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Shizuyo Takeuchi, 94, says her mission is to keep telling the history she witnessed in 1945 at 14, speaking out on behalf of those who died. ( read original story ...)

Yokozuna Hoshoryu dropped to 5-3 at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday with a loss to bogey opponent Takayasu. ( read original story ...)

Yoshinobu Yamamato knows what it’s like to travel across the world to take the mound for his first start of the Major League Baseball season. ( read original story ...)

I’m telling you all that because I’ve just raced the Tokyo marathon, which was incredible and a little harder than I had planned. But I’m not about to tell you what went right and wrong and what sort of tech I used. I did that with previous races. ( read original story ...)

Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki are all Dodgers. And a Japanese fan base has coalesced around its interest in the team. ( read original story ...)

Catch the Chicago Cubs and the Yomiuri Giants in the Tokyo Series on MLB Network this Sunday. The Cubs will play a second exhibition game against one of the top teams in Japan before starting a two-game regular season set against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday. ( read original story ...)

NAGOYA--Passengers in a Tokaido Shinkansen car bound for Shin-Osaka from Tokyo on March 15 were moved to another car after a cracked window was found that apparently resulted from a falling steel ... ( read original story ...)

Catch the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Hanshin Tigers in the Tokyo Series this Saturday on MLB.TV. The Dodgers have made the trip to Japan and will play in their second exhibition game before playing a ... ( read original story ...)

For two days in Japan, it's the Hanshin Tigers who have have looked like the class of the National League. In another sign that Japanese baseball has never been better, the Tigers capped a two-game ... ( read original story ...)

On a midsummer night, a beautiful-looking light resembling fireworks lit up the sky. However, this light was not from fireworks but from a bo ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese artist has been drawing illustrations featuring heart shapes every morning since shortly after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthqua ... ( read original story ...)

A giant hammer-shaped crane erected here in 1914 to handle ship cargo stands as a lasting symbol of the Port of Yokohama's industrial heri･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

With a crowd of 42,064 filling the Tokyo Dome, the three-time MVP delivers and goes deep in his second at-bat in the Dodgers’ 5-1 win over the Yomiuri Giants. ( read original story ...)

This was supposed to be a year to celebrate the improvement of relations between South Korea and Japan. However, amid the turmoil in South Korea – and across the ocean in the United States -- the ... ( read original story ...)

The coastline here is as beautiful as it is battered, in a region that has traditionally seen few tourists. But that’s starting to change. ( read original story ...)

With a long history as Japan's mercantile heart and major port of call, Osaka is dense and delightfully in your face. Now, as it gears up to host World Expo 2025 this month and welcome more travelers ... ( read original story ...)