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When Daisuke Miura was a pitcher for the BayStars, which he was for 25 seasons, the game was often in his hands. Of all the complexities that can go into winning and losing a baseball game, sometimes ... ( read original story ...)

The first U.S. athlete qualified for these Summer Games in July 2019. The United States is expected to send about 600 athletes to Tokyo. ( read original story ...)

China's extensive territorial claims in the East and South China Seas have become a priority issue in an increasingly testy Sino-U.S relationship and are a security concern for Japan. In a phone ... ( read original story ...)

NJPW has officially revealed the match cards for the Road To Wrestling Dontaku shows, starting this Saturday in Yokohama. The main focus will be on the ongoing feuds between Bullet Club and CHAOS and ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Tokyo 2020 organizers plan to hold discussions with the International Swimming Federation (FINA) this week, a senior official said, after the federation said it was reviewing whether to hold ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks closed higher Monday as buying was propelled by hopes for the pace of the recovery of the global economy following U.S. jobs data for March beating analysts' ... ( read original story ...)

Aichi prefectural police have arrested a 50-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of forcible obstruction of business after he refused to get off a shinkansen (bullet train) and remained inside the ... ( read original story ...)

The variants appear to be more infectious and may be resistant to vaccines, which are still not widely available in Japan. The situation is worst in Osaka, where infections hit fresh records last week ... ( read original story ...)

Japan imposed new COVID-19 measures on Osaka and two other areas Monday as infection cases rise there, with less than four months before the Tokyo Olympics. The city's dining establishments need to ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo 2020 Olympics committee president Seiko Hashimoto said on Friday organisers will hold talks with authorities in the western Japanese metropolis of Osaka to make a decision on ... ( read original story ...)

Japan just recorded its earliest cherry blossom bloom in 1,200 years. Scientists warn it's a symptom of the larger climate crisis. CNN's Selina Wang reports. ( read original story ...)

Think of Japan in the spring, and the image that comes to mind is likely the country's famous cherry blossoms, also known as "sakura" -- white and pink flowers, bursting across cities and mountains, ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan (BOJ) began experiments on Monday to study the feasibility of issuing its own digital currency, joining efforts by other central banks that are aiming to match the ... ( read original story ...)