China raised the death toll from the coronavirus epidemic to 811 on Sunday, passing the number killed globally by the SARS epidemic from 2002 to 2003 and raising anxiety among people preparing to return to work after an extended Lunar New Year break. In Japan, ...

Universities are scrambling to deal with the threat of infections from the coronavirus outbreak wreaking havoc in China and around the world. Many are monitoring their students' health, especially those who visited China for the Lunar New Year holidays. Ritsumeikan University, which has some 1,400 Chinese ...

The winter's first sighting of drift ice from the Sea of Okhotsk took place Sunday in Abashiri, Hokkaido, marking the tourist attraction's second-latest arrival since 1946, when the Meteorological Agency began recording the phenomena. The arrival of the ice was 19 days later than average, ...

The new coronavirus may have infected at least 1 in 20 people in Wuhan, the Chinese city at the epicenter of the global outbreak, by the time it peaks in coming weeks, according to scientists modeling its spread. The typically bustling megacity, where the so-called ...

The Cabinet will approve emergency measures this week against the new coronavirus to strengthen screenings and financial support the tourism industry, a source close to the matter said. Under the measures, the government aims to increase medical facilities that can conduct the polymerase chain reaction ...

The Shiga Lakestars thoroughly dominated the second quarter on Sunday against the San-en NeoPhoenix, outscoring the visitors 21-7 in that 10-minute span. That played a pivotal role in the Lakestars' 83-67 victory over the NeoPhoenix in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture. Shiga (19-18) extended its winning streak to ...

Rikuto Tamai, Japan's 13-year-old men's national diving champion, overcame his nerves on Sunday and earned a spot in April's Diving World Cup, the final qualifying event for this summer's Tokyo Olympics. Tamai, who was too young to compete at last July's World Aquatics Championships, won ...

Yuzuru Hanyu took gold at the Four Continents on Sunday, following his record-breaking men's short program performance by topping the field in the free skate. Despite touching the ice on his opening quadruple Lutz and falling on a quad toe loop, Japan's two-time Olympic champion ...

Nao Kodaira won the women's 500 meters in a speedskating World Cup meet on Saturday, a day after prevailing in the 1,000 for the first time since November 2018. Kodaira clocked 36.65 seconds at the Olympic Oval for her 27th victory in a World Cup ...

Nick Taylor maintained the lead after the third round at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am on Saturday with Phil Mickelson breathing down his neck in search of an historic sixth victory at the storied event on the California coast. In what is shaping up as a ...

World silver medalist Armand Duplantis who soared to a pole vault world record 6.17 meters on Saturday can reach even higher heights, said Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie, whose mark the Swede shattered by a centimeter "It is completely conceivable, there is no reason why it cannot ...

Swimmer Rikako Ikee took to social media on Saturday to express her positive outlook one year after revealing she had been diagnosed with leukemia. In an Instagram post, Ikee wrote, "I had a real sensation of how much my muscles had atrophied. I am now ...

Everton scored twice in the second half thanks to a piece of brilliance from Richarlison and late opportunism from Dominic Calvert-Lewin to claim a 3-1 win over Crystal Palace at Goodison Park on Saturday and move up to seventh in the Premier League. After Christian ...

Spain clinched its Fed Cup qualifying tie with Japan on Saturday when Carla Suarez Navarro faced 137th-ranked Kurumi Nara instead of world No. 10 Naomi Osaka and won in straight sets to lift the hosts to their third straight win in the best-of-five fixture. Suarez ...