Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. will give a 30-day extension for countries to import Russian oil already in tankers at sea.

Injured Premier League winger Kaoru Mitoma was left out of Japan’s World Cup squad when coach Hajime Moriyasu named his 26 players for the tournament starting next month in North America.

The packaging on some snacks in Japan is turning a somber black-and-white, as the war in Iran disrupts the supply of an ingredient in colored ink.

A rebound for technology stocks led Wall Street to records, even though the majority of U.S. stocks fell following another discouraging update on inflation.

Scenes of Japanese soccer fans sweeping stadiums and picking up trash after a match first drew public attention in France in 1998 — Japan’s first appearance in the World Cup.

Radio Taiso is an exercise program in Japan that comes on the air every morning at 6:30.

Shares are mixed in Asia and oil prices are little changed as markets watch for the latest developments in the war with Iran.

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara have announced their retirement from figure skating, two months after winning the Olympic gold medal with a record-breaking skate.

Shares are mixed in Asia, echoing a rally on Wall Street driven by hopes United States and Iran may resume talks to end their war.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi took a short and happy break as she hosted legendary British rock band Deep Purple in Tokyo as a longtime admirer.

U.S. futures were trading modestly lower following surprisingly strong jobs data from the federal government.

French President Emmanuel Macron has held talks with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Japan.

A quarterly survey by the Bank of Japan shows business sentiment among major Japanese manufacturers improved slightly.

Japan says Iran has released one of two detained Japanese nationals, and the person is now returning home.

A video taken by tiny drones sent into one of three damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant shows a gaping hole in the thick-walled steel container of the core, with lumps of likely fuel debris hanging from it, in a first sighting of a pressure vessel bottom since the meltdown 15 years ago.

Japan is marking the 15th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster on its northeastern coast as the government pushes for atomic energy use.

Defending champion Japan completed an unbeaten group stage at the World Baseball Classic, beating the Czech Republic 9-0 at the Tokyo Dome behind a nine-run eighth inning capped by Munetaka Murakami’s grand slam.

North Korea, South Korea, Japan, and China are watching warily as war spreads across the Middle East.

Shohei Ohtani put on a giant show in batting practice hours before he hit a grand slam in the second inning as Japan hammered Taiwan 13-0 in Pool C at the World Baseball Classic.

Australia has opened the World Baseball Classic in Tokyo by beating Taiwan 3-0 on Robbie Perkins' two-run homer in the fifth inning and Travis Bazzana’s homer in the seventh at the Tokyo Dome.

Punch the baby orphan macaque is outgrowing the orangutan plushie that comforted him through early rejection from his mother and other monkeys.

Japan has reported its exports surged nearly 17% in January from a year earlier, on strong shipments to China and other Asian markets.

Japanese technology and telecoms giant SoftBank Group reports it swung back to profitability in the last quarter of 2025 as its investments in OpenAI and other ventures paid off.

A Japanese research vessel has successfully drilled and retrieved deep-sea sediment containing rare earth minerals from the seabed near a remote island, Japan’s government announced Monday as the country seeks to reduce its reliance on China.

Olympic sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson has been arrested and charged with speeding in Florida.

A Japanese court has held North Korea responsible for human rights violations against four plaintiffs lured to the country by false promises of a "paradise on Earth."

Olympic champion hurdler Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has announced she is pregnant.

Japan posted a trade deficit for the fifth year straight in 2025, according to government data, as concerns continued to grow over President Donald Trump’s tariffs and the political rift with neighboring China.

European shares mostly fell and U.S. stock futures skidded Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to slap a 10% extra tariff on imports from eight European countries because they oppose having America take control of Greenland.

A week in which longtime tensions between neighbors China and Japan ratcheted up economically and politically is drawing to a close with no sign of improvements.

A 535-pound bluefin tuna sold for a record 510 million yen ($3.2 million) at the first auction of 2026 at Tokyo’s Toyosu fish market.

