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Japan Wire by Kyodo News, 17 Oct 2026

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Japan Wire by Kyodo News is an online publication delivering the latest news from Japan together with those stories from around the globe in which Japan plays a key role. Centering on content provided by Kyodo News, Japan’s leading news agency, our publication keeps readers abreast of the developments coming out of Japan that interest and influence, here and abroad. Start with the breaking story and then go further. Japan Wire by Kyodo News takes readers past the front page to provide a deeper look at modern Japanese culture, lifestyles, and events, in order to bring to light those stories, and those people, that shape them. Adding this content to the latest news, readers can be better informed about, and more rewardingly engaged with, Japan the country, its culture and its people.

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ArticleUPDATE1: Base­ball: Bay­Stars reach Japan Series after beat­ing Tigers in Cli­max Series

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - The DeNA Bay­Stars reached the Japan Series after down­ing the Han­shin Tigers 8-5 in Game 4 of the best-of-seven Cent­ral League Cli­max Series final stage on Sat­urday. The Bay­Stars scored four runs in the ninth inning to turn...

UPDATE1: Base­ball: Bay­Stars reach Japan Series after beat­ing Tigers in Cli­max Series

ArticleFoot­ball: FC Tokyo bat­ter 10-man Verdy for 5th win in row without con­ced­ing

TOKYO - FC Tokyo eased past 10-man bot­tom side Tokyo Verdy 4-0 away from home in the J.League first di­vi­sion on Sat­ur­day, se­cur­ing their fifth straight win all with clean sheets. FC Tokyo are lev­el on 23 points with San­frec­ce Hi­roshi­ma,...

Foot­ball: FC Tokyo bat­ter 10-man Verdy for 5th win in row without con­ced­ing

ArticleOPINION: Japan meets male child­care leave tar­get, SMEs need sup­port

TOKYO - Ac­cord­ing to the health min­istry's fis­cal 2025 Ba­sic Sur­vey of Gen­der Equal­i­ty in Em­ploy­ment Man­age­ment, the per­cent­age of male em­ploy­ees at pri­vate com­pa­nies tak­ing par­ental leave reached a record 50.9 per­cent. The...

OPINION: Japan meets male child­care leave tar­get, SMEs need sup­port