TOKYO (AP) — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone became the first woman in nearly 40 years to crack 48 seconds in the 400 meters ...

NHK WORLD-JAPAN presents a sumo highlights program for fans around the globe. Today the show features all top-division bouts from September 17, Day 4 of the Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo.

Moving, tragic, surprising, inspiring, terrifying, shocking... This is a selection of images from our planet, over the past ...

New Delhi: It had to end, eventually. The unerring sequence of top-two finishes, the unreal consistency, the unwavering ...

Gout Gout has pledged to come back bigger and better after his thrilling run to the 200m semi-finals at the world ...

One of the perks of Smith's job was that her employer was able to secure her an apartment before she even got to Japan. It's a one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment with a balcony that rents for 35,000 ...

Nickisha Pryce finished eighth in her first global individual final after she ran 49.97 seconds in an epic women’s 400m final ...

TOKYO: Japanese organisers admit public awareness of the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya "needs to be higher" as they look to ...

In July, Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visited Mongolia in a trip wrought with symbolism. In East Asia’s ...

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone came close to breaking the world record in the women's 400m, finishing in 47.78 seconds for a ...

The Australian sprinting sensation is making his senior international debut in Tokyo. Here's what you need to know.

Naoya Inoue successfully defended his undisputed super bantamweight status on September 14th with an impressive win over Murodjon Akhmadaliev. The Uzbekistani f ...