Yokohama F Marinos booked their place in the last 16 of the Asian Champions League on Wednesday after a 3-0 win over Shandong Taishan ensured Kevin Muscat departed the club on a high as former champions Jeonbuk Hyundai also progressed.
The Japan Rugby Football Union on Wednesday named Eddie Jones as its new head coach, ending weeks of speculation over the Australian's re-appointment to the job he held from 2012 and 2015.
2022 Emperor’s Cup champions Ventforet Kofu have become the first Japanese second-division team to advance to the knockout stage in the history of the Asian Champions League, sealing the top spot in Group H with a 3-2 win Tuesday over Thailand’s Buriram United.
Arguably no Japanese industry was harder hit by the COVID-19 pandemic than businesses catering to inbound foreign tourists.
Yakult Swallows slugger and MLB hopeful Munetaka Murakami on Tuesday signed for an estimated ¥600 million ($4.14 million) plus incentives for 2024, the second year of his current three-year contract.
WTA boss Steve Simon will relinquish his position as CEO but remain as executive chairman following the appointment of his replacement, the governing body of women's tennis said Tuesday as it announced an organizational restructure.
Highly coveted Japanese right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto has already met with the New York Yankees, New York Mets and San Francisco Giants, and per multiple media reports, he's slated to talk with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, Toronto Blue Jays and a few other teams soon.
On Monday, a flawless day for baseball in Los Angeles if it weren’t December, Sean Teng stood in the top deck of Dodger Stadium after a tour and nodded toward the Hollywood sign off in the distance.
Dreaming of making it big in baseball, teenage brothers An Seung-han and An Seung-young traveled hundreds of kilometers away from home to remote Deokjeok island, where the sport and their team, are now the closest thing they have to a family.
The San Francisco Giants made their offseason splash by signing South Korean outfielder Jung Hoo Lee to a six-year, $113 million contract, several media reports said Tuesday.