Families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea pleaded with the country's leader, Kim Jong Un, to return their loved ...

Seiya Suzuki ripped his 13th home run while going 3-for-5 as the Chicago Cubs came from behind to beat the Cincinnati Reds ...

Hideto Asamura collected his 2,000th career hit in the Rakuten Eagles' 2-1 win over the Nippon Ham Fighters on Saturday, ...

Late goals from Masaya Shibayama and Rafael Ratao gave Cerezo Osaka a 2-0 win over out-of-form Avispa Fukuoka in the J-League ...

Guard D.J. Newbill scored 25 points and had six assists to lead Utsunomiya Brex to an 81-68 win over the Ryukyu Golden Kings ...

The official mascot of the World Exposition underway in Osaka, which initially sparked mixed reactions, has now become one of ...

Over 30% of this spring's new hires at Japanese companies say they want to work at the same firms until retirement, ...

Weekend club activities at municipal junior high schools in this southwest Japan city will be gradually reduced from this ...

A high school student suspected of making scam phone calls from Myanmar as part of a fraud ring targeting people in Japan has ...

The finance chiefs of the Group of Seven (G7) major economies, including Japan, the United States, Canada and European ...

Ukraine's capital came under a large-scale Russian drone and missile attack early Saturday with explosions and machine gun ...

Star playmaker Richie Mo'unga orchestrated the attack and was perfect with the boot as he led defending champions Brave Lupus ...