January 1970

The Japanese baseball community was celebrating on Wednesday after former Pacific League MVP Shohei Ohtani followed up his first pitching win in the majors with a stellar batting effort in his home…

Kashiwa Reysol crashed to a 2-0 loss against visiting South Korean side Jeonbuk Motors in the Asian Champions League on Wednesday night.Jeonbuk, the 2016 ACL winner, cemented its place atop Group E…

The failure to report the records came as then-defense chief Tomomi Inada denied their existence during Diet deliberations. Tomomi Inada that it had found activity logs in March 2017 for troops in…

South Koreans who enjoy a rare flavor of soju, the country’s most beloved alcohol, have been discouraged from mixing wasps into their drinks as a tonic after a health warning from the…

Nuclear regulators on Wednesday decided to resume assessing the safety of a spent fuel reprocessing plant in Aomori Prefecture after suspending the process for several months following revelations about the operator’s lax…

Seven countries including Japan have expressed official interest in hosting the 2026 Winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee announced Tuesday.The seven National Olympic Committees are Austria (Graz), Canada (Calgary), Italy (joint bid…

It’s been a bad year for the Japanese stock market. Without record purchases by the Bank of Japan, it could have been even worse.The central bank spent ¥833 billion ($7.8 billion) on…