Japan’s Cabinet has approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen for the coming year.

Asian shares are mixed in thin holiday trading, with most markets in the region and elsewhere closed for Christmas.

Sony is taking control of the beloved comic strip Peanuts.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabby Thomas, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and four other Olympic medalists are among those owed six-figure sums by Grand Slam Track, the racing league that filed for bankruptcy earlier this month.

Roomba maker iRobot has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but says that it doesn’t expect any disruptions to devices as the more than 30-year-old company is taken private under a restructuring process.

Japanese journalist Shiori Ito's documentary, “Black Box Diaries,” has finally premiered in Japan after facing legal hurdles.

A Hollywood director has been convicted on charges that he scammed Netflix out of $11 million for a show that never materialized, while he instead used the cash for lavish purchases that included several Rolls-Royces, a Ferrari and about $1 million in mattresses and luxury bedding.

Japan says Chinese military aircraft locked radar on its fighter jets even though there was a safe distance between them, denying Beijing’s accusation of interference and renewing its protest over the incident.

A new report by the United Nations Development Program is urging governments to focus more on how artificial intelligence technologies might affect people already disadvantaged in a data-driven world.

Japan has reported that its exports to the world rose 3.7% in October from a year earlier, while imports edged up 0.6%.

Infielder Kazuma Okamoto and pitcher Kona Takahashi are entering Major League Baseball’s posting system and will be available for teams to sign as free agents from Friday through Jan. 4.

Japan has reported its economy contracted at a 1.8% annual pace in July-September as President Donald Trump’s tariffs hurt exports.

It’s become an annual ritual: Shohei Ohtani wins a Most Valuable Player award and Japan celebrates with newspaper extra editions being handed out at a major train station.

Japanese technology giant SoftBank says it has sold its stake in Nvidia, raising $5.8 billion to pour into other investments.

Garrick Higgo matched the El Cardonal at Diamante course record with an 11-under 61 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Carson Young into the final round of the World Wide Technology Championship.

Honda has reported a 37% drop in profit for the first fiscal half through September.

Japanese video-game maker Nintendo's net profit jumped 85% in April-September from the previous year, as its sales more than doubled following the launch of its hit Switch 2 console in June.

A lot of Japanese have been glued to their computers or TV sets recently, cheering for Shohei Ohtani in the World Series.

The announcement was made at Tokyo’s Hotel New Otani, drawing executives from Disney, government officials, tourism leaders, and media.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has welcomed Japan's commitment to accelerate its military buildup and defense spending.

The Trump administration is moving to overrule state laws that protect consumers’ credit reports from medical debt.

The U.S. stock market pushed further into record heights.

President Donald Trump spent his day in Japan bonding with new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, taking her with him as he spoke to U.S. troops aboard an aircraft carrier.

Japanese sushi legend Jiro Ono won three Michelin stars for more than a decade, the world’s oldest head chef to do so.

President Donald Trump has landed in Japan, where he'll meet new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for the first time.

The U.S. track team overhauled its struggling relay strategy to start this Olympic cycle and won four of five possible gold medals at the world championships in Tokyo last month.

Japan’s new foreign minister said Wednesday his country plans to show its determination to further build up its defense power to rapidly adapt to changing warfare and growing tension in the region when U.S. President Donald Trump visits Tokyo next week.

U.S. stocks and the price of gold fell, as momentum on Wall Street reverses.

Danilo Yavhushyshyn left his native Ukraine 3 1/2 years ago — just after Russia launched a full-scale invasion — and has risen rapidly to stardom in Japan as one of the country’s top sumo wrestlers.

U.S. stocks sank to their first loss in eight days.

U.S. technology company Nvidia and Fujitsu, a Japanese telecommunications and computer maker, have agreed to work together on artificial intelligence to deliver smart robots and a variety of other innovations.

U.S. stock indexes drifted lower as a seemingly relentless rally on Wall Street takes at least a pause.

