Garrick Higgo matched the El Cardonal at Diamante course record with an 11-under 61 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Carson Young into the final round of the World Wide Technology Championship.

President Donald Trump is returning to “60 Minutes” for an interview for the first time after settling a lawsuit this summer over the newsmagazine's interview with rival Kamala Harris.

A lot of Japanese have been glued to their computers or TV sets recently, cheering for Shohei Ohtani in the World Series.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has welcomed Japan's commitment to accelerate its military buildup and defense spending.

The Trump administration is moving to overrule state laws that protect consumers’ credit reports from medical debt.

The U.S. stock market pushed further into record heights.

President Donald Trump spent his day in Japan bonding with new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, taking her with him as he spoke to U.S. troops aboard an aircraft carrier.

Japanese sushi legend Jiro Ono won three Michelin stars for more than a decade, the world’s oldest head chef to do so.

The U.S. track team overhauled its struggling relay strategy to start this Olympic cycle and won four of five possible gold medals at the world championships in Tokyo last month.

Japan’s new foreign minister said Wednesday his country plans to show its determination to further build up its defense power to rapidly adapt to changing warfare and growing tension in the region when U.S. President Donald Trump visits Tokyo next week.

Danilo Yavhushyshyn left his native Ukraine 3 1/2 years ago — just after Russia launched a full-scale invasion — and has risen rapidly to stardom in Japan as one of the country’s top sumo wrestlers.

U.S. stocks sank to their first loss in eight days.

U.S. technology company Nvidia and Fujitsu, a Japanese telecommunications and computer maker, have agreed to work together on artificial intelligence to deliver smart robots and a variety of other innovations.

U.S. stock indexes drifted lower as a seemingly relentless rally on Wall Street takes at least a pause.

American Cole Hocker came to world championships hoping for two medals.

Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles blasted through the anchor legs of back-to-back wins in the rainy 4x100s to close out world championships with a relay sweep for the U.S. Richardson received the baton with a.

The failure of Michael Johnson’s attempt to transform track and field, the Grand Slam Track league, hovered over big swaths of the sport’s world championships this week.

The U.S. men’s 4x400 relay team qualified for Sunday night’s final after winning a one-on-one showdown against Kenya to kick off the last day at world championships.

American distance runner Shelby Houlihan spent four years kicked out of track for her “Burrito Ban” wondering every day what she could’ve done if she were still there.

American sprinter Melissa Jefferson-Wooden has a gold medal from the world championships.

Noah Lyles pulled ahead of Kenny Bednarek heading into the straightaway then held him off down the stretch to capture his fourth title in a much-awaited 200 meters at the world championships.

Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone holds the world record in the 400-meter hurdles and took a giant step closer to setting it in the 400 flat at world championships.

Haruki Murakami will be honored in December with an evening of words and music.

America's reigning 5,000-meter track champion, Shelby Houlihan, is back from a four-year doping ban.

One record down, and maybe one more to go for Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone in Tokyo.

U.S. stocks edged back from their record heights.

They ran for more than two hours and needed a photo finish to determine the winner, with Alphonce Simbu edging out Amanal Petros in the men’s marathon at world championships in a race decided by a sprint down the track at the finish.

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden of the U.S. and Oblique Seville of Jamaica won the 100-meter finals at world championships in a changing of the guard in track.

Former Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen failed to advance out of the first round of the 1,500 meters at the world championships, denying one of the meet’s most competitive races of one of its most dramatic characters.

Steeplechaser Tim Van de Velde looked behind him and saw a fellow competitor crawling over the last barrier on a 3,000-meter journey that went terribly for both.

When he closes the book on 2025, Ryan Crouser will have six official shot put attempts on the books.

World Athletics portrayed gender testing as a common-sense way to protect the female category in track and field.

In the 16 years since Usain Bolt posted his world records in the 100 and 200 meters, nobody has really come close to toppling them.

Japan’s National Stadium was fanless four years ago during the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics.

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's order to implement lower tariffs on automobiles and other Japanese imports.

Japan says it plans to deploy its domestically developed long-range missiles earlier than scheduled.

Japanese officials have released AI-generated videos simulating a potential eruption of Mount Fuji.

Japan’s top trade negotiator has abruptly canceled a trip to Washington aimed at issuing a joint statement on a tariffs deal with the Trump administration.

Police say that a set of bones recovered at a wartime mine in Japan are human remains.

Sony has raised the price of its PlayStation 5 consoles being sold in the United States by $50 due to a challenging economic environment.

U.S. stock indexes ended mixed after Nvidia, Palantir and other superstar stocks pared most of their steep losses from the morning.

Japan is paying tribute to more than 3 million war dead as the country marks its surrender 80 years ago, ending World War II.

Japan on Friday is marking the surrender announcement by then-Emperor Hirohito 80 years ago at the end of World War II.

Fast-food chain McDonald’s Japan has canceled a Happy Meal campaign that came with coveted Pokemon cards.

Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank Group has reported a $2.9 billion profit for the April-June quarter, rebounding from a loss a year earlier, as its investments benefited from the craze for artificial intelligence.

A rally for Apple led Wall Street higher, as U.S. stocks reclaimed more of their sharp losses from last week.

Nintendo, the Japanese video game maker behind the Super Mario and Pokemon franchises, is reporting an 18.6% surge in net profit for the first fiscal quarter on the back of strong demand for its new Switch 2 console.

Wall Street’s weeklong, record-breaking run ran out of momentum.

President Donald Trump is bragging that Japan has given him, as part of a new trade framework, $550 billion to invest in the United States.

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has become the latest governing body in the sports world to enact a policy change around transgender athlete competition.

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a flurry of trade deals that will relieve some pressure on companies and consumers from sharply higher tariffs on imports from Japan and a handful of other Asian countries.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has again denied reports that he plans to resign after his party's historic election defeat.

