Olympics video: Japan rallies against bullpen to beat US baseball 7-6 in 10 innings
Yuki Yanagita tied it with an RBI grounder off Scott McGough in the ninth inning, Takuya Kai hit a winning single against Edwin Jackson in the 10th and Japan beat the United States 7-6 Monday night to reach the Olympic semifinals.
Nissan recalls 354K Pathfinder SUVs for brake light problem
New Nissan Motor Co. logo is displayed at the global headquarters of Nissan Motor Co.,. His boss Carlos Ghosn escaped financial misconduct charges by fleeing the country, but another former Nissan executive is still awaiting trial in Japan: Greg Kelly. Kelly's trial in Tokyo District Court opens Sept. 15, nearly two years after his arrest, and the same day he turns 64 . (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)DETROIT โ Nissan is recalling more than 354,000 Pathfinder SUVs worldwide, some for a second time, because the brake lights can stay on all the time. They also will replace a brake light relay, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration documents posted Thursday.
Glimmers of hope for world economy, but dangers lurk
Across Europe, governments are reopening their economies as they get a handle on a second virus surge, but only gradually, and partially. Vast cobblestone plazas stand empty this festive season instead of hosting Christmas markets that usually electrify historic cities. The reopening wonโt be enough to make up for sales lost during the pandemic - but reflects the glimmer of hope that forecasters are starting to see in the global economy. It predicts the global economy will shrink about 4.2% this year and rebound by the same rate in 2021 before growing 3.7% the following year. Across Europe, governments are reopening their economies as they get a handle on a second virus surge โ but only gradually, and partially.
Japan uses high-tech experiments to fill baseball stadium
This photo shows a device to detect carbon dioxide installed in the seats of a baseball stadium, home for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, in Yokohama, south of Tokyo on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)YOKOHAMA โ Officials in Japan are using some high-tech devices to see if they can fill sports stadiums closer to capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic. The baseball stadium in Yokohama will be used this weekend in an experiment to test if its 32,000 seats can be filled safely. Japanese professional baseball games are being played there, but only using half the seats. About 1,750 deaths in Japan have been attributed to COVID-19, a relatively low number in a country of 126 million.
Asia Today: Japan crosses 100,000 cases, 9 months after 1st
(AP Photo/Hiro Komae)TOKYO โ Japanโs coronavirus cases have topped 100,000, nine months after the first case was found in mid-January, the health ministry said Friday. According to health ministry data, nearly half of the new patients were in their 20s and 30s. In other developments in the Asia-Pacific region:โ Customs agents in the southern Chinese city of Hong Kong have seized 100,000 counterfeit face masks and arrested one person. โ India reported 48,648 new coronavirus cases, continuing a monthlong slowing trend in infections even as the country adds to its 8 million cases. The Health Ministry also reported 563 more fatalities in the past 24 hours, raising the confirmed death toll to 121,090.
Japan exports fall 15% in August as pandemic pummels trade
Japans trade surplus widened in August as the pandemic pummeled a wide array of industries and sapped consumer demand, according to preliminary data from the Finance Ministry released Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)MITO โ Japanโs trade surplus widened in August as the pandemic pummeled a wide array of industries and sapped consumer demand. But both exports and imports with the U.S. fell more than 20%, helping reduce the politically sensitive trade surplus by 20% to 373 billion yen ($3.5 billion). Exports in August totaled 5.23 trillion yen ($49 billion), outpacing 4.98 trillion yen in imports ($47 billion), leaving a surplus of 248 billion yen ($2.4 billion). Helping to boost the trade surplus, imports of oil, gas and other fuels plunged 45%, partly thanks to lower prices for many commodities.
Japan's economy shrinks at record rate, slammed by pandemic
Japans economy shrank at annual rate of 27.8% in April-June, the worst contraction on record, as the coronavirus pandemic slammed consumption and trade, government data released Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, show. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)TOKYO Japans economy shrank at annual rate of 27.8% in April-June, the worst contraction on record, as the coronavirus pandemic slammed consumption and trade, according to government data released Monday. The annual rate shows what the number would have been if continued for a year. For the April-June period, Japan's exports dropped at a whopping annual rate of 56%, while private consumption dipped at an annual rate of nearly 29%. Japan's export-dependent economy relies heavily on growth in China, where outbreaks of the novel coronavirus began and have since subsided.
Nissan rolls out new electric crossover, aims to boost image
Nissan Motor Co.'s new electric crossover Ariya is displayed at Nissan Pavilion in Yokohama near Tokyo Tuesday, July 14, 2020. The Ariya is the Japanese automakers first major all-new model since getting embroiled in the scandal surrounding former Chairman Carlos Ghosn. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)TOKYO Nissan unveiled an electric crossover vehicle Wednesday, the Japanese automakers first major all-new model since getting embroiled in the scandal surrounding its former chairman, Carlos Ghosn. At its global premiere in Yokohama, Japan, the new vehicle, Ariya" was billed as a new chapter for Nissan. The event was held online because of the coronavirus pandemic. Uncertainty remains over how Nissan will fare without Ghosn, who spear-headed its move into electric cars while at its help for two decades.
Virus numbers surge globally as many nations ease lockdowns
Brazil, with more than 1.1 million cases and 51,000 deaths, has been affected more than anywhere but the U.S., which has reported more than 2.3 million cases and 120,000 deaths, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University. On Tuesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci will return to Capitol Hill at a fraught moment in the nations response. Even some countries that have had initial success in stamping out the virus are finding pockets of resurgence. In Australia, Victoria state on Tuesday reported 17 new cases, resulting in the closing of two primary schools in Melbourne. Experts say the true numbers are much higher because of limited testing and cases in which patients had no symptoms.
Japan opens baseball season after 3-month pandemic delay
Japan's professional baseball regular season will be kicked off Friday without fans in attendance because of the threat of the spreading coronavirus. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)TOKYO Japanese baseball managed to do what American baseball has not play ball. After a three-month delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the world's second-most famous baseball league opened a season Friday that will be shortened from its regular 143 games to 120. The regular season is to end on Nov. 7, followed by post-season play. That compares to almost 120,000 in the United States, which has 2.6 times the population of Japan but about 120 times more deaths.