Up-and-coming No. 4 maegashira Hakuoho sprang a stunning upset to knock new yokozuna Onosato off the top of the leaderboard ...

All train services on the Yamanote loop line in central Tokyo were temporarily suspended Sunday afternoon after a passenger's ...

Women lining up for restrooms at train stations and other crowded public facilities is a common sight in Japan, while men ...

Voting got underway on Sunday in Japan's House of Councillors election, with all eyes on whether the ruling coalition can ...

The Chicago Bulls have signed Japanese men's national basketball team guard Yuki Kawamura to a two-way contract for the ...

Japan's central and local governments are required under a new law to take steps to promote the use of sign language, aiming ...

Japanese electronics maker Murata Manufacturing Co., Waseda University and two other companies teamed up to develop humanoid ...

Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki said Friday he expects to get nervous when he makes a speech in English during the July ...

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers hits a two-run home run in the third inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee ...

Rising Ukrainian sumo star Aonishiki racked up another impressive victory to keep himself in title contention at the Nagoya ...

KYODO NEWS- Jul 20, 2025 - 09:02All,Japan,World TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo ...

Japan is on track to achieve its target of boosting defense spending to 2 percent of gross domestic product in the next two years, but the real challenge -- whether to go beyond that level -- may come ...