TOKYO -- Seven people including members of "Chinese Dragon," a loosely organized quasi crime syndicate, were arrested on Sept ...

Kazuyoshi Tatsunami said Wednesday he would leave his post as Chunichi Dragons manager at the conclusion of this season to ...

Marcinho hit the 54th-minute winner as Kawasaki Frontale won 1-0 away to Ulsan HD of South Korea on Wednesday in the tea ...

The harvest moon is seen radiantly rising in the evening sky behind a Ferris wheel car at the Yokohama Cosmo World amusement ...

Hiromi Ito pitched out of a few tough spots to throw a nine-hit shutout for the Nippon Ham Fighters in a 3-0 win over the ...

ROME (AP) -- Salvatore "Toto" Schillaci, the Italy striker who was top scorer at the 1990 World Cup that his country hosted ...

Nagoya Grampus cruised to a 3-0 home win over Albirex Niigata in the J-League first division on Wednesday, ending the visitor ...

While retaining its evaluation for consumption, the office said in its monthly report for September that private spending is ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's men's national rugby team will play a test against Uruguay on Nov. 16 in Chambery, France, the Japan ...

The number of foreign visitors to Japan jumped 36.0 percent from a year earlier to 2.93 million in August, a record high for ...

Komieto secretary general Keiichi Ishii will be elevated unopposed to the presidency of Japan's junior ruling coalition ...

Onosato remained the class act of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament, improving to 11-0 on Wednesday to maintain his two-win ...