Tokyo Shimbun

Japan Toasts Takuma Sato After Indy 500 Triumph

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Formula One misfit Takuma Sato was the toast of Japan on Monday after becoming the first driver from his country to win the storied Indianapolis 500. The 40-year-old, once the butt of jokes in Formula One after several high-speed crashes, roared to victory Sunday to claim one of motor racing’s biggest prizes, holding off Brazil’s … Read more

Japan PM Denies Involvement In Sweetheart Land Deal

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Rare scandal was swirling around Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday as he was forced to deny involvement in a shady land deal by a religious school. A growing controversy over the purchase of state land by a fierce nationalist at well below market rates intensified in parliament over the past week, with auditors … Read more