On this liveblog, The Japan Times newsroom will be updating the status of Typhoon Cimaron as it approaches and makes landfall on the Japanese archipelago.

Esports events will be contested at the Asian Games for the first time in Indonesia, with players and advocates hoping it will show skeptics that video gaming belongs in the big leagues. With the stakeholders hoping the demonstration event will help build the case for ...

Beijing criticized Thursday’s increase in levies as a violation of World Trade Organization rules and said it would file a legal challenge.

In a long-awaited event livestreamed worldwide, Nikon Corp. unveiled its first full-frame mirrorless camera system Thursday, finally entering a segment that is still growing despite the explosive proliferation of camera-equipped smartphones. Nikon's Z7 weighs only 675 grams and is equipped with a 45.75 million-pixel sensor ...

Due to language barriers it can take Japanese staff more time to conduct inspections, while many locals are put off by the hard work and long hours airport jobs entail.

A virtual YouTuber, or VTuber, debuted this month to promote Ibaraki on a video website run by the Ibaraki Prefectural Government. Named Hiyori Ibara, the computer-designed female character is designed to tout the prefecture's attractions on Ibakira TV, as the site is known, and is ...

Satellite imagery from last week shows that North Korea has halted the dismantling of a key missile engine testing site amid an apparent impasse in negotiations with the United States on its denuclearization, a monitoring group has said. An analysis published Wednesday of imagery taken ...

The exchange comes ahead of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s expected visit to Pyongyang, which would be his fourth, as Washington tries to push North Korea into taking action.

The journal reveals that the aging Emperor did not wish to live much longer due to pain he felt at sad personal events and accusations of his wartime responsibility.

Countries on the eastern flank still see Russia as an existential threat, but countries in NATO's south are more fearful of terrorism and migration flows.

Sir Hugh Cortazzi was instrumental in building a foundation of goodwill between Japan and the United Kingdom.

Haruomi Hosono is widely regarded as one of the most important figures of Japanese popular music over the past 50 years. The grandson of the only Japanese passenger and survivor aboard the Titanic, he was born in Tokyo in 1947. From the end of the ...

A young actor who has alleged in legal documents that Italian actress and filmmaker Asia Argento sexually assaulted him when he was 17 said Wednesday that his trauma resurfaced when Argento came out as a victim of sexual assault herself last year. "I did not ...

The family of reality show star turned U.S. President Donald Trump has inspired a new off-Broadway cabaret spoof promoted by former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci. The entrepreneur and political consultant, who was fired from the White House after an 11-day stint a year ...

Rikako Ikee created a slice of history while Singapore's Olympic swim champion Joseph Schooling edged a nail-biter in the 50-meter butterfly at the Asian Games on Thursday. The irrepressible Ikee propelled Japan to victory in the women's 4x100 medley relay to equal countrywoman Yoshimi Nishigawa's ...

Rookie Katsuki Azuma allowed four hits over seven innings and two relievers completed the five-hitter as the Yokohama BayStars downed the Yomiuri Giants 6-0 on Thursday, shutting them out for the second straight night. Azuma (8-5) earned his first win since July 20 and improved ...

Japan blew out China 5-0 in its semifinal of the women's softball at the Asian Games on Thursday, moving a victory from clinching its fifth consecutive title. Saki Yamazaki ignited Japan's offense in the first inning with an RBI double and Yu Yamamoto's two-run homer ...

Ryosuke Irie lost his bid for a fourth straight gold medal in the Asian Games men's 200-meter backstroke on Thursday, but teammates Satomi Suzuki and Shinri Shioura both grabbed gold in their events. Irie, the three-time defending champ, won a silver medal but was in ...

The Japan women's badminton team won gold at the Asian Games for the first time since 1970 on Wednesday, despite the slump of its top player, beating China 3-1 in the final and preventing it from claiming its sixth consecutive win in this event. Singles ...

Li Na could become the first player from Asia elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The two-time major champion from China is one of eight Grand Slam title winners who are candidates for the International Tennis Hall of Fame's Class of 2019, a ...

No one will ever accuse Chatri Sityodtong, the chairman of martial arts organization ONE Championship, of shying away from a fight. The half-Japanese Sityodtong has a grand vision for his promotion, a vision that includes ONE spreading the gospel of Asian martial arts around the ...

Reigning world silver medalist Yasuhiro Koseki and Olympic bronze medalist Daiya Seto each collected their second gold medals on Wednesday as Japan won four events on the fourth day of Asian Games swimming. Koseki, who won silver in the 200 breaststroke at the 2017 worlds, ...

The Japan men's basketball team was back in action at the Asian Games on Wednesday, earning an 88-82 victory over Hong Kong, in its first game since the Japanese Olympic Committee announced it had kicked out four players for rule violations. Players among the remaining ...