Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani has thanked the creator of the popular basketball manga Slam Dunk for designing the player's logo in New Balance products. "Mr. (Takehiko) Inoue, thank you for ...

Yuzuru Hanyu says the desire to support his native northeastern Japan in its recovery from the 2011 earthquake-tsunami catastrophe was a major motivating factor in his decorated figure skating career.

New yokozuna Hoshoryu blew away former sekiwake Wakatakakage on Monday at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament for his first victory since earning promotion to the sport's top rank. Hoshoryu, sumo's sole ...

Tomoyuki Sugano continued to make a strong impression in preseason for the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday when he struck out five over three perfect innings of a 4-3 win against the Minnesota Twins. The ...

Japan has more than 400 small, inhabited islands that are uniquely exposed to the risks of natural disasters. In the event of a major earthquake, the islands' inherent isolation and, for some, remote ...

New yokozuna Hoshoryu walked a tight rope but claimed his second straight win at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday, defeating No. 1 maegashira Wakamotoharu with a headlock throw on the third ...

Japanese trade minister Yoji Muto on Monday met with U.S. officials to seek exemptions from new tariffs that President Donald Trump plans to impose on steel, automobiles and other imports, but he ...

South Korea and the United States on Monday began a large-scale annual joint military exercise to strengthen their combined defense capabilities and counter the threat from North Korea, the first such ...

Daizen Maeda maintained his prolific scoring form Sunday with the opening goal in Celtic's 2-0 win over Hibernian in the Scottish Cup quarterfinals. The Japanese national football team forward netted ...

Japan said Monday it will continue to work closely with Canada to ensure peace in the Indo-Pacific and maintain unity among the Group of Seven nations, as former central banker Mark Carney prepares to ...

Yokohama F Marinos reached the quarterfinals of the Asian Champions League Elite football tournament Tuesday, defeating Shanghai Port 4-1 in the second leg at home for a 5-1 aggregate win. Brazilian ...

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw five solid innings Monday in his final tune-up before his scheduled Opening Day start in Japan against the Chicago Cubs. Yamamoto held the Arizona ...