The New York Times reported McDonald's locations as far away as Japan were forced to close while Australia restaurants switched

non-Olympic women’s sporting event on U.S. television, trailing only the 2015 Women’s World Cup final between the United States and Japan

The first leg of our return trip was with United's "Star Alliance" partner ANA (All Nippon Airlines) based in Japan.

-Japan World Baseball Classic final.

Just a few of the notable names on non-US teams include the unicorn Shohei Ohtani and Yu Darvish playing for Japan, Yoenis Céspedes...Ohtani, who is far and away the most fun player in baseball right now, mentioned that if Japan would make it to the finals against

But that's not the case for Seiichi Sano of Fujisawa, Japan, who was recently recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records

When it comes to the sport of baseball, it's arguably more popular in Japan, in that it's the #1 team sport....It's still undeniably big in the U.S. and of course Japan, but the showmanship surrounding pro baseball in Japan is more aligned

Recently in Japan a horse with the name Sumomomomomomomomo, yes, that is the horse's real name broke her maiden.