Melbourne – Defending champion Jannik Sinner put any illness worries to bed by crushing home hope Alex de Minaur in a straight-sets rout to tee up an Australian Open semifinal...

The ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito agreed Wednesday to hold discussions on the introduction of a dual surname system for married couples. Prime Minister and LDP...

Yokohama – Naoya Inoue admitted the late change in opponents for his upcoming title defense messed up his training schedule. The undisputed world super bantamweight champion, however, does not view...

Around the beginning of each year, I customarily write a column about how we’ve just had the “best year ever” in the long history of humanity. This annual eruption of...

The alleged sexual misconduct of a former boy band member turned TV host has prompted Fuji TV and other broadcasters to look into whether there has been any impropriety or...

SoftBank Group, OpenAI and Oracle are forming a half-a-trillion dollar venture in the United States that will develop artificial intelligence infrastructure with warp-speed-type support from the U.S. government. SoftBank Chairman...

Saturday night gave hundreds of millions of Americans a taste of what life without TikTok would look like, and at least one brand decided to keep the experiment going. Jolie...

Japan’s stock market is only now waking up to potential gains from record numbers of big-spending tourists. A growing number of companies, including a seller of vintage goods and a...

Kyoto-based Mitsufuji got its start nearly 70 years ago as a weaver of decorative belts for kimonos. One day soon, though, it could be spinning high-tech fibers to shield fighter...