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TOKYO -- Police said a car slammed into pedestrians on a street where people had gathered for New Year's festivities in downtown Tokyo, injuring eight people. Police took into custody a man in his 20s ... ( read original story ...)

It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section. Japan, in many respects a model global citizen, has long been an outlier on whaling, an industry that most nations have abandoned as cruel, unne... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Tokyo District Court has extended the detention of ousted Nissan Motor Co chairman Carlos Ghosn by 10 days, TV Asahi reported on Monday. Ghosn, accused of aggravated breach of tr... ( read original story ...)

Backing up from a US Open title is never easy – just ask Samantha Stosur. But the Australian veteran believes Japan’s Naomi Osaka has the mental toughness to kick on from her Flushing Meadows triumph ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Floyd Mayweather is promising entertainment when he fights Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in three rounds of exhibition boxing on New Year's Eve, but not necessarily a knockout. "If it h... ( read original story ...)

Inspired by athletes at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, Sparks, 20, set his sights on the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, where he aims to win gold for Canada. “Dylan has a really clear goal,” said ... ( read original story ...)

She had cut an anxious figure in front of media in Brisbane but tennis star Naomi Osaka says she is feeling no pressure being the hunted ahead of the Australian Open. The reigning US Open champion had ... ( read original story ...)

OSAKA - Osaka Gov. Ichiro Matsui revealed Wednesday that his Osaka Ishin no Kai (One Osaka) political group had signed a deal with Komeito, in April 2017, to hold a referendum on merging the city’s wa... ( read original story ...)

Japan switched to what it calls research whaling ... seek the coexistence of states with different views,” he said at a news conference. Suga said the commercial hunts would be limited to ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama Rubber announced that it will participate in the Tokyo Auto Salon 2019 to be held January 11–13 at Makuhari Messe. The Yokohama exhibit will showcase the Company’s tires and aluminum wheels. ... ( read original story ...)

Japan will resume commercial whaling from July in its waters and exclusive economic zone while ending its controversial hunts in the Antarctic, it said on Wednesday, as it announced its withdrawal fro... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will resume commercial whaling from July in its waters and exclusive economic zone while ending its controversial hunts in the Antarctic, it said on Wednesday, as it announced ... ( read original story ...)

US Open champion Naomi Osaka says she counts Ash Barty among the Grand Slam title contenders next year. Osaka last summer served notice for her rankings progress in 2018, in which she has sped from No ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japan announced Wednesday it is leaving the International Whaling Commission to resume hunting the animals for commercial use but said it will no longer go to the Antarctic for its much-critic... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Japan says it is leaving the International Whaling Commission to resume commercial hunts but says it will no longer go to the Antarctic to hunt. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said We... ( read original story ...)

Japan's commercial whaling will be limited to its own territorial waters and its exclusive economic zone, said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, who made the announcement at a news conference af... ( read original story ...)