in New York City on Sept.... 13( local time) was tennis star Naomi Osaka in a Louis Vuitton dress

A shooting star in the Geminid meteor shower over Mount Fuji is seen from the shore of Lake Shoji

TOKYO( Kyodo)--Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani has turned down the Japanese government's offer to award him one of its top honors, saying it is" still too soon" for him to receive the decoration, the government's top spokesman said Monday.... The People's Honor Award was first given in 1977 to another baseball player, Sadaharu Oh, for setting the world record for career home runs.... Ohtani, who hit 46 home runs this year, is not the first person to turn down the award, with now retired baseb

TOKYO( Kyodo)--Japanese leukemia-survivor Rikako Ikee and her teammates failed to reach the final in the women's 4x100 freestyle relay at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, when Daiya Seto a gold medal favorite in the men's 400 individual medley suffered a shock defeat in his heat.... "( Leadoff swimmer Chihiro Igarashi) was having a really good race so I wanted to continue that, but I let the rivals open the gap after the turn," said Ikee, who was followed by Natsumi Sakai with Rika Omoto swimmin

AOMORI--Former table tennis star Ai Fukuhara visited the Aomori Municipal Government office on Nov

proud by claiming Japan's first gold medals of these games.... The Japanese media has focused heavily

Barbie Hsu, a Taiwanese actress, television host and pop star who catapulted to Pan-Asian

TOKYO — During the last weeks of Hana Kimura’s life, a steady stream of hate washed over her social media accounts.... Kimura’s death saying that they would move swiftly to reduce personal attacks on their platforms.... Kimura, a professional wrestler, was subjected to especially harsh attacks....

The 32-year-old former Borussia Dortmund and Manchester United star joined PAOK this January from

Sonny Chiba, a Japanese action star who was known for ultraviolent martial arts movies and then, in