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A fan wears a promotional pope hat that was given away before the White Sox's game against the Reds in Chicago on Tuesday.
BASEBALL
Aug 12, 2026
White Sox celebrate ¡®Pope Night¡¯ with holy hat giveaway
The team has not shied away from the connection since it was revealed the pope was a White Sox fan following his elevation to ?the highest seat in the Catholic Church in 2025.
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Tarik Skubal (29) reacts at the end of the fifth inning against the Kansas City Royals at Dodger Stadium on Monday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 11, 2026
Tarik Skubal remains winless since trade, but Dodgers edge Royals
Skubal has yet to earn a win in two starts since he was acquired by LA after winning the past two American League Cy Young Awards ?for the Detroit Tigers.
Tarik Skubal is scheduled to make his first start at home with the Dodgers during the team's series opener against the Royals on Sunday.
BASEBALL
Aug 10, 2026
Slumping Dodgers refuse to press panic button
Los Angeles ended its skid Saturday in a ?tight 2-1 victory before falling 4-2 to the Diamondbacks to close out a 1-5 trip Sunday. The ?Dodgers are ?11-17 since July 5.
The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani was 0-for-4 with a pair of strikeouts against the Diamondbacks in Phoenix on Sunday.
BASEBALL
Aug 10, 2026
Diamondbacks beat Dodgers to win season series
The Diamondbacks, 18-9 since July 9, ?won the ?season series 7-6 for their first series win over the Dodgers since 2018.
A view from inside the Pacific League Marketing office in Tokyo. The company was founded by NPB's six PL clubs in May 2007.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 9, 2026
Pacific League Marketing sets sights abroad to build Japanese baseball fan base
By Jason Coskrey
While Japanese baseball has long been plagued by an inability, or intransigence, to market itself outside of Japan, Pacific League Marketing wants to make games more accessible.
Minoru Hasebe poses for a photo while wearing a Carp hat in his backyard in Hiroshima.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 8, 2026
Former Carp catcher wishes for peace 81 years after atomic bomb
During Hasebe¡¯s seven years as catcher, he saw his team grow amid struggles and felt the enthusiasm of Hiroshima residents for reviving the city.
Three-time American League MVP Mike Trout is in his 16th season with the Angels.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 6, 2026
Mike Trout says Angels made necessary moves at trade deadline
The Angels had the worst record in baseball at 43-70 entering Wednesday¡¯s action and shipped off five players ?at the deadline.
Lotte right-hander Naoya Masuda holds a press conference at Zozo Marine Stadium in the city of Chiba on Tuesday, having achieved 250 career saves.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 5, 2026
Marines¡¯ Masuda logs 250th career save, fifth all-time in NPB
Naoya Masuda, 36, notched his second save of the season in Tuesday¡¯s home game against the Saitama Seibu Lions.
A Tigers fan holds a sign urging pitcher Tarik Skubal (29) to remain with the team before the MLB game against the Angels at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on July 19.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 4, 2026
Dodgers still No. 1 after deadline, but deferred deals could take toll
The Dodgers are exiting ?the deadline with arguably the best rotation and lineup in baseball, largely assembled by ?outspending the rest of the league.
Lars Nootbaar (center) celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Braves in the first inning at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, on July 11.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 4, 2026
Cardinals ship Lars Nootbaar to Diamondbacks
Nootbaar, whose mother is Japanese, represents Japan internationally and was part of the Samurai Japan team that won the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
The Tigers agreed to trade ace pitcher Tarik Skubal to the Dodgers on Saturday.
BASEBALL
Aug 3, 2026
Emotional Tarik Skubal discusses trade to Dodgers
Skubal leaves the Tigers with a career regular-season record of 61-42 and a 3.04 ERA with 1,005 strikeouts in 863? innings.
Tarik Skubal pitches for the Tigers during a game against the Angels in Anaheim, California, on July 18.
BASEBALL / MLB
Aug 2, 2026
Dodgers land two-time Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal in trade with Tigers
The Dodgers¡¯ need for pitching depth ramped up in the last few weeks with two-way star Shohei Ohtani sidelined from pitching due to knee inflammation and bicep soreness.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
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