Professional wrestler and documentary filmmaker may seem like an incongruous career combination, but these are just two of the hats worn by Rionne McAvoy. It’s the latter hat that he’s been wearing recently, having completed an award-winning documentary, “The Ones Left Behind: The Plight of Single Mothers in Japan.” The son of a martial artist, McAvoy has been training since …
BEIJING – China’s top spy agency said on Sunday a Chinese citizen who worked for a defense institute had been accused of spying for the United States and his case had been transferred to a court in the southwestern city of Chengdu for trial. The case is the latest to underscore Beijing’s heightened commitment to national security, its expanded anti-spying …
Seoul – South Korea, the United States and Japan carried out their first joint aerial drills on Sunday, Seoul’s military said. The exercise, which involved a U.S. nuclear-weapons-capable B-52 bomber, comes as Seoul, Washington and Tokyo beef up their defense cooperation against growing missile and nuclear threats from North Korea. The U.S. bomber landed at a South Korean airbase on …
The drug scandal at Nihon University’s football club may spread further with new allegations that 10 or more members of the club may have used cannabis, it was learned Sunday. This suspicion was reported to a meeting in August of more than 30 executives of the private university, including Mariko Hayashi, chair of its board of trustees, sources said. According …
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is certain to lose at least one of two national by-elections on Sunday, Kyodo News exit polls showed, as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Cabinet struggles to underpin an economy weighed down by price hikes. The by-elections for the House of Representatives, the more powerful lower chamber, and the House of Councilors were the first national …
Dubai – On Oct. 15, Iran issued a stinging public ultimatum to its archenemy Israel: Halt your onslaught on Gaza or we’ll be forced to take action, its foreign minister warned. Only hours later, the country’s U.N. mission softened the hawkish tone, assuring the world that its armed forces wouldn’t intervene in the conflict unless Israel attacked Iranian interests or …
Kumamoto – Machida Zelvia secured promotion to Japanese soccer’s top flight for the first time with a 3-0 victory away to Roasso Kumamoto in the J. League second division on Sunday. With three rounds remaining, the club from the western Tokyo city of Machida sits on top of the J2 with 78 points, eight clear of second-place Shimizu S-Pulse, and …
Inzai, Chiba Pref. – Collin Morikawa stormed to victory by six strokes at the U.S. PGA Tour’s Zozo Championship in Japan on Sunday to end a two-year title drought. The two-time major champion, who began the day two shots off the lead at Narashino Country Club in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, rattled off seven birdies to card a bogey-free 63 and …
Lahore, Pakistan – Three-time Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ended four years of self-imposed exile Saturday, launching his political comeback at a rally attended by thousands of rapturous supporters ahead of elections due next year. Fireworks marked his arrival at the event in a park in his power base of Lahore, where the streets have been shrouded in green and …
Sydney – Australia’s prime minister will visit China in early November to meet President Xi Jinping, Canberra confirmed Sunday, as the two trading partners work to repair a once-frosty relationship. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese locked in the trip — from November 4 to November 7 — after China agreed to suspend a festering World Trade Organization dispute sparked by hefty …