Japan’s particular run through Group E to advance to the knockout stage of the World Cup seems to have surprised everyone—but not super-sub Ritsu Doan.

BEIJING--Miho Takagi won her fourth speedskating medal of the Beijing Games and the first individual gold of her career with an Olympic-record victory in the women’s 1,000 meters Thursday.

Jurgen Klinsmann has been fired as head coach of the South Korean national team after an Asian Cup semifinal exit and reports of infighting among star players, ending a turbulent 12 months for the ...

Another World Cup day, another World Cup shock. Substitutes Ritsu Doan and Takuma Asano scored late goals Wednesday to help Japan come from behind and upset Germany 2-1. Both Doan and Asano play for ...

A team of researchers has reported a breakthrough in making sperm cell precursors in vitro that could be used in a number of ...

Tokyo Olympics medalist Kazuma Kaya said Japan would field its strongest men’s gymnastics squad yet at Paris 2024, where his only goal was to win the team title to improve on the silver medal he ...

HIROSHIMA—The leader of a nonprofit organization here was shocked to find an Iranian man she has known for about two decades ...

Amid the pomp and circumstance, the opening ceremony for the famed National High School Baseball Championship featured a changing sign of the times.

Still, I dearly wish there was a way in which we could be those “ingredients of acts of kindness” that will make suicidal kids realize that they are “all right.” How can a hand that smells of negi ...

SUZUKA--The Japanese Grand Prix is only the third race of the new Formula 1 season, but it will be the last one for five ...