Hideki Matsui, a former slugger for the Yomiuri Giants and New York Yankees will take over as manager of the Yomiuri Giants next season.

The New National Theatre, Tokyo (NNTT) kicked off the 2026-27 season with Rossini’s delightful comic opera “Il Turco in Italia” (A Turk in Italy) on Oct. 2.

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, ...

An earthquake ofmagnitude 7 struck China’s southwestern region of Tibet at around 10:33 p.m. (1433 GMT) on Thursday, killing 16 people and injuring 32 others, state news agency Xinhua reported, citing ...

Global firms and governments rushed on Thursday to patch critical flaws in the PHP programming language that underpins much of the internet, as cloud firms reported a surge of hacking attempts after ...

Seven oil tankers caught fire or were damaged in the Strait of Hormuz overnight after being hit by Iran or striking naval mines, Tehran said Thursday, a markedly high number as tensions rise over ...

A woman was driving a large truck while watching a video on her smartphone and ended up killing six people. With that resulting in a seven-year prison sentence, there is no way that the bereaved ...

Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas, one of the state’s most powerful Democrats, was charged Thursday with leading what authorities alleged was a wide-ranging criminal enterprise that acquired and ...

Daiki Hashimoto of Japan soared to gold during the men’s all-around final at the world gymnastics championships on Thursday, sealing his fourth straight title with a brilliant performance on high bar ...

Almost all of Taiwan shut down on Friday ahead of the arrival of Typhoon Champi, which is forecast to bring strong winds and torrential rain, though the storm is weakening and is not expected to make ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday accused LeBron James of disrespecting the United States after the NBA star appeared to continue his warmups while the national anthem was performed before ...