Former U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian are among 136 people to be recognized in this year's autumn decorations for notable contributions to relations with Japan, the government said Sunday. The foreign recipients, hailing from 65 countries and Taiwan, ...

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leaves to attend a series of summits related to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership free trade pact.

As the Pentagon hunts for sites to deploy missiles against a rising China, Okinawa's governor is warning the U.S. to steer clear of his prefecture. Gov. Denny Tamaki said in an interview Friday that any U.S. attempt to base intermediate-range ballistic missiles in Okinawa will ...

It's no secret that U.S. President Donald Trump views alliances with a skeptical eye. Trump, who fancies himself a dealmaker, has repeatedly called for allies around the world to shoulder more of the costs of their partnerships with the United States. Japan — despite Trump's ...

Despite faltering denuclearization talks, U.S. President Donald Trump has been heaping praise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, brushing away concerns by top Asian allies over recent missile launches and boasting of his "very good" relationship with the dictator of the nuclear-armed pariah ...

After coming under fire for dropping the movie, a film festival in Kawasaki decides to show a documentary on the highly controversial issue of Japan’s wartime military brothels.

His revolutionary fervor diminished by the years that have also turned his hair white, one of the Iranian student leaders of the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover now regrets the seizure of the diplomatic compound and the 444-day hostage crisis that followed. Speaking ahead of Monday's ...

Documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice on Saturday indicated that a top adviser to then-candidate Donald Trump said as early as the summer of 2016 that Ukraine, not Russia, was behind a hack of Democratic party emails. Trump and his surrogates have suggested ...

Japan could represent an alternative path for growth and defining economic success.

Can the region's democracies survive the escalating protests that dashed economic expectations are fueling?

Since arriving back in Japan in 2015, Ben Jennings, or B.J. Fox as he is known professionally, has built up an impressive body of work.

As more people get involved in social entrepreneurships abroad, the number of people reporting overwork, financial troubles and burnout is rising

Hideo Kojima's much anticipated Death Stranding, the latest in the Persona series and a sneak preview of Nintendo's new Tokyo store

It seems like a good idea, move to the country and focus on Japanese. And it works, it just depends on what kind of Japanese you want to learn.

A video of an altercation in a Starbucks involving a black man, Japanese staff and a non-Japanese bystander will likely further nasty stereotypes.

Chiikun is an 8-year-old, green-eyed, brown tabby that has been at ARK for far too long — eight years as a matter of fact. ARK is nice but it's NO place to call home. Chiikun was born a stray and while still on the streets, ...

Popular boy band Arashi, which announced it was going on hiatus at the end of next year, said Sunday it will hold two concerts at the new National Stadium in May, as part of scheduled events aimed at uplifting the mood for the 2020 ...

With collaboration between nations increasing, the U.S. is seeing new opportunities in its anime market

Three years into his second stint living in Japan, Peter Musgrave takes his young son to a park in central Tokyo and sees people throwing around a rugby ball. "It's chalk and cheese to when I first lived here," the 40-year-old Musgrave says. Back in those ...

Australia and England took their storied sports rivalry to another level — and another century — this weekend as the two nations faced off in a jousting tournament, won by the Australian side Sunday. Dubbed the "Ashes" of jousting — a reference to the historic ...

The Yokohama B-Corsairs were outplayed in all facets of Saturday's game except rebounding — they held a 38-36 edge in that category. It all added up to a convincing victory for the Shiga Lakestars. Then on Sunday, the tables were turned. Yokohama recorded a 79-58 victory, ...

Aroldis Chapman is staying with the New York Yankees, amending his contract to a $48 million, three-year deal. The 31-year-old All-Star closer had been owed $15 million in each of the next two seasons as part of an $86 million, five-year contract, and he had ...

Takashi Usami scored either side of the break to lift Gamba Osaka to a 3-0 win at Shonan Bellmare in the J. League first division on Sunday. The win moved Gamba into ninth place on 38 points, seven clear of the relegation zone, where Bellmare ...

U.S. President Donald Trump was on his feet for the main event as Jorge Masvidal defeated a bloodied Nate Diaz via TKO before the fourth round at UFC 244 at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson wrapped a crudely named, made-for-PPV ...

Despite feeling the bitter disappointment of a loss to South Africa in the Rugby World Cup final on Saturday, England head coach Eddie Jones said he was delighted to see how the tournament had helped improve the game in Japan. "I think the game of ...

World Rugby Chairman Bill Beaumont complimented Japan on Sunday, saying the "wonderful, humble and history-making" Rugby World Cup 2019 hosts succeeded in putting together the greatest showpiece event in the history of the sport. A day after Asia's first World Cup closed with South Africa ...

Alena Kostornaia left no doubt there's a new era in women's figure skating by a convincing win over Olympic gold medalist Alina Zagitova at the Internationaux de France, while Nathan Chen won the men's event on Saturday. In a battle between the two Russians, 16-year-old ...

Pride, sadness and hope were in the air as thousands of mostly Japanese fans watched the final Rugby World Cup match.

The song "Baby Shark" blared over loudspeakers and a wave of red washed across this politically blue capital Saturday as Nationals fans rejoiced at a parade marking Washington's first World Series victory since 1924. "They say good things come to those who wait. Ninety-five years ...

The Minnesota Timberwolves had no problem in their first game without star center Karl-Anthony Towns. Andrew Wiggins scored 21 points, Robert Covington and Jarrett Culver each added 20 and the Timberwolves cruised to a 131-109 victory over the Washington Wizards on Saturday night. It was tough ...

England competed in the exact number of matches it entered the Rugby World Cup hoping to play. But the English left the tournament feeling "massive disappointment," after falling short in the final. That much was easy to see from the demeanor of some of the ...

South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus expressed hope that his team's victory in the Rugby World Cup final against England on Saturday can inspire his nation, but dismissed the notion that the Springboks were under pressure at the tournament. "In South Africa, pressure is not ...