In what was expected to be a battle of star running backs, a transfer receiver from DODEA’s largest overseas school stole the show.

They were close to a 2025 Far East Division II title game berth. But a government shutdown and the short end of a points tiebreaker got in Zama’s way.

While fierce heat continues day by day, the Japanese Meteorological Agency declared on July 20 the official end of tsuyu season in the Kanto, Yamanashi, Nagano and Tokai regions.

New York has the Hudson, Washington D.C. - the Potomac. London is highlighted by the Tames, while the Seine flows under the Paris sky.

As the rainy season begins to settle over the mountains of Hakone each June, an ever-popular seasonal train event returns to the tracks.

How have sakura, or cherry blossoms, become the unofficial symbol of Japanese nature?