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Based on 10 verified sources covering Myanmar, Thailand:

Outfielder Seiya Suzuki is set to return to the Chicago Cubs after Team Japan's run in the World Baseball Classic ended on Saturday, but his availability moving forward is in question with a right knee injury. [2]

TOKYO -- On Monday, Nov. 24, at Toyota Arena Tokyo, a highly anticipated all-Japanese boxing showdown is taking place as Tenshin Nasukawa faces Takuma Inoue for the vacant WBC bantamweight world title. [3]

In Japan hundreds of thousands of people follow the culinary life of Goro Inogashira -- and everyone likes him. But this isn't Instagram. Inogashira has no social-media account; he's not even a real person. [4]

TOKYO/SEOUL/MANILA -- In real life, Hitsuzi is a 32-year-old Japanese government employee who lives alone in a suburb north of Tokyo. [5]

TOKYO -- Sojitz, a major Japanese trading house, is entering Asia's hospital management support business. [6]

Friedgard Lottermoser passed away at the age of 82 on Aug. 8th, 2024 in Germany, from an aggressive cancer of unknown origin. [7]

TOKYO -- Sumitomo Corp. will buy major global fruit producer and distributor Fyffes, as the Japanese trading house aims to re-energize its sluggish food business. [8]

NEW YORK -- For Japanese jazz pianist Tadataka Unno, a brutal incident in late September 2020 taught him that he, too, could become a victim of hate crime against Asians. [9]

Sources
[1] TH www.khaosodenglish.com · 2026-03-24 · 45% match

At least 66 killed in military plane crash in Colombia, head of armed forces says

[2] MM www.japantimes.co.jp · 2026-03-16 · 33% match

Seiya Suzuki returning to Cubs with knee injury

Outfielder Seiya Suzuki is set to return to the Chicago Cubs after Team Japan's run in the World Baseball Classic ended on Saturday, but his availability moving forward is in question with a right knee injury.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-11-23 · 34% match

'Prodigy' Nasukawa, former MMA superstar, faces Inoue for WBC title

TOKYO -- On Monday, Nov. 24, at Toyota Arena Tokyo, a highly anticipated all-Japanese boxing showdown is taking place as Tenshin Nasukawa faces Takuma Inoue for the vacant WBC bantamweight world title.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-06-28 · 41% match

The art of eating alone

In Japan hundreds of thousands of people follow the culinary life of Goro Inogashira -- and everyone likes him. But this isn't Instagram. Inogashira has no social-media account; he's not even a real person.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2023-10-18 · 39% match

Asia's metaverse is still thriving, from digital cities to gaming

TOKYO/SEOUL/MANILA -- In real life, Hitsuzi is a 32-year-old Japanese government employee who lives alone in a suburb north of Tokyo.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2014-03-23 · 33% match

Sojitz, Capital Medica pitch support services to hospitals across Asia

TOKYO -- Sojitz, a major Japanese trading house, is entering Asia's hospital management support business.

[7] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2024-08-19 · 33% match

Friedgard Lottermoser: A Life Bridging Myanmar and the West, Through Buddhist Meditation and the Quest for Freedom

Friedgard Lottermoser passed away at the age of 82 on Aug. 8th, 2024 in Germany, from an aggressive cancer of unknown origin.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-12-10 · 32% match

Sumitomo to acquire major global fruit purveyor

TOKYO -- Sumitomo Corp. will buy major global fruit producer and distributor Fyffes, as the Japanese trading house aims to re-energize its sluggish food business.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-10-31 · 32% match

Japanese jazz pianist plays on after Asian hate crime attack

NEW YORK -- For Japanese jazz pianist Tadataka Unno, a brutal incident in late September 2020 taught him that he, too, could become a victim of hate crime against Asians.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-03-10 · 32% match

Japanese cosplay creeps into Myanmar, tailored to fit

YANGON -- Today she is Nana, a tall, slender punk singer with blood-red lips and a black lace gown tailored to reveal patent leather boots laced up to her knees.

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