Minjee Lee won the Hugel-Air Premia LA Open on Sunday at Wilshire Country Club for her fifth LPGA Tour title, closing with a 3-under 68 for a four-stroke victory.
China has not openly opposed Japan's proposal in working-level preparatory meetings, but Japanese government sources said it is too early to say Beijing is willing to accept the proposed rules to increase transparency of contracts and giving due consideration to the debt repayment capacity of countries receiving investments, they said.
Japanese 18-year-olds Mima Ito and Hina Hayata finished runners-up at the table tennis world championships on Sunday, losing the women's doubles final to China's Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha 4-2.
Canadian and Japanese leaders on Sunday jointly trumpeted a rebooted Pacific trade pact that came into effect at the start of the year, without the United States.
Japan's soon-to-be-anointed new emperor is a musician and historian, both mild-mannered and quietly tenacious, a team player and a loyal husband and friend who will bring an unusually global perspective to an ancient institution when he ascends the Chrysanthemum Throne on May 1.
When we think of worldwide respected Japanese people, there’s a few that come to mind. Perhaps Yuzuru Hanyu the champion figure skater, or author and Netflix star Marie Kondo.
Richard Lugar worked to alert Americans about the threat of terrorism years before "weapons of mass destruction" became a common phrase following the Sept 11 attacks.
A gunman fired indiscriminately into a crowd where people were gathered for cookouts on a street in Baltimore, wounding seven people including one of them fatally, the city's police commissioner said.
Bullet train services between Tokyo and Niigata resumed Sunday, the second day of Japan's extended 10-day holiday period, after a power outage suspended operation of the Joetsu shinkansen line for three and a half hours.
Taylor Swift says she's releasing a new single and music video called "ME!" on Friday that's about "embracing your individuality and really celebrating it."
Real Madrid was held to a 0-0 draw by Getafe in the Spanish league on Thursday, putting it in danger of finishing outside of the top two in consecutive seasons for the first time in 45 years.