Japan will roll out its top golfer and the singer known for his viral hit "PPAP" to entertain U.S. President Donald Trump, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe angles to maintain an upbeat mood during his official visit. In addition to having world No. 4 golfer ...

U.S. President Donald Trump is unlikely to push Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to accept Washington’s calls to begin negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement.

The U.S. military sent a nuclear-capable B-2 stealth bomber from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri on a long-range mission to the Pacific area of operations over the weekend, it said Sunday, a day after Pentagon chief Jim Mattis highlighted rival North Korea's "accelerating" ...

The 60-year sister city relationship between Osaka and San Francisco looks to be heading for retirement if Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura and his allies in the city who oppose San Francisco's new "comfort women" memorial get their way. The memorial to the so-called comfort women, ...

Five years after Nippon Ishin no Kai first appeared on the national stage with promises of changing the country through an Osaka-based revolution, the party's future is in doubt following a crushing defeat in the Oct. 22 Lower House election. The party that captured 54 ...

The ubiquitous appearances of dashcam crash footage in news reports and on TV shows has apparently spurred demand for in-vehicle video cameras in Japan as motorists seek additional legal protection in case of accidents. The surge in demand has seen at least one major auto ...

China's largest cryptocurrency operators are proving hard to keep down. From OKCoin to Binance.com, Chinese exchanges and wallet services are seeking a second life in friendlier Asian jurisdictions as the mainland clamps down on trading and coin offerings. They're applying for licenses in Japan — ...

Kenya's repeat presidential election, boycotted last week by millions, has reignited long-running tensions between ethnic communities in some areas, leading inhabitants of one small village in the west to pick up traditional arms on Saturday. In the bright green sugarcane fields where the western Nyanza ...

Rahul Gandhi, the scion of India's most fabled political dynasty, will within weeks be crowned leader of the Congress party, handing him a freer rein to prove if he can mount a credible challenge to the dominance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The great-grandson of ...

As weekend routines of normalcy prevailed in Catalonia, the first test of Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's decision to take over the breakaway region approached, with many having to choose between compliance and defiance. When schools and government offices open Monday, teachers and civil servants ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump will agree on cooperating toward the development of next-generation mobile communication and other new technologies when they meet in Tokyo next month, a source close to Japan-U.S. relations said. Such an accord will be in line ...

Iraqi Kurdistan's veteran leader Massoud Barzani will not extend his presidential term beyond Nov. 1, a Kurdish government official said on Saturday. His decision came just weeks after a referendum on Kurdish independence backfired and triggered a crisis for Iraq's Kurds who had been enjoying ...

Cuba will make it easier for its U.S.-based citizens to travel to the island, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said on Saturday, in a gesture to win support from Cuban-Americans during a diplomatic crisis over allegations of mysterious health attacks. "The U.S. government closes, and Cuba ...

Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizers on Saturday marked 1,000 days to go before the games begin with a parade and demonstrations of new Olympic sports in the city’s Nihonbashi district.

Xi Jinping's new strength and power helps obscure China's internal risks, including the fundamental challenge of how to avoid a political hard landing.

If the government wants to improve students' proficiency in English, it should increase the time they spend studying the language.

A few simple lines on paper — that's all it was. But there was something extremely alluring about it that intrigued Tadao Ando. Then barely out of his teens, Ando might not have fully understood what he was looking at: a sketch of the chapel ...

We sailed from Greenland, across Baffin Bay, on Aug. 4, 2017. The sea was calm, and largely free of ice floes, although still dotted here and there with icebergs. The following day we reached the small community of Pond Inlet, more than 600 kilometers ...

In the TBS drama "Rikuo," female factory workers work all hours — some of them unpaid — to make a new type of running shoe.

One of the first things visitors learn about Japan is the importance of business card etiquette. Yet when it comes to the content of cards, many Japanese let rip and get creative.

Standing next to Sunrockers mascot Sundy, B. League chairman Masaaki Okawa warmly greeted the crowd on a rainy, gloomy Sunday afternoon. The chairman makes the rounds, visiting arenas throughout the nation. On this visit, from the center circle, his pre-game words provided an upbeat start ...

Kento Misao opened his J. League account as leaders Kashima Antlers took a major stride toward a record-extending ninth league championship trophy with a 2-1 win at Consadole Sapporo on Sunday. Kashima's victory, coupled with a 2-2 draw for second-placed Kawasaki Frontale at Kashiwa Reysol, ...

Hideki Matsuyama was left to reflect on his disappointing World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions campaign as he watched England's Justin Rose romp to the tournament win on Sunday. While Rose was jubilant after turning an eight-stroke deficit into a two-stroke win, there was only despair for ...

Retiring Kitasan Black, ridden by Yutaka Take, completed a Tenno-sho double Sunday as the top favorite came from behind to win the autumn race and pick up his sixth Grade One victory. Kitasan Black, who defended the spring title in April, had a poor start ...

"Winning is everything" is a cliche you often hear from players and coaches in postseason baseball. But Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks star player Seiichi Uchikawa is a strong believer in that familiar line. Although the Pacific League champion Hawks tamed the Yokohama BayStars 10-1 in Game 1 ...

Sho Ishida failed in his first attempt to claim a world title on Saturday when he lost on a unanimous decision to reigning champion Khalid Yafai in their World Boxing Association super flyweight match. Although Ishida had his moments, Yafai won his mandatory title defense ...