No. 15 maegashira Kotoshoho took the outright lead and moved within a victory of his first Emperor's Cup on Saturday though ...

Boosted by a Japan-U.S. trade deal, the Nikkei stock index is expected to stay afloat above the 40,000 threshold at least for ...

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani had his homer streak snapped at five games Friday, while Chicago Cubs pitcher ...

Reflecting on his journey to the Baseball Hall of Fame, Ichiro Suzuki said choosing the difficult path meant he confronted ...

J-League football club Vissel Kobe said their friendly against Spanish champions Barcelona will go ahead on Sunday as ...

A 32-year-old man was fatally stabbed Friday, allegedly by his colleague, at a sushi restaurant in Tokyo's busy Ikebukuro ...

A new service launched by Kirin Brewery Co. lets customers purchase malt whisky at key life moments and age it for 20 years, ...

Norwegian Nobel Committee chair Jorgen Watne Frydnes on Friday hailed atomic bomb survivors' testimonies as an "inspirational ...

Rising Ukrainian star Aonishiki continued to thrill fans at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday as he held onto a ...

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has submitted a plan to demolish a building next to the No. 3 ...

A Latvian staff member at the World Exposition in Osaka has drawn over half a million social media followers after posting ...

This year marks the 80th anniversary of Korean poet Yun Dong Ju's death in a Japanese prison following his involvement in the ...