NASCAR Truck Series driver Akinori Ogata is trying to become first Japanese-born driver in NASCAR to race Daytona 500. He’ll race at Charlotte Motor Speedway ...

Encompassing a teahouse, a confectionery stand and more, Ogata Paris pays homage to its setting while offering a true taste of Japan. By Thomas Chatterton Williams In Paris’s modish Marais, on a ...

Sadako Ogata, who led the U.N. refugee agency for a decade and became one of the first Japanese women to hold a top job at an international organization, died Oct. 22 at 92. The government-funded ...

When Japanese politician Yuka Ogata decided to bring her 7-month-old child into Kumamoto’s city assembly, she was hoping to set a precedent for working mothers. Instead, she embarked on a battle.

TOKYO — Yuka Ogata wanted to make a point about the challenges working women face in Japan. The men on the Kumamoto Municipal Assembly proved her point for her — entirely inadvertently. The 42 ...

Back in Japan, Ogata had established himself as a solid driver in multiple forms of motorsports. He claimed 30 victories as a motocross rider and even visited Victory Lane at Twin Ring Motegi ...

A Japanese politician trying to prove a point about working mothers did just that when officials promptly removed her baby from a municipal assembly. Yuka Ogata, a member of the Kumamoto city ...

The Japanese driver's No. 46 Toyota burst into flames as he prepared for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.. As Ogata headed into turn three, the truck started to bellow smoke.

A Tokyo bathhouse is offering classes on topics ranging from comedy to gaming in hopes of luring younger bathers and reversing Japan's dying tradition of communal baths.

Judging by his efforts, Ogata fancies himself as a top pick for the post. He chose Paris as the location for his first European venue because, as he puts it, both the French and Japanese cultures ...