The Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday announced the acquisition of hard-throwing Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki. The ...

Masahiro Nakai, a TV host who was a member of the former pop group SMAP and is embroiled in a sexual misconduct scandal, says ...

Three people have been stabbed at a central Japan train station, a key transport hub for ski areas, leaving one man in his ...

Unheralded front-runner Kinbozan maintains his lead at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament with a stunning upset against ozeki ...

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck southern Taiwan shortly after midnight Jan. 20, damaging buildings and injuring at least 44 ...

The top diplomats of Japan and the United States agreed Tuesday to elevate the bilateral relationship to "new heights" on all fronts and continue working multilaterally with like-minded countries such ...

Special multimedia feature chronicling the journey of legendary player Ichiro, often described as a "lone wolf" and a "seeker ...

Japan's trade deficit in 2024 shrank 44 percent from a year earlier to 5.33 trillion yen ($34 billion), as exports hit a ...

Japan's undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue is taking nothing for granted ahead of his title fight against ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio agreed Tuesday with his counterparts from Japan, Australia and India to strengthen a free ...

Even six years into retirement, Ichiro Suzuki retains his burning passion for baseball, training hard every day so he can ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are considering a visit to Iwoto Island in April to pay respects to the victims ...