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A ruling-party supported candidate wins the Niigata gubernatorial election, providing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and one of his key Liberal Democratic Party allies with a big morale boost in the midst of ongoing Diet scandals.
A radical plan to upend Switzerland's financial landscape by barring commercial banks from creating money has been defeated after failing to win a majority of support from the Swiss cantons, Swiss broadcaster SRF said Sunday. The measure needed to secure a majority of Switzerland's 26 ...
With just two days to go before the historic U.S.-North Korea summit, senior Japanese officials arrived in Singapore on Sunday to collect information about the outcome of the meeting. "The Japanese government's basic policy is to back up the success of the U.S.-North Korea summit," ...
The annual Group of Seven summit ends in a war of words after U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly backs off from an agreement he signed just hours earlier.
U.S. President Donald Trump intends to meet one-on-one briefly with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the beginning of their June 12 summit — a moment the president has said will be a critical gauge of whether a deal is likely, according to ...
Left-handed rookie Daiki Tajima gave up eight runs in 3⅓ innings on Sunday as the Tokyo Yakult Swallows beat the Orix Buffaloes in the finale of their three-game interleague series. Tajima (5-3) allowed seven hits and six walks before getting pulled in the fourth, while ...
Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya fell short in their bid to become the first all-Japanese pair to win a Grand Slam women's doubles title on Sunday, losing the French Open final in straight sets to the Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova. The sixth-seeded ...
Two touchdowns from the special teams unit made up for a sluggish performance by the offense as the reigning Pearl Bowl champion Obic Seagulls defeated the Lixil Deers 23-10 on Sunday at Fujitsu Stadium Kawasaki. The Seagulls won the semifinal matchup and advanced to the ...
Teenagers Mima Ito and Tomokazu Harimoto made the last day of the Japan Open a memorable one for home fans as they claimed both singles crowns for the host nation on Sunday. In the women's singles final, 17-year-old Ito beat two-time world junior champ Wang ...
All Blacks great Sir John Kirwan said Sunday that watching Japan beat Italy 34-17 at a stadium that will host five Rugby World Cup games next year was "like a dream come true." The 53-year-old, who coached both Italy and Japan before returning to New ...
Naoki Tajima and Czech partner Ondrej Styler won the boys' doubles crown at the Roland Garros Junior French Championships by beating Taiwanese fifth seeds Ray Ho and Chun Hsin-tseng 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday. It was the first time a Japanese player had captured the boys' ...
The New York Yankees said Saturday right-hander Masahiro Tanaka has been placed on the 10-day disabled list with mild strains in both hamstrings. Tanaka becomes the latest Japanese pitcher on MLB's disabled list, following Yu Darvish (Chicago Cubs, triceps tendonitis), Kenta Maeda (Los Angeles Dodgers, ...