Japanese automaker Nissan is developing self-driving technology as it works to turn around its struggling auto business.

American Cole Hocker came to world championships hoping for two medals.

Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles blasted through the anchor legs of back-to-back wins in the rainy 4x100s to close out world championships with a relay sweep for the U.S. Richardson received the baton with a.

The failure of Michael Johnson’s attempt to transform track and field, the Grand Slam Track league, hovered over big swaths of the sport’s world championships this week.

The U.S. men’s 4x400 relay team qualified for Sunday night’s final after winning a one-on-one showdown against Kenya to kick off the last day at world championships.

American distance runner Shelby Houlihan spent four years kicked out of track for her “Burrito Ban” wondering every day what she could’ve done if she were still there.

American sprinter Melissa Jefferson-Wooden has a gold medal from the world championships.

Noah Lyles pulled ahead of Kenny Bednarek heading into the straightaway then held him off down the stretch to capture his fourth title in a much-awaited 200 meters at the world championships.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone holds the world record in the 400-meter hurdles and took a giant step closer to setting it in the 400 flat at world championships.

Haruki Murakami will be honored in December with an evening of words and music.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has become the first woman in nearly 40 years to crack 48 seconds in the 400 meters.

America's reigning 5,000-meter track champion, Shelby Houlihan, is back from a four-year doping ban.

One record down, and maybe one more to go for Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone in Tokyo.

U.S. stocks edged back from their record heights.

Armand “Mondo” Duplantis has broken the pole vault world record for the 14th time.

They ran for more than two hours and needed a photo finish to determine the winner, with Alphonce Simbu edging out Amanal Petros in the men’s marathon at world championships in a race decided by a sprint down the track at the finish.

Former Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen failed to advance out of the first round of the 1,500 meters at the world championships, denying one of the meet’s most competitive races of one of its most dramatic characters.

Steeplechaser Tim Van de Velde looked behind him and saw a fellow competitor crawling over the last barrier on a 3,000-meter journey that went terribly for both.

When he closes the book on 2025, Ryan Crouser will have six official shot put attempts on the books.

World Athletics portrayed gender testing as a common-sense way to protect the female category in track and field.

In the 16 years since Usain Bolt posted his world records in the 100 and 200 meters, nobody has really come close to toppling them.

Japan’s National Stadium was fanless four years ago during the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics.

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's order to implement lower tariffs on automobiles and other Japanese imports.

Japan says it plans to deploy its domestically developed long-range missiles earlier than scheduled.

Japanese officials have released AI-generated videos simulating a potential eruption of Mount Fuji.

Japan’s top trade negotiator has abruptly canceled a trip to Washington aimed at issuing a joint statement on a tariffs deal with the Trump administration.

Police say that a set of bones recovered at a wartime mine in Japan are human remains.

Sony has raised the price of its PlayStation 5 consoles being sold in the United States by $50 due to a challenging economic environment.

U.S. stock indexes ended mixed after Nvidia, Palantir and other superstar stocks pared most of their steep losses from the morning.

Japan is paying tribute to more than 3 million war dead as the country marks its surrender 80 years ago, ending World War II.

Japan on Friday is marking the surrender announcement by then-Emperor Hirohito 80 years ago at the end of World War II.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will meet Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo next week before flying to Washington for a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.

Fast-food chain McDonald’s Japan has canceled a Happy Meal campaign that came with coveted Pokemon cards.

Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank Group has reported a $2.9 billion profit for the April-June quarter, rebounding from a loss a year earlier, as its investments benefited from the craze for artificial intelligence.

A rally for Apple led Wall Street higher, as U.S. stocks reclaimed more of their sharp losses from last week.

Nintendo, the Japanese video game maker behind the Super Mario and Pokemon franchises, is reporting an 18.6% surge in net profit for the first fiscal quarter on the back of strong demand for its new Switch 2 console.

Wall Street’s weeklong, record-breaking run ran out of momentum.