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Nordic skier-turned-musher wins 50th running of Alaska’s Iditarod race

A cheering crowd greeted 42-year-old Brent Sass and his 11-dog team as they reached the finish line on Nome's Front Street early in the morning.
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China’s goal with Putin is to resist U.S. without economic pain

Beijing’s actions appear calibrated to avoid global conflicts or being dragged further down economically as it seeks a way past the pandemic.
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Biden plans Europe trip for Ukraine summit next week as refugees top 3 million

Hopes for a compromise at emergency peace talks grow as Ukrainian officials claim Moscow may be coming to terms with its failure to impose a ...
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Japan to ban exports of nearly 300 items to Russia and Belarus

The embargo on exports of 266 products, such as chips and communication equipment, and 26 technologies, including design programs for chip-making machines, will take effect ...

Terunofuji and Mitakeumi win as two demotion-threatened ozeki fall

After his first defeat of the meet on Monday, yokozuna Terunofuji remained unconvincing at Edion Arena Osaka against maegashira Ura.
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Japan may allow 10,000 people per day to enter country from April

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said the government would relax the border control measures in stages.

Successor to Fukuoka International Marathon set for December

The new race scheduled for Dec. 4 is set to feature around 100 elite runners, according to the Japan Association of Athletics Federations.

Rafa Nadal: Players need to build resilience to deal with hecklers

The Spaniard's comments came after fellow Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka was thrown off-balance by a heckler at the start of her second-round defeat at ...
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Suicides by women rose in Japan for second straight year in 2021

But with fewer men killing themselves, the overall number of suicides in the country inched down by 74 to 21,007.
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Nuclear restart debate reignites in Japan as fuel prices surge

A group of influential opposition lawmakers from Nippon Ishin no Kai is calling on the government to restart reactors sooner than planned.