Led by Olympians Yamada and Murakami, Yakult is looking for its first Japan Series championship since 2001.
For Ryukyu, a 14-0 scoring run to open the fourth quarter sparked a spirited comeback against Tokyo at Okinawa Arena.
Whiting has known baseball stars, wrestlers, politicians, media moguls, mafiosi, con artists, journalists, and countless average Japanese people. He writes about them all with the immediacy...
The struggling Top 14 club is looking for the Brave Blossoms star to make a big impact this season, and he vows to keep improving.
The Olympic Charter honors human rights. After the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, will China continue to ignore calls from the international community to halt its human...
Hataoka finished one stroke ahead of Minjee Lee and Eun Hee Ji for her fifth LPGA Tour title.
The 36-year-old, who has coped with numerous injuries in recent years, has won a record 45 Emperor’s Cups.
The 29-year-old Mongolian was ensured of his fifth title when Myogiryu lost an earlier bout.
Men's coach Julio Lamas left his post after the Tokyo Olympics, and Tom Hovasse, who led the Japan women to a silver medal, became the successor...
Sawamura spent two weeks on the COVID-19 injured list before rejoining his team last week.
Terunofuji loses for the first time in his debut at the sport’s highest rank.
The hard-throwing right-hander fanned 10 batters for the third time this season in an eight-inning outing, but the Angels fall to their AL West rival in...