The helicopter was on a flight to assess a trail route on the border with Nagano Prefecture that was scheduled to open on Saturday.

Ishiba touts “a 100-day plan” to reform government in a bid to regain the trust of the people.

Even if humanity slashes greenhouse gas emissions in line with Paris climate treaty goals, the planet could overwhelm such efforts and irretrievably tip into a hellish "hothouse" state, top scientists warn. Under such a scenario, Earth's average temperature would stabilize at 4 or 5 degrees ...

The operator of South Korea's cross-border, multilingual e-commerce platform Cafe24 and Tokyo's Shibuya109 shopping mall have joined forces to invigorate global clothing exports of the two countries' fashion brands. Cafe24 Corp. said it signed a memorandum of understanding in Seoul on Monday to partner with ...

Myanmar sharply rejected an attempt by the International Criminal Court to consider the country's culpability for activities that caused 700,000 minority Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh for safety last year. The office of the nation's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, said in a statement ...

Last month, a man was arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police for leaving human remains at a garbage collection station near his residence in Adachi Ward. The remains had been cremated and were mixed in with shards of funerary urns, and according to a ...

While analysts expect the economy to sustain a recovery, some warn escalating global trade frictions could hurt exports, cool capital expenditure and weigh on growth.

The government has done little to make it feasible for women to be both parents and workers and corporate Japan has repeatedly reinforced the glass ceiling.

In 1962, Ian Fleming, the author of James Bond, visited Japan. His journey here, and the characters he met, would go on to inspire 007's adventures in "You Only Live Twice." But in 2018, how possible is it to retrace the author's footsteps across ...

Five Okinawa women in their 40s, who practiced singing and dancing as teens at the same school as pop diva Namie Amuro, have recently relaunched their music careers after a lengthy break with a goal of achieving fame. The members of aptly named Dream 39 ...

Daiya Seto was looking for nothing but the gold medal when he entered the water. Mission accomplished. Seto successfully did so with a gutsy performance before the home crowd at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center on Friday night. The 24-year-old passed Leonardo de Deus of Brazil in ...

Ademilson's goal in the final seconds of injury time earned Gamba Osaka a 2-1 win over FC Tokyo in Friday's lone J. League first-division game. The win ended Gamba's eight-game winless streak in the league and left second-place FC Tokyo five points back of leaders ...

Kazuki Yoshimi once again looked like the ace of the Chunichi Dragons pitching staff, throwing a three-hit shutout in a 3-0 win over the Tokyo Yakult Swallows on Friday. Yoshimi posted 10-plus wins for five straight seasons between 2008 and 2012, when he threw his ...

The Japan wheelchair rugby team won its first world championship on Frida in an upset win against Rio de Janeiro Paralympic champion Australia. World No. 4 Japan won the 2018 Wheelchair Rugby World Championship in a 62-61 nail-biter, which saw 27 turnovers and numerous big ...

Captain Michael Hooper may lead the Wallabies to the next two World Cups after signing a new five-year contract Friday with Rugby Australia. The 26-year-old backrower has already played 82 tests and could easily double that tally under his new contract, which runs through the ...

The Japanese crew of Ai Yoshida and Miho Yoshioka are aiming for a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics following their historic triumph on Thursday in the women's 470 class at the Sailing World Championships in Denmark. The victory in the coastal city of ...

Greek teen Stefanos Tsitsipas upset Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3 on Thursday in the Rogers Cup. The 19-year-old Tsitsipas broke the ninth-seeded Serb's serve early in the third set and held serve from there to reach his first career ATP World Tour ...

The Japan Wrestling Federation said Friday it has apologized to four-time Olympic champion Kaori Icho and other athletes for the power harassment they suffered at the hands of former JWF development director Kazuhito Sakae. Chairman Tomiaki Fukuda met with Icho early this month to issue ...

Mookie Betts has circled a few potential cycles in his young career, not surprising considering his rare combination of power and speed. Boston's AL MVP contender finally knocked that milestone off his list with his final swing Thursday night. Betts homered in the ninth inning to ...

Understated superstar Kawhi Leonard penned a farewell letter to San Antonio, thanking Spurs fans for their support as he starts anew as a member of the Toronto Raptors. Leonard broke his months-long silence in a letter penned for the San Antonio Express-News and thanked coach ...

IOC president Thomas Bach said he is disappointed the United Nations will not allow sports equipment to be sent to North Korea. The International Olympic Committee's request was rejected by the U.N. Security Council Sanctions Committee. Bach said "this makes it more difficult for the IOC ...

Kansas-bred Gary Woodland felt right at home in enemy territory and delivered his best performance in a major Thursday at the PGA Championship. Woodland used his power to birdie the two par 5s on the soft turf of Bellerive, and he relied on a new ...

Landry Jones and Josh Dobbs each tossed touchdown passes and the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Philadelphia Eagles 31-14 Thursday night in the preseason opener. The defending Super Bowl champion Eagles rested several starters, including quarterbacks Carson Wentz and Nick Foles. Nate Sudfeld threw a pair ...