toyoshima, making him, at 19 years and three months,… Read more

Japan’s new foreign minister, Blinken agree on Kishida’s visit to U.S.

Tokyo, 14 November, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s new Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken agreed Saturday to realize an early visit to the United States by Japanese… Read more

Coronavirus pandemic latest: Nov. 14, 2021

Tokyo, 14 November, /AJMEDIA/ Forty-three of Japan’s 47 prefectural capitals, or 91.5 percent, will finish their initial two-dose COVID-19 vaccine rollout by the end this month, a Kyodo News survey… Read more

Figure skating: Sakamoto, Uno capture NHK Trophy singles titles

Tokyo, 14 November, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s Shoma Uno won the NHK Trophy men’s title with a personal-best total score on Saturday to book a spot in the ISU Grand Prix of… Read more