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee has barred transgender women from competing in women’s sports.

Global shares mostly fell even as U.S. stocks climbed further into record heights as the clock ticks on President Donald Trump’s July 9 tariff deadline.

A controversial redevelopment plan in Tokyo's Jingu Gaien park threatens historic landmarks and green spaces.

Business sentiment among large Japanese manufacturers has improved slightly, according to a survey by Japan’s central bank, despite persisting worries over President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Japan has successfully launched a climate monitoring satellite using its H-2A rocket.

U.S. stocks drifted higher following another encouraging update on inflation.

A private lunar lander from Japan has crashed into the moon.

The number of newborns in Japan fell below 700,000 for the first time since records began in 1899.

Wall Street closed its best month since 2023 with a quiet day of trading.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has expressed determination to defend rules-based, free and multilateral trade systems and work to expand the main Asia-Pacific trade group at a time of tension over U.S. tariffs.

A big rally for stocks that began in Asia lost steam amid uncertainty about what will happen next after a U.S. court blocked many of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Japan plans to use some of the slightly radioactive soil removed from across Fukushima prefecture on flower beds outside Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s office.

Stephen Hayes Dacus has been approved to be the new chief executive of the operator of 7-Eleven, the first foreigner to lead the Japanese convenience store chain.

A flight from Tokyo to Houston was diverted to Seattle after a passenger attempted to open an emergency exit door mid-flight.

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba says that he spoke by telephone with U.S. President Donald Trump and agreed to hold “productive” discussions at an upcoming round of tariff talks between the two sides.

Stocks drifted to a mixed close on Wall Street, holding on to most of the gains they made earlier in the week after the U.S. and China declared a temporary cease-fire in their trade war.

Nissan says it will cut about 15% of its global work force, or about 20,000 employees, by fiscal 2027.

The head of the global trade watchdog says global free trade is facing a “crisis” as U.S. President Donald Trump disrupts world commerce with his fast-changing tariffs and other policies.

Japanese video-game maker Nintendo has reported a 43% decline in profit for the fiscal year through March, but promised a turnaround as its Switch console upgrade goes on sale in June.

Japan’s top automaker Toyota is reporting record sales for the fiscal year through March, but its profit for the latest quarter faltered partly because of a certification scandal.

Among all U.S. allies being wooed by Beijing in its tariff stare-down with Washington, Japan stands out as a peculiar case.

May the 4th be with you.

Microsoft and Meta Platforms drove Wall Street higher after delivering profits for the start of the year that were even bigger than analysts expected.

Police in Japan say that climber who was airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan’s Mount Fuji last week returned to the slope and was rescued for a second time just four days later.

U.S. stocks rallied further as better-than-expected profits for U.S. companies piled up, though CEOs say they’re unsure whether it will last because of uncertainty created by President Donald Trump’s trade war.

The highspeed bullet train takes center stage in Shinji Higuchi’s new film, “Bullet Train Explosion,” premiering on Netflix Wednesday.

The Force was with many Japanese, as well as visitors from abroad, at a “Star Wars” event where Lucasfilm announced that the next installation in the franchise will hit theaters in May 2027 starring Ryan Gosling.

The new U.S. ambassador to Japan says he is optimistic that his country and its key Asian ally will reach a deal in their ongoing tariff negotiations.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has attended the opening ceremony for Expo 2025 Osaka and expressed his hope that the event will help restore global unity in a world is plagued by conflicts and trade wars.

The Pentagon’s acting inspector general has announced that he will review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen.

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba says his government is making last ditch efforts to get U.S. President Donald Trump to exclude his country from an increase in auto tariffs due to take effect this week.

The Defense Department is going to offer a new round of voluntary resignations and retirements to the civilian workforce, but details are slim.

Roki Sasaki’s home debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers ended in the second inning Saturday night after the touted right-hander again struggled with his control.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has swiped at U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to raise tariffs on a wide range of products.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has stressed the importance of free trade and multilateralism and decried threats against democracy as he and Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba agreed to step up ties across the board.

A controversial South Korean church with powerful political connections faces dissolution in Japan after a Tokyo court issued an order to revoke its legal status.

Baseball's next big star could be part of this year's rookie class in the major leagues.

Foreign ministers from Japan, China and South Korea sought common ground in areas like aging, low birth rates, natural disasters and cultural exchange at a meeting that took place at a time of growing tensions.

Sota Fujimori is the luckiest 10-year-old in Japan.

Shohei Ohtani hit a towering solo homer in his return to Japan, taking Chicago Cubs pitcher Nate Pearson deep with a ball that barely cleared the fence in right-center field and helping the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 6-3 to sweep the two-game series in Tokyo.

Roki Sasaki’s Major League Baseball debut was equal parts electrifying and erratic, with the Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander displaying a powerful arm but also a wild streak that limited his outing to three innings at the Tokyo Dome.

Chicago Cubs fans take pride in being underdogs, a role that ended briefly when they won the World Series in 2016 to end a 107-year drought between championships.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto had a little extra zip on his fastball.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw five strong innings, Shohei Ohtani had two hits and scored twice and the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 4-1 in Major League Baseball’s season opener at the Tokyo Dome.

The jammed sellout at the Tokyo Dome as the Dodgers and Cubs opened their regular season had a different vibe than the usual MLB game.

Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman was scratched from the starting lineup with left rib discomfort before the season opener against the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night at the Tokyo Dome.

Shortstop Mookie Betts has returned to Los Angeles to continue recovering from an illness that will cause him to miss the Dodgers’ first two games of the regular season at the Tokyo Dome.

The Major League Baseball season kicks off Tuesday night at the Tokyo Dome when Shohei Ohtani and the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers face the Chicago Cubs.