TOKYO - An elevator at Tokyo Skytree, Tokyo's famous tourist attraction, stopped about 30 meters above ground, trapping 20 people inside for more than 5 hours on Sunday evening. No injuries have been ...

Comebacks turn great athletes into legends. The Olympics push the body and mind harder than any other event. Some athletes ...

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After two years of early overseas trips and truncated Cactus League schedules, the Dodgers are back to a full-fledged ...

Trading of Japanese government bonds, long considered moribund, is roaring back to life as fears of the country’s debt have ...

Countries that under the threat of tariffs made commitments like enormous investment pledges face the reality that they may ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan may raise interest rates as soon as March if the yen renews its slide ahead of a U.S.-Japan summit expected to be held during the month, ...

The drop was driven largely by a 61% fall in arrivals from China, which has been urging its citizens to avoid travel to Japan ...

By Hina Suzuki and Kaori Kaneko TOKYO, Feb 18 - Visitors to Japan fell 4.9% in January from the previous year to mark the ...

INSTEAD of revising from textbooks, a group of Tokyo teenagers are ankle-deep in tidal mud, hauling plastic waste from the shallows of the city's waterfront.