Sumo grand champion Terunofuji, currently the only yokozuna, has decided to retire after an injury-plagued career, according ...

A former MUFG Bank employee who was arrested for stealing gold bars from customer safe deposit boxes is believed to have ...

The U.S. government says it has approved the sale to Japan of additional air-to-surface missiles and related equipment for an ...

Two-way high school star Shotaro Morii signed with Major League Baseball's Athletics, the team announces, with a $1.5 million ...

Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to a cease-fire deal, including a release of hostages, U.S.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang said he welcomes a visit to China by Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba "at a convenient time" ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of state warns China not to further destabilize the Indo-Pacific ...

The chance of a megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years has increased to approximately 80 percent, ...

North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan, the South Korean military says, in the ...

Rank-and-file grappler Atamifuji continues to be a thorn in the side of ozeki Hoshoryu, handing the Mongolian star his first ...

Ichiro Suzuki, who had a total of 4,367 hits between Japan and the United States, is announced as one of the newest members ...

Japan welcomes a cease-fire and hostage release deal reached between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, ...