The Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament goes from two unbeaten leaders to four with one loss on the seventh day, as ozeki Hoshoryu ...

Four Japan pitchers combine for 17 strikeouts in a 6-3 see-saw Premier12 opening-round win over South Korea, with Shugo Maki ...

Japan's Yuma Kagiyama leads after the men's short program and Hana Yoshida after the women's at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure ...

J-League third-division champions Omiya Ardija are set to undergo a rebranding following their purchase by Austrian energy ...

A freight train derailed in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido on November 16, disrupting some passenger and ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba says he and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to foster "mutually beneficial" and ...

The leaders of Japan, the United States and South Korea announce the creation of a secretariat to further align their ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya makes an unannounced visit November 16 to Ukraine for talks with officials, his ...

Princess Yuriko, the oldest member of the Japanese imperial family and great-aunt of Emperor Naruhito, died of natural causes ...

Japan's economy grew an annualized real 0.9 percent in the three months through September, expanding for the second straight ...

Shohei Ohtani wins his second straight Hank Aaron Award in recognition of his stellar first season with the Los Angeles ...

A documentary film following the daily lives of four Japanese chefs as they create dishes within the rich culinary culture ...