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Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani gets a hit during Game 1 of the World Series on Oct. 25. The Golden At-Bat is an idea that would change everything about how baseball ¡ª the ultimate team sport ¡ª has always worked.
BASEBALL
Golden At-Bat could give MLB a new shine. Is it worth it?
By Jayson Stark
What if a team could choose one at-bat in every game to send its best hitter to the plate even if it wasn¡¯t that guy¡¯s turn to hit?
Germany's Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin perform during the pairs competition at the Grand Prix Final in Grenoble, France, on Friday.
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German skaters Hase and Volodin defend Grand Prix Final gold
Former world champions Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan took silver with 206.71.
An NBA logo on the facade of its flagship store in Beijing in 2019.
BASKETBALL
NBA to return to China for first time since 2019 fallout
No NBA games have been held in China since 2019 after a tweet from then-Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey in support of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.

BASEBALL

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani gets a hit during Game 1 of the World Series on Oct. 25. The Golden At-Bat is an idea that would change everything about how baseball ¡ª the ultimate team sport ¡ª has always worked.
Golden At-Bat could give MLB a new shine. Is it worth it?
By Jayson Stark
What if a team could choose one at-bat in every game to send its best hitter to the plate even if it wasn¡¯t that guy¡¯s turn to hit?
MLB
Darvish could help lure prized free agent to San Diego
By Dennis Lin
MLB
Dodgers skipper Dave Roberts honored by city of Naha
BASEBALL
President welcomes home victorious team amid surge of Taiwan pride
MLB
When Roki Sasaki signs his deal, Latin American amateurs will suffer
By Ken Rosenthal
BASEBALL
Taiwan celebrates after team's victory over Japan in Premier12 final
BASEBALL / Sac Bunts
Japan exits Premier12 with no need to panic but with adjustments to make
By Jason Coskrey

SOCCER

Kawasaki players celebrate after Yuki Yamamoto (second from left) scroed the team's second goal during the first half of Wednesday's Asian Champions League home win over Shandong.
Kawasaki hands Shandong an Asian Champions League thrashing
The win puts the J. League side on 12 points to sit one point behind Yokohama F. Marinos, Gwangju FC and Vissel Kobe in the east standings.
SOCCER
Pioneer soccer journalist Hiroshi Kagawa dies at 99
SOCCER
Japan's Premier League pioneer, Junichi Inamoto, retires at age 45
SOCCER
Pohang clip Vissel's wings in Asian Champions League
SOCCER
Barca boss Flick rues missed chances and urges players to be more clinical
SOCCER
Van Nistelrooy looks to lift Leicester's spirits
SOCCER
Liverpool players prepared to 'go to war' for each other: Van Dijk

SUMO

Royal Albert Hall in London will host a sumo tournament next year.
Japan Sumo Association to hold tourney in London next year in rare overseas event
The announcement means the world's top professional sumo wrestlers will be competing in London for the first time since 1991.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Lightning strikes twice for Shun Ikeda at All Japan Championships
By John Gunning
SUMO
Kotozakura unburdened by weight of history after claiming first title
By John Gunning
SUMO
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Ozeki lead the way in Kyushu, but title contenders abound
By John Gunning
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
The good, the bad and the sumo: Kyushu Basho gets underway
By John Gunning
SUMO
New ozeki Onosato tops list of contenders aiming for glory in Kyushu
By John Gunning

TENNIS

Jannik Sinner celebrates with the trophy after Italy won the Davis Cup Finals, in Malaga, Spain, on Nov. 24.
Italy to host Davis Cup Final 8 from 2025
The 2025 tournament will be staged in Bologna.
TENNIS
Novak Djokovic eager to challenge tennis' new stars for Grand Slam titles
TENNIS
Shared experiences make Murray the 'perfect coach,' Djokovic says
TENNIS
Simona Halep questions process after Iga Swiatek's one-month ban in doping case
TENNIS
Iga Swiatek accepts one-month suspension after failing doping test
TENNIS
Djokovic hires old rival and fellow 'game-changer' Murray as coach
TENNIS
Brilliant Paolini leads Italy to fifth Billie Jean King Cup title
By Fernando Kallas

MORE SPORTS

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix on Sunday in Lusail.
Auto Racing
Hamilton bids farewell to Mercedes as Ferrari vies for the title
Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix marks the end of an era as the Briton concludes a remarkable 12-year spell with the Silver Arrows.
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Newcomer Kai Asakura aims to dethrone Alexandre Pantoja at UFC 310
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
George Russell says Max Verstappen made threats in Qatar
MORE SPORTS / Figure skating
American skater Amber Glenn tops Japanese rivals at ISU Grand Prix final
MORE SPORTS / Cycling
Olympic champion cyclist Remco Evenepoel says 'long journey' ahead after collision
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
A 12th F1 team after Cadillac? Why not, says FIA president
By Alan Baldwin
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Tiger Woods has 'long way to go' after latest back surgery

