In May, the Sendai District Court dismissed a suit against the government filed by two women who underwent forced sterilization under the now-defunct Eugenic Protections Law because the statute of limitations had expired. However, the judges said that the law, which allowed the government ...

A chapter of the ruling party headed by former Defense Minister Tomomi Inada received donations from a security company linked to an influential person at the center of a money scandal involving Kansai Electric Power Co., informed sources said. The Liberal Democratic Party chapter received ...

Lifting the ban on food imports from five prefectures imposed in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster is key for Taiwan to join any economic deals with Japan or other countries in the region, a Japanese business group in Taipei said. In its ...

The death toll from July’s arson attack on a Kyoto Animation Co. studio has risen to 36 after a woman being treated in the hospital for severe burns dies.

U.S. payments processor PayPal said on Friday it was leaving Libra Association, the entity managing the Facebook-led effort to build global digital currency Libra, making it the first member to exit the group. PayPal said it would forgo any further participation in the group and ...

Andrew Scheer, the head of Canada's opposition Conservatives, on Friday dropped one of his candidates for the Oct. 21 election and faced repeated questions about why he had not revealed that he also has U.S. citizenship. Polls show the Conservatives have a chance to beat ...

America's jobless rate tumbled in September to its lowest level in 50 years, according to government data released Friday, delighting the White House even though it may not assuage recession fears as President Donald Trump's trade wars persist. Meanwhile, with a strong dollar and slowing ...

Since Luca Fantin first arrived 10 years ago at Bvlgari's then newly opened Ginza Tower, he has won and retained a Michelin star every year since 2011, and Il Ristorante is now making its way up the ladder of Asia's 50 Best Restaurants. Reason ...

Not satisfied with just one genre of performance, Popra Nakayama finds the U.S. a great place to branch out into singing, dancing and even martial-arts action film acting.

Two Fingers is a bright little eight-tap, 15-seater pub in the residential streets in northwestern Ikebukuro that was opened in February by two enthusiasts who turned their shared passion for beer into a classic labor-of-love project.

"Nature doughnuts" chain Floresta is getting into the spooky Halloween spirit with a corporate tie-up with Sanrio's kawaii My Melody characters.

Japanologist Lafcadio Hearn has languished in relative obscurity outside of Japan. But with the recent publication of several books about his life and works, there are signs this is beginning to change.

Diahann Carroll, a versatile singer and stage actress who quietly blazed a trail for black women on American television in the late 1960s by playing a widowed nurse and single mother in "Julia," died Friday at age 84, said her manager, Brian Panella. Carroll, whose ...

The Beatles album "Abbey Road" is back at No. 1 in Britain half a century after its first release, with the band breaking their own record for the longest gap between stints at the top of the charts. The band's final studio album, with its ...

Japan made it three wins out of three at the Rugby World Cup and moved within touching distance of the quarterfinals with a 38-19 victory over Samoa — including a bonus point — on Saturday night. The Brave Blossoms went into the match at City ...

Welcome to our live coverage of the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Today, Japan is facing Samoa in their third game of Pool A, taking place at Toyota Stadium.

After an embarrassing exit in the pool phase when it was the tournament host four years ago, England traveled to Japan determined to make sure it wouldn't happen again at the 2019 Rugby World Cup. England (3-0) avenged its disappointment from four years ago by ...

Big, improbable comebacks are becoming the Hanshin Tigers' speciality. Fumiya Hojo hit a three-run home run to get the Tigers close in the seventh and put them ahead with a two-run triple in the eighth as a spirited rally resulted in an 8-7 win over ...

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic on Saturday cruised into the Rakuten Japan Open final, thrashing David Goffin 6-3, 6-4. In the final, Djokovic will face Australian qualifier John Millman, who squeezed past American opponent Reilly Opelka 6-3, 7-6 (7-4). The Serbian star dominated his semifinal, starting ...

Takashi Kanai scored an extra-time winner as Sagan Tosu came from behind to beat J. League first-division frontrunner FC Tokyo 2-1 Saturday, denying the visitors the three points they needed to ensure their league lead. The loss left FC Tokyo with 53 points, one ahead ...

World No. 1 Brooks Koepka made his first appearance of the new PGA Tour season a brief one when he missed the cut at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open ion Friday. Koepka added an even-par 71 to his opening 70, falling four shots short ...

Hideto Asamura homered twice and had an RBI single for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, who maintained their Game 1 mastery of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks with a 5-3 win to open the Pacific League Climax Series' first stage on Saturday. Asamura may be new ...

Dalilah Muhammad of the United States stormed to a world record-breaking victory in the women's 400-meter hurdles final, while Qatar celebrated a gold medal for high jumper Mutaz Essa Barshim at the IAAF World Athletics Championships on Friday. On a night of high drama ...

Playing Namibia will be exactly the same as playing South Africa, England or any other rugby heavyweight and the All Blacks were treating their Pool B clash with the lowest-ranked side at the World Cup as such, center Anton Lienert-Brown said on Saturday. The All ...

Australia center James O'Connor has been ruled out of the Pool D clash against Uruguay in Oita at the World Cup on Saturday, while loose forwards Jack Dempsey and Lukhan Salakaia have switched jerseys due to an "embroidery mishap." O'Connor had suffered a corked thigh ...

World No. 4 Naomi Osaka advanced to the semifinals of the China Open on Friday and qualified for the season-ending WTA Finals featuring the top eight singles players and eight doubles teams. The 21-year-old Osaka beat 19-year-old Bianca Andreescu from Canada 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 at ...

Toshikazu Yamanishi of Japan took gold in the men's 20-km race walk at the IAAF World Athletics Championships on Saturday, making him a favorite on home roads at next year's Tokyo Olympics. In the sizzling heat and humidity of the Qatari night, Yamanishi had a ...