Hideki Matsui, a former slugger who played for the Yomiuri Giants and the New York Yankees, has been named the new manager of the Giants, the team announced Friday.

Japan’s Tokito Oda won gold in the men’s wheelchair tennis singles final against Ji Zhenxu of China 6-2, 6-2 at the Aichi-Nagoya Asia Para Games in Nagoya on Friday afternoon.

What if someone precious to you was suddenly kidnapped? How far would you go to save his or her life? These are questions asked in the new suspense drama “kiDnap GAME,” airing on the Fuji TV network ...

The bones of a Neanderthal from a cave in Iraq’s Kurdistan region are offering evidence of both violence and compassion in the closest evolutionary cousins of our species, exhibiting a wound ...

Few animals show the link between size and lifespan as clearly as dogs. Within this one species, large breeds such as Great Danes typically die younger than small ones such as Chihuahuas. A new study ...

Scientific teams working separately in Vienna and Beijing have developed the world’s first two operating nuclear clocks in what they are calling an important advance in timekeeping that promises ...

Daiki Hashimoto, a two-time gold medalist in men’s artistic gymnastics at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, won his fourth consecutive individual all-around title on Thursday at the Artistic Gymnastics World ...

Website operators rushed to take their sites offline or implement updates after critical flaws were discovered in the PHP programming language.

Takashi Asano and Natsuki Wada won gold in the final of para table tennis mixed doubles XD22, a class for intellectual disabilities, at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games in Toyota, Aichi ...

Daiki Ishiyama delivered a pair of stellar performances in men’s T12 events at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games on Thursday, winning the gold medal in the 400 meters hours after claiming bronze ...

Bright red salvias bloom in the Tottori Prefectural Flower Park in Nanbu, Tottori Prefecture, against the backdrop of Mt. Daisen, the highest peak in the Chugoku region.

Typhoon Champi, or Typhoon No. 30, categorized as large and strong, was approaching the Sakishima Islands, consisting of Miyako and Yaeyama Islands, in Okinawa Prefecture, as of 10 a.m. on Friday, ...