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The Osaka Prefectural Police have been investigating a farmer in Tokushima Prefecture for selling the sperm and fertilized eggs of wagyu beef cattle to a Japanese man who attempted to smuggle them to China, sources have said. The livestock farmer told police in February he ...
The planned law revisions are also aimed at strengthening the authority of child welfare centers.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe later this month plans to show Crown Prince Naruhito multiple names, one of which might be chosen and used when a new Imperial era begins on May 1, government sources said Saturday. However, Abe will not seek any comment from the ...
The United States is "seeking information" on whether Pakistan used U.S.-built F-16 jets to down an Indian warplane, the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad said Sunday, which may violate the F-16 sale agreements between Washington and Pakistan. Pakistan says it did not use F-16s in shooting ...
The Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology's (JSOG) executive board has decided to allow obstetrician-gynecologists who run private practices to conduct blood tests on pregnant women to detect possible chromosome abnormalities such as Down syndrome in their fetuses. Currently, 92 hospitals, mostly large ones, have ...
A Japanese crab-fishing boat detained by Russian authorities in late January over alleged illegal fishing returned to its home port Sunday. "I'm sorry for my family. I'm relieved that we've been able to come back," Hideji Kagami, the 52-year-old captain of the Nishino Maru No. ...
Low temperatures and persistent rain put a slight damper on the celebratory aspect of the 13th Tokyo Marathon but at least it didn't harm the runners' overall performances. The winner — Ethiopia’s Birhanu Legese — clocked the event's second-best time ever, and a record ...
Perhaps the biggest compliment a team can receive after a game was uttered on Sunday afternoon. Toyama Grouses bench boss Don Beck called the Alvark Tokyo "the best-conditioned team" in the B. League. Those words were spoken after an impressive performance: The defending champion Alvark's tenacious ...
It is often said that rugby is not rocket science, and the Sunwolves' famous win over the Chiefs on Saturday — regarded by many as one of the biggest upsets in the history of Super Rugby — is proof of that. "Super Rugby is all ...
Raibu Katayama and Yuto Totsuka finished second and third, respectively, on Sunday in the men's halfpipe competition at the Burton U.S. Open in Vail, Colorado. Katayama, 23, who finished seventh at last year's Pyeongchang Olympics, grabbed silver with 90.49 points on the 22-foot halfpipe at ...
Vanessa Oshima has been running every day since her friend was diagnosed with cancer six years ago, and she made a promise that she would finish a 5 km run daily until her friend no longer showed any evidence of the disease. Then, two years ...
Japan fell behind and had to settle for fourth place in the Nordic combined men's team event Saturday at the FIS Nordic Ski World Championships, failing in its bid to reach the podium for the first time in 10 years. Team Japan, composed of brothers ...
Mai Murakami finished third on Saturday in the women's all-around competition at the American Cup, a tournament on the FIG World Cup series. Murakami scored 55.732 points in the competition, at Greensboro Coliseum Complex, won by American 15-year-old Leanne Wong, who was making her debut ...
Ethiopia's Birhanu Legese hit the pavement in arguably the worst conditions in the 13-year history of the Tokyo Marathon and performed as if the weather wasn't much of a problem. For Suguru Osako and other Japanese runners, it was much more of a struggle. Legese ...
Defending champion Miho Takagi won the 500-meter race by a wide margin to claim the lead in the women's competition on Saturday, the first day of the World Allround Speed Skating Championships. Martina Sablikova will go into the final day of the tournament in second ...
Japan international Takashi Inui scored his first goal since joining Spanish side Deportivo Alaves, netting the winner in the club's 2-1 victory over Villarreal on Saturday. Inui found the net in the 77th minute at Estadio de la Ceramica with what was also his ...
Japan defeated Brazil 3-1 in the SheBelieves Cup on Saturday, and next face a showdown against England in a match that could determine who wins the tournament, which is being used as a warmup for the Women's World Cup. Rikako Kobayashi put Japan ahead in ...
