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India players celebrate after winning the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Nov. 3, 2025.
MORE SPORTS / Cricket
Nov 3, 2025
India wins maiden Women's World Cup title after Verma-Sharma show
India found an unlikely hero in opener Shafali Verma, whose whirlwind 87 was key to its total of 298-7.
World Boxing president Boris van der Vorst at the Olympic Council of Asia general assembly in New Delhi on Sunday
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Sep 10, 2024
World Boxing chief urges national federations to save Olympic dream
The IOC has warned boxing would miss the cut in Los Angeles if national federations failed to appoint a new global body.
Gold medalist Sakura Motoki during the medal ceremony for the Olympic women's 62-kg freestyle event at Champs de Mars Arena in Paris on Saturday.
OLYMPICS / Wrestling
Aug 11, 2024
Sakura Motoki adds to Japan's wrestling gold rush in Paris
Her victory against Ukrainian Iryna Koliadenko in the 62-kg final extended Japan's big lead in the wrestling medal table.
Japan's Rei Higuchi (red) wrestles U.S.' Spencer Richard Lee (blue) in their men's freestyle 57-kg wrestling final match at the Champ-de-Mars Arena during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Friday.
OLYMPICS / Wrestling
Aug 10, 2024
Wrestling golds from Higuchi and Sakurai fuel Japan's dominance on mat
Powerhouse Japan claimed two of Friday's three freestyle wrestling gold medals at the Paris Olympics through Rei Higuchi and Tsugumi Sakurai.
Olympic gold medalist Akari Fujinami celebrates after receiving her medal for winning the women's 53-kg freestyle event at Champ de Mars Arena in Paris on Thursday.
OLYMPICS / Wrestling
Aug 9, 2024
Japanese juggernaut Fujinami wrestles to freestyle gold
The 20-year-old arrived in Paris with a 130-0 record and was virtually unchallenged in her gold-medal campaign.
Kenichiro Fumita celebrates after his win over China's Cao Liguo in their men's Greco-roman 60 kg wrestling final match at the Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris on Tuesday.
OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2024
Japan's Kenichiro Fumita wins Greco-Roman gold in 60 kg
Fumita claimed the first wrestling gold of the Paris Olympics by beating Cao Liguo of China, who settled for silver.
Members of the Australian national team celebrate after winning the Cricket World Cup final at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Cricket
Nov 21, 2023
One-day format revived as Australia gatecrashes India's World Cup
It was a remarkable journey for Australia, which began its campaign with back-to-back defeats yet still won the trophy for the sixth time.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
New satellite images suggest 'mass graves' in Sudan's El-Fasher
A general view of a berm construction in Kinin Village near El-Fasher.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
SoftBank is said to have explored potential takeover of Marvell
SoftBank explored a potential takeover of U.S. chipmaker Marvell Technology earlier this year, in what would have been the semiconductor industry's largest-ever deal.
These are the hottest lower-division rikishi to watch right now
Fukazaki (right) grapples with Enho at the IG Arena in Nagoya on July 13.
Across borders and screens, Tokyo film festival finds humanity in migration
“Mother Bhumi” takes place in a multiethnic rice-farming community where Chinese, Thai and Malay lineages intertwine.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
By Alex K.T. Martin

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