White Sox left-hander Anthony Kay spent the past two years in Japan pitching for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars and got a good look at Munetaka Murakami in the opposing batter’s box.

For academics, historians and activists, the past year has been tumultuous in advocating the teaching of Black history in the United States.

Promoted by President Donald Trump as “a must watch,” the Melania Trump documentary “Melania” debuted with a better-than-expected $7 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.

A federal appeals court judge has dismissed a misconduct complaint filed by the Justice Department against a judge who clashed with President Donald Trump ’s administration over deportations to a ...

Democrat Taylor Rehmet flipped a reliably Republican state Senate district in Texas in Saturday’s special election, continuing a string of surprise victories for Democrats across the U.S. in the year ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency urged caution in the Kanto region, including Tokyo, from Monday evening through early Tuesday morning for possible lightning strikes, tornadoes, heavy rain, and hail.

Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, who were detained by immigration officers in Minnesota and held at an ICE facility in Texas, have been released following a judge’s order. They have ...

Carlos Alcaraz had Novak Djokovic across the net from him and Rafael Nadal watching from above in Rod Laver Arena.

Two things can be true at once. K-pop is an inextricable force in global pop culture, and it has long been undercelebrated at institutions like the Grammys — where K-pop artists have performed but ...

A doctored version of a “campaign broadcast” by the Centrist Reform Alliance for the Feb. 8 House of Representatives election has gone viral on the X social media network.

As the number of foreign-born students attending evening classes offered by public junior high schools grows, educators are being pushed to innovate in Japanese-language instruction.

All the major parties are vowing to lower the consumption tax rate in their campaigns for the House of Representatives election. Partly due to surging prices for materials, prices in general have been ...