Daichi Ishii tied a Nippon Professional Baseball record of pitching 39 consecutive shutout innings as the Central ...

Former WBC minimumweight champion Yudai Shigeoka announced his retirement Wednesday to offer his support to his younger ...

Shohei Ohtani hit a home run for the fourth straight game Tuesday, to lead the National League with his 43rd of the yea ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit Berlin on Wednesday to join German Chancellor Friedrich Merz for talks ...

Japanese warships docked in New Zealand 's capital Friday for a rare visit amid efforts by Tokyo to deepen its strateg ...

A ceremony praying for rain was held on August 2 at Tamanoike Shrine in the city of Sakata, Yamagata Prefecture, where rice ...

When U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska on Friday, it will be the latest chapte ...

This Aug. 12 marked 40 years since a Japan Airlines jumbo jet crashed in Gunma Prefecture in the eastern part of the country.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will make a two-day visit to Japan starting Aug. 23 to meet with Prime Minister Shigeru ...

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- The United States is eyeing high-level trade talks with China "within the next two or three months," ...

The Nikkei stock index closed above the 43,000 line to mark an all-time high for a second consecutive day on Wednesday, ...

As the plane touches down at the airport in Nyingchi, in China's remote eastern Tibetan Autonomous Region, the slogan ...