When the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs square off in Tokyo this week for MLB’s season-opening series, it will underscore Japan’s pre-eminent role in baseball today.

Shohei Ohtani and four other Japanese players will don MLB uniforms in Tokyo as the Dodgers face the Cubs in their season ...

No player in professional baseball history has slugged more home runs than the 868 that Oh hit over 22 seasons with the ...

From 'ghost wolves' to Jack Johnson, Galveston has plenty of options after local residents recently got the idea to name an ...

The ethos of pushing the envelope might be best encapsulated by Ayumu Hirano, the 26-year-old Japanese superstar whose ...

Clad in a dark-blue blazer, jeans and sneakers, Ishiba appeared on stage with the official Expo mascot Myaku-Myaku ... Competition for ‘Non-Terrestrial’ Network Systems Intensifying in Japan; Docomo ...

"I think it would be wonderful if an event like this gains more traction, to make Japan cute, lively and cool," Ishiba said, posing alongside "Myaku-Myaku" -- the expo's red-and-blue mascot.

USA lost to Japan for only the second time in 41 meetings, not counting the loss in the 2011 Women’s World Cup final on penalties. The last time the US lost the match-up in regulation was at the 2012 ...

Turkish women's volleyball team on Saturday defeated Japan 3-1 to qualify for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. "The #1 ranked team in the world & also the reigning VNL & European Champions have ...

So, in Japan, he was just not dead." In an early February campaign, the language learning app announced the "death" of its mascot with a sassy statement. In a post on X, the company wrote ...

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach will resign as a member of the Olympic body after handing the reins to his presidential successor in June, the IOC said Wednesday. Bach ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Olympic Committee has taken a key step toward retaining boxing on the program for the Los Angeles Games in 2028 as it recognized a new governing ...