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Christmas comes early, as usual, for fans of horse racing in Japan. This Sunday once again sees the Group 1 Japan Cup run at Tokyo Racecours...

Sections of the foundation of what used to be the locomotive shed — which experts believe is the most important element of the remains — wil...

The saga shows how fast the private equity landscape is changing in Japan, where more than $12 billion in such transactions have been announ...

Patton pitched pitched for the Yokohama BayStars from 2017 to 2020, making 219 appearances for the club overall. Now he's back in Japan and...

Domestic policy bars Seoul from sending weapons into active conflict zones, but after reports of North Korea sending troops to help Russia,...

Chinese firms are squirreling away dollars, pricing contracts in yuan and opening import lines to mitigate currency risks,

The researchers developed in tests using mice a method to stimulate weakened immune activity by restraining the cells restraining the immune...

The individuals targeted by the injunction have said things like “Kurds should get out of Japan” at demos around the Japan Kurdish Cultural...

The final police report caps a nearly two-year investigation into Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's role in the election-denying m...

Unlike earlier biodegradable plastics, the material is strong and easy to process and takes only hours to decompose.

The suit says Linda McMahon and her husband were aware of credible abuse accusations against their ringside announcer and ring crew chief bu...

The ruling party will look to revise the political funds control law by the end of this year.

The Russian president could broadly agree to freeze the conflict along the front lines, five current and former Russian officials say.

Nissan’s latest outlook downgrade has shined a light on the Japanese carmaker’s tendency to overpromise and underdeliver.

The youth is suspected of writing Chinese words, including one meaning toilet, on a stone pillar and its base at Yasukuni Shrine at around 1...

Food companies raised the prices of 2,911 items, with processed food prices increasing by 3.8% while rice prices rose 60%.

USS George Washington was accompanied by a squadron of state-of-the-art F-35C Lightning II fighters.

The loosely organized network in the U.S. and Canada consist of men who say in online forums they’re working to stop the elimination of the...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said use of the new missile amounted to "a clear and severe escalation" in the war and called for st...

The Israeli government has repeatedly denied the allegations and said its operations against Hamas comply with international laws.

Matt Gaetz was the subject of an Ethics Committee probe into allegations of having sex with a 17-year-old girl.

Ohtani won an MVP award for the third time in four seasons.

Japan extended its winning streak in international games to 25.

Junichi Yasuda’s film about a time-traveling warrior is a loving tribute to the “jidaigeki” (period drama) genre and its practitioners.

The Russian attack targeted enterprises and critical infrastructure in the central-eastern city of Dnipro, the Ukrainian air force said.