Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto achieved a feat last seen more than two decades ago on Sunday, throwing his second consecutive postseason complete game to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers past the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 in Game 2 of the World Series in Toronto. The 26-year-old right-hander allowed four hits and one run, striking out eight without issuing a walk on 105 pitches. He became the first pitcher since Curt Schilling in 2001 to throw back-to-back complete games in a single postseason and the first Dodger since Orel Hershiser in 1988 to accomplish the feat.

China has designated Oct. 25 as the Commemoration Day of Taiwan’s Restoration, a new national observance intended to reinforce Beijing’s sovereignty claim over the self-ruled island. The measure was approved Friday in Beijing during a session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People’s Congress, which adopted the decision at the close of a five-day meeting.

Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has indicated she may seek the presidency again, telling the BBC, “I am not done,” during an interview aired Saturday. Speaking from Los Angeles while promoting her new memoir “107 Days,” Harris reflected on her brief 2024 campaign and her continued commitment to public service. Her comments come as Democratic leaders begin assessing the party’s direction ahead of the 2028 election.

As the number of surviving Japanese American World War II internees declines, oral historian Diana Tsuchida is intensifying her efforts to record the final first-hand accounts from families connected to the Topaz War Relocation Center in Delta, Utah. Through her oral history project and journal Tessaku, she documents daily life inside the 19,000-acre desert compound where more than 8,000 Japanese Americans were confined.

A speed-dating study by psychologisfound no evidence that lighter skin increases romantic desirability among Asian American singles. The researchers analyzed both stated and revealed preferences from 262 participants across 15 dating events and found that skin tone did not predict who was rated attractive or offered a second date. U.S.-born men and women showed slight preferences for darker skin, while foreign-born men and women expressed different patterns that did not affect dating outcomes.

Sanae Takaichi has become Japan’s first woman prime minister since the country established its modern parliamentary system 140 years ago, yet her ultraconservative ideology has left questions whether this milestone will translate into meaningful progress for women and the country.

President Donald Trump this week pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the convicted Binance founder whose company provides infrastructure for the Trump family’s cryptocurrency ventures, prompting questions about potential conflicts of interest given the president’s substantial digital asset holdings.

A Chicago jury on Thursday found a man guilty of first-degree murder in the execution-style killing of a 71-year-old grandfather in Chinatown nearly four years ago.

Paul Ingrassia, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), withdrew from consideration earlier this week following allegations of racist text messages such as “Never trust a chinaman or Indian” and a declaration that he has “a Nazi streak.”

Federal agents targeting street vendors in Manhattan’s Chinatown earlier this week detained nine immigrants on counterfeiting charges, an enforcement action that has heightened anxiety among Asian American locals about becoming the next targets of immigration raids.