Millions of people huddled in shelters or in battened-down homes in Florida on Sunday morning as Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the Atlantic, hit the state with 130 mph (210 kph) winds. The National Hurricane Center forecast potentially deadly ...

Several Lower House members of the Democratic Party are considering quitting over its election cooperation alliance with the Japanese Communist Party, sources familiar with the situation said. The members are expected to submit their letters of resignation to the major opposition party as early as ...

Potato growers in Nagasaki Prefecture, the nation's second-largest spud-producing region, are pinning their hopes on a new disease-resistant potato variety, to avoid another crop shortage of the kind that halted sales of potato chips and other snack products earlier this year. The prefecture plans to ...

In line with a proposed U.N. sanctions resolution, Taro Kono asks his Qatari counterpart for the Middle Eastern country to stop accepting North Korean laborers.

On the fifth anniversary Monday of Japan's nationalization of three of five Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Tokyo remains wary of Chinese intrusions into the surrounding waters that have seemingly become routine. Beijing appears to be working to accumulate evidence supporting its territorial claim to ...

More than 50 percent of local governments in Japan are supporting single men and women through matchmaking and marriage seminars to help them get married, a recent Kyodo News survey showed, highlighting public efforts to curb the nation's dwindling birthrate and depopulation. The survey released ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has lauded the country's nuclear scientists and technicians behind its sixth nuclear test last week — purportedly of a hydrogen bomb — with a banquet and other events, urging them to continue their work building what state media ...

Miles Mikolas struck out eight while pitching a two-hitter over seven innings as the Yomiuri Giants defeated the Tokyo Yakult Swallows 6-1 on Sunday, keeping their Central League playoff hopes alive. The Giants scored first on Hisayoshi Chono's groundout in the second and added a ...

Naoki Ishihara struck on either side of halftime as Vegalta Sendai defeated Sagan Tosu 4-1 to collect a crucial three points in the J. League survival race Sunday. In the only top-flight game of the day, Ishihara opened the scoring in the 11th minute before ...

WBO super flyweight champion Naoya Inoue made his U.S. debut in style Saturday, hammering seventh-ranked Antonio Nieves by a sixth-round technical knockout to defend his title for the sixth time. Inoue, 24, controlled the bout from the outset, knocking his 30-year-old American opponent down in ...

Harumafuji got off to a winning start as the only yokozuna standing at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament with a convincing win against komusubi Tochiozan on Sunday. With grand champions Hakuho — the winner of the summer tourney in July — Kisenosato and Kakuryu all ...

The crowd of 30,459 stood and cheered as Cody Allen fanned Trey Mancini for the final out. Make it 17 in a row for the Cleveland Indians. Francisco Lindor homered and Allen finished off another impressive performance for Cleveland's bullpen, helping the Indians beat the Baltimore ...

Yoshinori Muto opened his season account by equalizing for Mainz in a 3-1 victory at Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday. With the visitors down one, Muto struck just before the interval from a leftwing Daniel Brosinski cross, volleying into the net with his left foot. Abdou Diallo ...

LS Kitami will represent Japan in the women's curling competition at next February's Pyeongchang Winter Olympics after claiming its third win over Chubu Electric Power in a domestic qualifier Sunday. Kitami, runner-up at last year's world championship, entered the final day of the best-of-five series ...