On the morning of the second and final game of Major League Baseball's Tokyo Series between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers on March 19, a dusting of snow fell on Japan's capital city — an ...

At Wembley Stadium on March 31, few expected anything but an England win. Instead, underdogs Japan stunned the home side with a 1-0 victory, the first ever by an Asian team on English soil. In front ...

Boy band Seventeen garnered 180,000 fans during its Japanese fan meet and greets, its agency Pledis Entertainment said Monday ...

LOS ANGELES, Oct 4 (Reuters) - The waves of Japanese tourists that have descended on Dodger Stadium since Shohei Ohtani joined the club this season could provide a boost to the Japanese sensation as ...

The phenomenon of Japanese football fans meticulously cleaning stadiums after matches has become a global spectacle, a tradition that began at their first World Cup appearance in 1998 and continues to ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chile will feel a little quieter now that Japan is out of the men's Under-20 World Cup. With drums, banners, flags, and signs, the Japanese fans stole the show with their ...

TOKYO (AP) — If there’s one country guaranteed to clean up at the World Cup, it’s Japan. Literally. Scenes of Japanese soccer fans sweeping stadiums and picking up trash after a match first drew ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. With the news that Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are suing ...

Scenes of Japanese soccer fans sweeping stadiums and picking up trash after a match first drew public attention in France in 1998 — Japan’s first appearance in the World Cup. The tradition has ...