Arata Watanabe, left, of Oita Trinita scores the opening goal in his side's 2-0 win over Vegalta

Japan's Ken Matsui, right, defeats Emin Sefershaev of Russia in the men's 55-kilogram Greco-Roman final at the wrestling world championships in Oslo on Oct.... " I wasn't expecting to win, so I'm really surprised.... I was facing a superior opponent in the final, so I decided to show all my skills and not have any regrets," Matsui said....

Join our Whatsapp channel GISELE Pelicot and a lawyer attend the trial of her husband at a court in Avignon, on Wednesday. —Reuters AVIGNON: Gisele Pelicot, whose ex-husband and dozens of other men are on trial in France accused of raping her, said on Wednesday she was “ broken ” by her ordeal, but also “ determined ” to help other women. The 71-year-old has become a feminist icon in France since the trial of Dominique Pelicot and 50 other men opened last month in the southern French city of Avi

TOKYO( AP)--Boxers, janitors, fishermen, the heroes of Keisuke Yoshida's movies are Japanese society's angst-filled losers, struggling against odds in a violent, imperfect, often-crazed world.... The theme of my latest film is about this sensitivity, the ability to imagine even in a little way what others may be going through, to overcome and soften the divides," Yoshida told The Associated Press recently.... Yoshida's works explore the dark side of the human condition, like petty jealousies a

Tokyo, this year’s host for the Olympics, is aiming to be the greenest-ever Games.... The Tokyo Games will emit no more than 2.73 million tonnes of CO2, compared to London’s 3.3 million tonnes of CO2 and Rio’s 4.5 million tonnes of CO2.... Offsets allow companies to compensate for their emissions by financing carbon-cutting projects, such as tree-planting and energy efficiency measures....