As the Los Angeles Dodgers continue to snap up big-name Japanese talent — two-way star Shohei Ohtani and pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto in 2023 and young fireballer Roki Sasaki this year...

Melbourne – Jannik Sinner is wary of “physical beast” Alexander Zverev as the Italian bids to join an elite group with back-to-back Australian Open titles in a final that features...

Nissan Motor may slow a planned ramp-up of electric vehicles made in the U.S. after halting output at a joint venture in Mexico, signaling unease about energy and trade policy...

Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda raised interest rates to the highest level since 2008, avoiding market turmoil by carefully signaling his plans to investors. But that strategy carries its...

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump took aim at abortion access in the United States and overseas Friday, after promising activists rallying in Washington that he would protect the “historic...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance cast the deciding vote to confirm U.S. secretary of defense nominee Pete Hegseth 51-50 late Friday after the Senate split their vote over the controversial...

Week one of the Trump administration was, as advertised, full of excitement in financial markets — just not the kind of excitement most investors had anticipated. The Trump trades that...

Washington – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio clashed with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, over Taiwan on Friday, with Donald Trump’s top diplomat denouncing Beijing’s “coercive” moves. Rubio, a...

Kyoto – The 52-year-old is an award-winning photographer with an unmistakable style; a film and TV series director whose works, such as the manga adaptation “Helter Skelter” (2012) and the...