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Two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka stopped playing because of a strained abdominal muscle after dropping the opening set of her t...

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya announced Friday that he plans to visit Washington next week to attend the inauguration of U.S. Pres...

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday again refused investigators' efforts to question him over his failed martial law bi...

A SpaceX Starship prototype failed in space on Thursday, minutes after launching from Texas, setting back the company's speedy rocket develo...

SpaceX’s colossal Starship rocket blasted off Thursday on its most complex test flight yet, with Elon Musk looking to repeat a booster captu...

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki speaks at Japan's Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Tokyo on Thursday, after being announ...

Asian shares mostly rose Thursday, following a rally on Wall Street driven by encouraging update on U.S. inflation.Japan's benchmark Nikkei...

Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare decision to bypa...

U.S. President Joe Biden used his farewell address to the nation Wednesday to warn of an “oligarchy” of the ultra-wealthy taking root in the...

Japan has not been immune from beliefs in satanic numerology that prevail in the West. Most Japanese have heard that "666" signifies somethi...

David Moyes said he had witnessed the scale of the task he faces to keep Everton in the Premier League after a dismal 1-0 defeat at home to…

Russia launched a wave of missiles and drones at Ukrainian energy facilities on Wednesday, intensifying a months-long bombing campaign at a...

Naomi Osaka of Japan hits a backhand return to Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic during their second round match at the Australian Open...

Former Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka fought back from a set down Wednesday to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for the first tim...

South Korean authorities arrested impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday over insurrection accusations related to his Dec. 3 martial...

Swiss skier Camille Rast earned the second World Cup victory of her breakthrough season Tuesday, leading teammate Wendy Holdener for a Swiss...

Liverpool's charge towards the Premier League title was halted by stubborn Nottingham Forest in a 1-1 draw between the top two on Tuesday as...

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier receives Mitsuko Shino, ambassador of Japan to Germany, at a New Year's reception for the diplomati...

South Korea's Constitutional Court adjourned the opening session of the impeachment trial of suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol within minute...

California Governor Gavin Newsom has accused tech billionaire Elon Musk of spreading "lies" about the state's response to deadly wildfires r...

North Korea on Tuesday test-fired multiple missiles toward its eastern waters, South Korea’s military said, as it continued its weapons demo...

At least 100 men who were mining illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa have died after being trapped deep underground for mont...

Japan issued a tsunami advisory on Monday after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the southwest of the country. The public warnings to stay...

A Nigerian military airstrike targeting armed groups in the conflict-battered northwest mistakenly killed a number of civilians working in c...

Young women in colorful kimonos and and smartly-dressed men celebrated Coming-of-Age Day at ceremonies across Japan on Monday.Coming-of-Age...