Soh, who won 30 out of 38 races in 2024, aims to reduce his competition schedule in 2025 while targeting major events, including a race against current world No. 1 Ryoji Watanabe in Osaka next week.

For comparison, he competed in 39 competitions last year, while his closest challenger and current world champion Ryoji Watanabe only competed in 15 competitions. Despite that, his earnings are ...

Still, Tokyo could be caught up in tension over new US tariffs and progress in US-Japan cooperation over the Alaska LNG project needs to be monitored, said Ryoji Watanabe, a chief analyst at Sumitomo ...