The fishing boat tried to flee when ordered to stop for an inspection inside Japan's territorial waters, authorities say.

South Korean teen Gaon Choi scored a 90.25 to win gold Thursday in the Olympic halfpipe, denying Chloe Kim of a record third ...

Japan’s conservative Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi swept to a landslide victory in a snap election on Sunday, marking a historic turnaround for her party, which had been hemorrhaging voter support in ...

The howls of anguish that greeted Scotland’s sodden humbling by Italy are giving way, by degrees, to stirrings of mutiny.

It's another action-packed Thursday at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics with nine medal events.

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We’ll believe it when we see it. For now, Japan – defending champions, three-time WBC titlists – is ranked first in USA TODAY ...

In scenes normally reserved for J-Pop stars, thousands of fans huddle against the cold outside a small train station on the outskirts of Tokyo, their phones held high for a glimpse of Japan’s latest ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's gamble that her personal popularity would lead to big election gains for her struggling party paid off hugely. On Monday, she began the process of ...

The yen had initially pulled back slightly after Takaichi's win on Sunday, with the currency reaching its weakest in two ...

This new manga is blowing up in Japan, and it could end up being MHA's replacement.

The century-old former silk spinner pioneered a cloth-like material made from glass fibers. Now a shortage is looming over the artificial-intelligence boom.