Kawasaki Frontale blew an early lead and drew 2-2 with visiting South Korean side Ulsan Hyundai in the Asian Champions League group H on Tuesday night at Todoroki Stadium.
Shun Yamaguchi tossed eight innings of one-hit ball on Tuesday night as the Yomiuri Giants beat the Yakult Swallows 9-0 in the battle for the Central League's top spot.
Japanese wrestlers Kojiro Shiga and Yuki Takahashi won silver and bronze, respectively, on Tuesday to kick off this year's Asian Championships in China.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un crossed into Russia on a private train, after leaving Pyongyang earlier Wednesday for his first talks with President Vladimir Putin.
Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday its global sales chief Daniele Schillaci will step down, effective May 15, becoming the latest executive to quit following the arrest of former Chairman Carlos Ghosn.
Foreign Minister Taro Kono will make a three-day trip to Moscow to hold talks with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on May 10 on a territorial dispute that has kept the two countries from concluding a postwar peace treaty, Japan's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed Tuesday to coordinate closely in addressing global economic, trade and environmental issues before Japan hosts a Group of 20 summit in June.
The chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee says the White House is in "open defiance" of his panel after lawyers advised a former official to ignore a subpoena related to the committee's investigation of White House security clearances .
Masayoshi Son, the billionaire founder of SoftBank Group Corp, made a huge personal bet on bitcoin just as prices for the digital currency peaked, losing more than $130 million when he sold out, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, quoting people familiar with the matter.
U.S. President Donald Trump said he had a "great meeting" Tuesday with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, hours after bashing the company and accusing it of not treating him well because he's a Republican.
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