Tatsuya Imai, in only his sixth Major League Baseball game since arriving from Japan, joined two relief pitchers to throw a no-hitter in Houston’s 9-0 victory at Texas on Monday. The 28-year-old Japanese right-hander, who spent the past eight years with the Saitama Seibu Lions, struck out two batters and walked four in six hitless […]
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Missing Japanese trekker found dead in crevasse in Skardu
Rescuers have found body of a Japanese trekker, who went missing in Pakistan’s northern Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region, after a week-long effort that also involved volunteers from a local mountaineering club, a rescue official said on Saturday. The deceased Japanese tourist, identified as 64-year-old Yosuke Akiba, had gone to the Masroor Rock view point GB’s Skardu […]
Japanese tennis trailblazer Nishikori to retire at end of season
Kei Nishikori, Asia’s most decorated men’s tennis player, on Friday said that he will retire at the end of the season after a career ravaged by injury. The 36-year-old became the first Japanese player to reach a Grand Slam final at the 2014 US Open, eventually losing to Croatia’s Marin Cilic. He was the first […]
SAPM assures Japanese investors of proactive support, industrial reforms
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) for Industries and Production Haroon Akhtar Khan on Tuesday assured the Japanese investors that the government was serious, proactive and fully engaged in resolving issues related to tax refunds, exports and regulatory hurdles, as Pakistan had embarked on a comprehensive process of industrial reforms aimed at ensuring sustainable, […]
Japanese envoy inaugurates education initiative in Khyber
ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Japan to Pakistan Matsuda Kuninori on Wednesday inaugurated the project for re-expansion of Primary School in Village Raziq Kalay being managed by Learning Awareness and Motivation Programme (LAMP), a non-governmental organisation, in Khyber tribal district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The government of Japan, under its Grant Assistance, had provided financial assistance of […]
‘Flying objects’ damaged Japanese tanker in Gulf of Oman – shipping company president
Two “flying objects” damaged a Japanese tanker in a suspected attack on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman, but there was no damage to the cargo of methanol, the president of the shipping company said on Friday. The Kokuka Courageous was sailing toward the port of Khor Fakkan in the United Arab Emirates after the […]
Japanese envoy meets General Bajwa
RAWALPINDI: Incoming Japanese Ambassador to Pakistan Kuniori Matsuda on Friday called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa at the General Headquarters. Matters of mutual interest, including regional security issues, were discussed during the meeting, the ISPR said. “The two noted the exceptional mutual relations between both countries and pledged to further […]
Australian WWII ship sunk by Japanese submarine found
An Australian freighter sunk by a Japanese submarine during World War II has been located “relatively intact” in waters off the country’s southeast coast, archeologists said Tuesday. The SS Iron Crown was hit by a torpedo on June 4, 1942 while carting ore in waters off Australia’s southern coastline near the state of Victoria. The […]
Nation remembers Shair-e-Mashriq on his 81st death anniversary
Pakistan, on Sunday, observed the 81st death anniversary of poet and philosopher, Allama Muhammad Iqbal. Born in Sialkot, the widely-acclaimed Shair-e-Mashriq (Poet of the East) is considered among the most important figures in South Asian literature. He has published works in both Urdu and Persian. Iqbal also rose to surface as an advocate of Muslim […]
Japanese exports fall due to weak China demand, heaping pressure on economy
Japan’s exports fell for a fourth straight month in March as China-bound shipments slumped again, reinforcing growing anxiety that weak external demand is likely to have knocked first quarter economic growth. Ministry of Finance data out on Wednesday showed exports fell 2.4 percent in March from a year earlier, compared with a 2.7 percent drop […]