New world records in some sports are remarkably elusive, yet in others they seem to fall regularly. There is a good mathematical reason why.

Asian shares are mostly higher in quiet holiday trading, while Japan’s benchmark rose to new records on hope for more government spending and lower taxes under Japan’s first woman prime minister.

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TOKYO -- Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Sanae Takaichi secretly met Yuichiro Tamaki, head of the opposition ...

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President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, Tonobok Okowa, has expressed optimism that with early and strategic ...

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Transforming the Grand Palais into a glowing solar system, Matthieu Blazy’s much-anticipated first collection was rooted in ...

Two rail lines reopened on Monday night after a crash involving two trains in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo. Operator Tokyu ...

Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs, one of the founding members of the band Oasis, has shared he will be missing a few of their reunion ...