By Jack Nicas and Dado Galdieri Once a semipro baseball player in Japan, Yukihiro Shimura has now become a baseball missionary. Source: The Japanese Sensei Bringing Baseball to Brazil Category: Baseball, Brazil, Japan
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By Global Issues TOKYO, Japan, Mar 27 (IPS) – In a significant precursor to the United Nations Summit of the Future slated for September, the “Future Action Festival” convened at Tokyo’s National Stadium on March 24, drawing a crowd of approximately 66,000 attendees and reaching over half a million viewers via live streaming. The event, […]
By Julian Ryall Many Tokyo-bound passengers prefer to fly to Haneda as it is closer to the city centre than from Narita. Source: Japan’s JAL and ANA to launch more flights from ‘convenient’ Haneda airport than Narita