A Japan Wrestling Federation director quit Friday after a third-party panel of lawyers determined that he harassed four-time Olympic wrestling champion Kaori Icho after she won her second gold medal in Beijing in 2008. In its report, the panel acknowledged four complaints of harassment lodged ...

Fujifilm Imaging Systems Co. announced Friday it will terminate sales of monochrome photographic film, with the last shipment expected to be in October, due to falling demands in the digital age. The move will put an end to the Fujifilm group's 82-year history of monochrome ...

Onodera pledged to further probe the ministry’s careless handling of data and promised to announce the result as soon as possible.

Troubled exchange that was hit by a massive cybertheft earlier this year will be sold for ¥3.6 billion and become wholly owned subsidiary.

E-commerce giant granted access to a fierce competition for subscribers alongside industry heavyweights who have long dominated the cellular market.

When cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc. explained how hackers were able to make off with $530 million (¥56.7 billion) in digital money, it noted that part of the problem had been beyond its control; the firm had struggled amid Japan's shortage of software engineers. Coincheck said ...

Request to give speech from inside a dohyō was denied Friday as the sport’s rules on gender gain international spotlight.

Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was formally convicted and sentenced to 24 years in prison on Friday, a year after she was driven from office and arrested over a corruption scandal that saw months of massive street rallies calling for her ouster. The conviction, ...

Isao Takahata, the animated film director who co-founded Studio Ghibli and is known for his award-winning "Grave of the Fireflies," died of lung cancer Thursday at a Tokyo hospital, Studio Ghibli announced Friday. He was 82. Takahata, who was born in Mie Prefecture, co-founded Ghibli ...

A man's claim that his wife, who worked at a day care center in Aichi Prefecture, was forced to apologize to her employer for getting pregnant ahead of senior coworkers, has highlighted how the labor crunch in female-dominated sectors can affect operators. The complaint went ...

On a nondescript patch of land east of Tokyo, cranes are whirring frantically against a city skyscraper backdrop as 200 workers toil on the 2020 Olympics canoe venue. With the Pyeongchang Winter Games in South Korea over, Tokyo is stepping up preparations for the next ...

A railway line in Iwate Prefecture will reach a crucial turning point next year, returning to service after sustaining heavy damage from the Great East Japan Earthquake. In March 2019 a 55.4-kilometer section between Miyako and Kamaishi stations on the of East Japan Railway Co.-operated ...

The yen's extremely high sensitivity to global events is a serious problem for Japan.

Researchers have found some troubling parallels with addictive drugs.

Traditional businesses are heating up in Shibuya's old geisha quarter.

Isao Takahata, who died on Thursday at age 82, was long overshadowed by Studio Ghibli colleague Hayao Miyazaki, even though he was Miyazaki's senior when they both worked together at Toei Animation in the 1960s, as well as a co-founder, together with Miyazaki and ...

Going into Friday night, Nick Martinez had never thrown a full nine innings or earned an NPB victory. Check, and check. Martinez went the distance, Brandon Laird backed him up with a home run and the suddenly streaking Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters survived an eighth-inning rally ...

Japan's track and field athletes have enjoyed some notable achievements in recent years, including medal-winning feats by the men's 4x100-meter relay team and Yuta Shitara's recent national marathon record-breaking performance. But with the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in just over two years, the sport's leaders here ...

Tomokazu Harimoto defeated China's world No. 1 Fan Zhendong on Friday in the Asian Cup. In their Group A match at Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium, Harimoto, ranked 13th in the world, defeated Fan 3-1 for his first victory over a Chinese player in a senior competition. ...

Manchester City has collected compliments and plaudits almost on a weekly basis this season and rightly so, though the premature if inevitable claims about Pep Guardiola's team being the best English side of all-time took a severe dent when Liverpool thrashed — not too ...

Naomi Osaka fell to No. 5 seed Julia Goerges in straight sets in the third round of the Charleston Open on Thursday. Osaka, the 10th seed and recently crowned Indian Wells champion, lost 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 to Goerges despite holding a comfortable first-set lead over ...

Tiger Woods attracted most of the attention. Jordan Spieth caused the most concern. Opening day at the Masters had a wide-open feel until Spieth hit his stride Thursday afternoon. He saved three straight pars with that superb short game. He ran off three straight birdies ...