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Thursday, 22 October 2026 2026年10月22日（木）

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S03Sport LineTokyo

Giants take Yokohama High ace Shoki Oda as the draft's first round settles

Nippon-Ham won the rights to Yamanashi Gakuin's Komoda, a pitcher who wants to keep hitting as a professional.

←S02DeNA and SoftBank meet in the Japan Series from Saturday, a rematch of 2024→Last stop so far

Departures

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  1. 24 Oct 09:00Chiikawa film: 7th visitor giftCinemas nationwideScheduled
  2. 24 Oct 18:30Japan Series, Game 1Yokohama StadiumScheduled
  3. 26 Oct 18:40Tokyo Int'l Film Festival opensHibiya, TokyoScheduled
  4. 27 Oct 18:00Japan Series, Game 3FukuokaScheduled
  5. 03 Nov 09:00Godzilla Minus Zero in cinemasNationwideScheduled
  6. 23 Nov 08:30Shuri Castle main hall opensNaha, OkinawaScheduled
  7. 10 Dec 16:30Nobel Prize ceremonyStockholmScheduled

Upcoming dates from our stories. Times in JST, status updates live.

Microseason

One of Japan's 72 seasons, each about five days long

Crickets chirp around the door

Kirigirisu to ni ari

Next: First frost · from 23 October

Dates follow the traditional calendar and can move by a day from year to year.

Route map

Each section is a line and each story a stop, numbered from the first. Tap a stop to board.

HHeritage
  1. H01Edo-Tokyo Museum welcomes its millionth visitor, six months after reopening
  2. H02Shuri Castle's rebuilt main hall finished, with five weeks to go before it reopens
  3. H03Kyoto's Jidai Matsuri goes ahead, with 2,000 people walking through a thousand years of costume
SSport
  1. S01Japan's men win the world team gymnastics title again and a place at Los Angeles 2028
  2. S02DeNA and SoftBank meet in the Japan Series from Saturday, a rematch of 2024
  3. S03Giants take Yokohama High ace Shoki Oda as the draft's first round settles
RScience
  1. R01Kenso Soai shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for a reaction that copies itself
  2. R02Japan's MMX probe is on its way to the moons of Mars after a clean H3 launch
FScreen
  1. F01Chiikawa's first film passes ¥18.1 billion, the year's biggest release in Japan
  2. F02Tokyo International Film Festival opens Monday with Sukiyaki, the story behind Japan's Billboard No. 1
TSeasons and Travel
  1. T01Warm autumn pushes Japan's red leaves later this year, forecasters say
  2. T02Hida's Furukawa Matsuri named a Japan Night View Heritage site

Recent arrivals

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  1. S02DeNA and SoftBank meet in the Japan Series from Saturday, a rematch of 2024Yokohama
  2. H03Kyoto's Jidai Matsuri goes ahead, with 2,000 people walking through a thousand years of costumeKyoto
  3. T02Hida's Furukawa Matsuri named a Japan Night View Heritage siteHida, Gifu
  4. F02Tokyo International Film Festival opens Monday with Sukiyaki, the story behind Japan's Billboard No. 1Tokyo
  5. S01Japan's men win the world team gymnastics title again and a place at Los Angeles 2028Rotterdam, Netherlands
  6. R02Japan's MMX probe is on its way to the moons of Mars after a clean H3 launchTanegashima, Kagoshima
  7. F01Chiikawa's first film passes ¥18.1 billion, the year's biggest release in JapanTokyo