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The Central League-leading Hiroshima Carp fought their way out of a four-run hole for a 6-5 extra-inning win over the Tokyo Yakult Swallows on Friday night. Outfielder Yoshihiro Maru drove in the winning run with a solo homer off Yugo Umeno in the top of ...
The Philippines notified China about a Philippine Navy frigate that ran aground in the South China Sea to avoid any misunderstanding because the incident happened near a hotly disputed region, three Philippine officials said Friday. The BRP Gregorio del Pilar ran aground during a routine ...
Two senior officials of the Japan Gymnastics Association denied on Friday a harassment allegation made by an Olympic gymnast but admitted some of their words and actions may have been inappropriate. "We have never uttered threatening words to Miyakawa," Chieko Tsukahara and her husband Mitsuo ...
Two people were stabbed at Amsterdam's busy Central Station on Friday before the alleged attacker was shot and wounded, Dutch police said. Witnesses described scenes of panic as gunshots rang out and thousands of commuters and tourists were evacuated from the rail terminus shortly after ...
Shonan Bellmare ran out comfortable 3-1 winners away to V-Varen Nagasaki in the J-League on Friday night. In the only J1 clash of the night, the visitors went into the break with a 1-0 lead thanks to a 32nd-minute opener from Tsukasa Umesaki. The 31-year-old midfielder, ...
The Air Self-Defense Force and Royal Australian Air Force in September will hold joint exercises in Japan for the first time, as the Chinese military continues to punch further into the Western Pacific. The joint drills, called Bushido Guardian 18, will take place from Sept. ...
Iran has given ballistic missiles to Shiite proxies in Iraq and is developing the capacity to build more there to deter attacks on its interests in the Middle East and to give it the means to hit regional foes, Iranian, Iraqi and Western sources ...
Japan continued to dominate the Asian Games judo competition on Friday, adding a further three gold medals to the five it had already won in Indonesia. Ruika Sato collected the nation's first gold of the day, beating South Korea's Park Yu-jin with a leg sweep ...
Luka Modric of Real Madrid and Croatia on Thursday received the accolade of UEFA Player of the Year after his Champions League exploits. "My father always pushed me to fight for my dreams, I owe him a lot for everything," said Modric, whose silky midfield ...
Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp. is in talks to acquire U.S. peer Integrated Device Technology Inc. for around $5.5 billion, sources said Friday. Through the acquisition, Renesas aims to obtain knowledge and skills for the development of semiconductors necessary for automated driving, as California-based IDT ...
Budget requests from government ministries and agencies for fiscal 2019 reached a record-high ¥102.5 trillion ($923 billion) amid snowballing social security costs and increasing defense spending, officials said Friday. The figure suggests that the initial general account budget for the year beginning next April could ...
Vegalta Sendai forward Takuma Nishimura will make a full transfer to Russian Premier League side CSKA Moscow, the J. League club announced Friday. It will be Nishimura's first stint with an overseas club, having spent his entire career with Vegalta since joining the J1 side ...
The dollar weakened to around ¥110.80 in Tokyo trading late Friday, weighed down by position-adjustment selling before the weekend. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥110.80-80, down from ¥111.61-62 at the same time Thursday. The euro was at $1.1683-1683, down from $1.1702-1702, and at ...
The remote Tango Peninsula might be off the typical traveler's itinerary for Kyoto Prefecture, but its scenic views, unique geological formations and stunning coastline make this "Kyoto by the Sea" a worthwhile trip.
Each one of us must be fully aware of disasters risk and learn what action we need to take when they hit.
The one area where the new agreement is starkly more protectionist involves cars and trucks.
Donald Trump's Twitter onslaught is in danger of drowning press freedom.
Researchers have found a new way that global warming is bad for the planet: hungrier bugs. Rising temperatures will stimulate insects' appetites and make some prone to reproducing more quickly, spelling danger for key staples like wheat, corn and rice, which feed billions of people, ...
Yamato Holdings Co. said Friday an internal probe found a moving service subsidiary intentionally overcharged customers, with the misconduct carried out systematically in some cases. The parcel delivery and moving service company said its five board members, including President Masaki Yamauchi, will return part of ...
Jeffrey Lewis' speculative novel, "The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States," takes the form of a 9/11 Commission-style report on a fictionalized war between North Korea and the U.S. and its Asian allies in March 2020.
