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Prince Fumihito, the brother of Japan's Emperor Naruhito, has been officially declared heir to the throne during a ceremony in Tokyo. The "Rikkoshi no rei" ceremony had been delayed by seven months ... ( read original story ...)

Prince Fumihito, the brother of Japan's Emperor Naruhito, has been officially declared heir to the throne during a ceremony in Tokyo. Fumihito is six years younger than his brother Naruhito, who ... ( read original story ...)

The good news for the Tokyo Olympics is that Japan on Sunday held a one-day exhibition gymnastics meet in front of several thousand fans with 22 athletes participating from ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama FC overcame an early deficit to beat Vissel Kobe 2-1 in the J. League first division Sunday thanks to an injury-time winner from 19-year-old subst ... ( read original story ...)

Following some early rumors, we now have an official look at Naomi Osaka ‘s COMME des GARÇONS x Nike Blazer Mid collaboration. Reportedly releasing this month, the shoe utilizes the model’s ’77 ... ( read original story ...)

Gymnasts from four nations tumbled, leapt and spun through a friendly meet in Tokyo on Sunday in a closely-watched event aimed at showing the world Japan can safely carry out the postponed 2020 ... ( read original story ...)

Executive-turned-international fugitive Carlos Ghosn is gunning for revenge in a new book published last week about the events surrounding his arrest in Tokyo two years ago, 130-day Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

Yokohama FC overcame an early deficit to beat Vissel Kobe 2-1 in the J-League first division Sunday thanks to an injury-time winner from 19-year-old substitute Reo Yasunaga. Kobe came out of the ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Emperor Naruhito’s younger brother, Crown Prince Fumihito, has been formally sworn in as first in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne in Sunday's palace ritual that has been postponed for seven ... ( read original story ...)

With Japan's tourism picking up thanks to a government-subsidized travel campaign, large cruise ships resumed operations on Nov. 2. But despite onboard measures to eradicate or vastly reduce any ... ( read original story ...)

Japan formally proclaimed Crown Prince Akishino the first in line as heir to the throne on Sunday, the last of a series of ceremonies after his elder brother, Emperor Naruhito, became monarch last ... ( read original story ...)

Researchers here announced a quicker method of creating antibody-like proteins that capture the novel coronavirus than under current methods. The proteins made by using the new technique have the ... ( read original story ...)

Ronnie Quintarelli admits he was surprised with how good his Nissan GT-R felt in qualifying for the penultimate round of the SUPER GT season at Motegi. ( read original story ...)

Gymnastics, swimming and skating are experimenting with modified forms of the sequestration model that allowed the NBA and others to play this season. ( read original story ...)

A serious-looking consortium of businesses is trying to position Japan as the first Asian space tourism hub, by proposing a futuristic, floating "Spaceport Japan" from which services like Virgin ... ( read original story ...)

SAPPORO--Faced with surging COVID-19 cases, authorities in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island, raised the alert level regarding the novel coronavirus pandemic to 3 on its five-point scale. ( read original story ...)