BASKETBALL

An NBA logo on the facade of its flagship store in Beijing in 2019.
NBA to return to China for first time since 2019 fallout
No NBA games have been held in China since 2019 after a tweet from then-Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey in support of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.
BASKETBALL
Rui Hachimura's criticisms of Japan Basketball Association cause a stir
NBA
'Family over everything': LeBron and son Bronny share court in NBA first
By Rory Carroll
NBA
Celtics dominate Knicks to launch NBA title defense
NBA
Celtics tip off new season with chip on their shoulders
By Rory Carroll
BASKETBALL
Liberty hold off Lynx in overtime to capture first WNBA title
BASKETBALL
Lynx sneak by Liberty to force Game 5 in WNBA Finals

OLYMPICS

World Anti-Doping Agency Director-General Olivier Niggli speaks during the agency's symposium in Lausanne, Switzerland, in March.
Anti-doping agency froze out investigators who warned about China
By Tariq Panja and Michael S. Schmidt
The decision by WADA¡¯s leaders to keep its own investigators in the dark raises new questions about WADA's response to possible doping by Chinese athletes.
OLYMPICS
Paris Olympics were the most followed ever, IOC says
OLYMPICS / Fencing
Trailblazing Olympic fencer Peter Westbrook dies at 72
By Jere Longman
OLYMPICS
World Athletics chief 'very pleased' with India's Olympic interest but warns of hurdles
By Sudipto Ganguly
OLYMPICS
Famed gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi dies at 82
OLYMPICS
Presidential hopeful Sebastian Coe says IOC needs clear stance on gender
OLYMPICS / Shooting
Paris Olympics star Kim Ye-ji takes break from shooting to spend time with family
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Miho Nakayama, known for 'Love Letter' and a decadeslong music career, dies at 54
Miho Nakayama
A $105 trillion inheritance windfall is on the way for U.S. heirs
About $105 trillion is projected to be passed down from older generations over the next quarter century, according to research firm Cerulli Associates, an amount roughly equal to global gross domestic product in 2023.
Japan's soft power soared to new heights in 2024
Japanese creatives, athletes and activists saw their efforts recognized on the world stage in various ways this year. At the Oscars (left) Takashi Yamazaki and his team took a prize for ¡°Godzilla Minus One,¡± while later in the year Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada (center) took Emmys for their work in ¡°Shogun.¡± Shohei Ohtani (right) was arguably the biggest Japanese star of the year.
Japan's honorific language can be challenging for native speakers, too
People walk around an outlet mall in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture. At stores across Japan, clerks use a form of polite language called "manyuaru keigo," literally, ¡°manual honorifics,¡± named for the service manuals they study it from.
Police may be able to use fake IDs to investigate yami baito
A Metropolitan Police Department flyer on high-paying illegal work advertised on social media, known as yami baito
What constitutes fatal dangerous driving in Japan?
Critics have said that drivers who were speeding well over the speed limit or those who were extremely drunk were not indicted for dangerous driving because of its vague definition.
Japan's soft power soared to new heights in 2024
Japanese creatives, athletes and activists saw their efforts recognized on the world stage in various ways this year. At the Oscars (left) Takashi Yamazaki and his team took a prize for ¡°Godzilla Minus One,¡± while later in the year Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada (center) took Emmys for their work in ¡°Shogun.¡± Shohei Ohtani (right) was arguably the biggest Japanese star of the year.
Lightning strikes twice for Shun Ikeda at All Japan Championships
Shun Ikeda holds the trophy after winning his second consecutive amateur yokozuna title on Sunday at Tokyo¡¯s Ryogoku Kokugikan.
Yoon¡¯s gambit a tempest in a teapot for financial markets
A screen displays market data at Hana Bank in Seoul on Wednesday.
U.S. Space Force launches first unit in Japan
Activated on Wednesday, U.S. Space Forces Japan ¡ª a component similar to the one established at South Korea¡¯s Osan Air Base in 2022 ¡ª will operate out of Yokota Air Base in the city of Fussa, western Tokyo, with a staff of about 10.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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People in cities across Japan will pop into their local convenience store for any number of products they believe will help them with a night of drinking.
Hangover cures are everywhere in Japan ¡ª but do they work?
By Thu-Huong Ha

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