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Football: 58-year-old Miura joins J3 Fukushima United

Former Japan forward and 58-year-old Kazuyoshi Miura poses in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2026, during his first news conference after joining Fukushima United in the J-League third division. He will play for the northeastern Japan prefecture football club on loan until the end of June from J2-bound Yokohama FC.

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Football: 58-year-old Miura joins J3 Fukushima United

Former Japan forward and 58-year-old Kazuyoshi Miura speaks in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2026, during his first news conference after joining Fukushima United in the J-League third division. He will play for the northeastern Japan prefecture football club on loan until the end of June from J2-bound Yokohama FC.

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Football: 58-year-old Miura joins J3 Fukushima United

Former Japan forward and 58-year-old Kazuyoshi Miura poses in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2026, during his first news conference after joining Fukushima United in the J-League third division. He will play for the northeastern Japan prefecture football club on loan until the end of June from J2-bound Yokohama FC.

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Football: 58-year-old Miura joins J3 Fukushima United

Former Japan forward and 58-year-old Kazuyoshi Miura poses in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2026, during his first news conference after joining Fukushima United in the J-League third division. He will play for the northeastern Japan prefecture football club on loan until the end of June from J2-bound Yokohama FC.

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Football: 58-year-old Miura joins J3 Fukushima United

Former Japan forward and 58-year-old Kazuyoshi Miura speaks in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2026, during his first news conference after joining Fukushima United in the J-League third division. He will play for the northeastern Japan prefecture football club on loan until the end of June from J2-bound Yokohama FC.

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Football: 58-year-old Miura joins J3 Fukushima United

Former Japan forward and 58-year-old Kazuyoshi Miura speaks in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2026, during his first news conference after joining Fukushima United in the J-League third division. He will play for the northeastern Japan prefecture football club on loan until the end of June from J2-bound Yokohama FC.

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Football: 58-year-old Miura joins J3 Fukushima United

Former Japan forward and 58-year-old Kazuyoshi Miura speaks in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2026, during his first news conference after joining Fukushima United in the J-League third division. He will play for the northeastern Japan prefecture football club on loan until the end of June from J2-bound Yokohama FC.

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Fatal accident at ski resort in Hokkaido

Photo taken at a ski resort in Otaru in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 29, 2025, shows a moving walkway (L) where a fatal accident involving a 5-year-old boy occurred the previous day. The boy died after his right arm became trapped in the moving walkway.

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Fatal accident at ski resort in Hokkaido

Photo taken at a ski resort in Otaru in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 28, 2025, shows a moving walkway where a fatal accident involving a 5-year-old boy occurred earlier in the day. The boy died after his right arm became trapped in the moving walkway.

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Fatal accident at ski resort in Hokkaido

Flowers and juice bottles are placed at the site of a fatal accident involving a 5-year-old boy at a ski resort in Otaru in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 29, 2025. The boy died after his right arm became trapped in a moving walkway at the resort the previous day.

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Top 10 World Sports News Events In 2025

Men's pole vault entered uncharted territory at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo from September 13 to 21, as Sweden's Armand Duplantis cleared 6.30 meters to break the world record for the 14th time. The event saw nine championship records fall, with American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone breaking a 42-year-old championship record in women's 400m. The 2027 athletics worlds will be held at the National Stadium "Bird's Nest" in Beijing. This file photo taken on Sept. 15, 2025 shows Armand Duplantis of Sweden posing with the screen showing his new world record after the men's pole vault final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Photo by Song Yanhua/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Top 10 Athletes In 2025

6. Faith Kipyegon (Kenya, athletics) Kipyegon won her third consecutive world title in the women's 1,500m at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. The 31-year-old also broke her own 1,500m world record with 3:48.68 at Wanda Diamond League meeting in Eugene. This file photo taken on Sept. 16, 2025 shows gold medalist Faith Kipyegon of Kenya celebrating after the women's 1500m final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Photo by Ju Huanzong/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rice for undernourished children in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 14 Kyodo - Young monks at Tokyo's Zojoji temple prepare to send collected rice to undernourished children in the city on Aug. 11, 1930. (Photo by Japan Telegraphic Communication Co.)

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Suntory Holdings Chairman Niinami resigns

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 2 Kyodo - Suntory Holdings Ltd. President Nobuhiro Torii and Vice President Kenji Yamada bow in apology at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2025, after announcing the resignation of the company's Chairman Takeshi Niinami, also chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives. The 66-year-old was under police investigation over dietary supplements he allegedly purchased, according to the major Japanese brewer. (Kyodo)

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Japan: Fire Breaks Out at Tokyo Haneda Airport Old Hangar, Flights Unaffected 2

A large fire broke out at an old hangar undergoing demolition on the premises of Tokyo Haneda International Airport on Monday morning, September 29. Authorities have confirmed that the incident has not caused any delays or disruption to flight operations. This is a developing story.

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Japan: Fire Breaks Out at Tokyo Haneda Airport Old Hangar, Flights Unaffected

A large fire broke out at an old hangar undergoing demolition on the premises of Tokyo Haneda International Airport on Monday morning, September 29. Authorities have confirmed that the incident has not caused any delays or disruption to flight operations. This is a developing story.

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Japan: Fire Breaks Out at Tokyo Haneda Airport Old Hangar, Flights Unaffected 3

A large fire broke out at an old hangar undergoing demolition on the premises of Tokyo Haneda International Airport on Monday morning, September 29. Authorities have confirmed that the incident has not caused any delays or disruption to flight operations. This is a developing story.

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5-time Paralympic gold medalist Kawai to head sports agency

Retired visually impaired swimmer Junichi Kawai speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2025, after being named the next commissioner of the Japan Sports Agency. A five-time Paralympic gold medalist, the 50-year-old will become the first Paralympian to assume the post when his appointment takes effect Oct. 1.

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5-time Paralympic gold medalist Kawai to head sports agency

Retired visually impaired swimmer Junichi Kawai speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2025, after being named the next commissioner of the Japan Sports Agency. A five-time Paralympic gold medalist, the 50-year-old will become the first Paralympian to assume the post when his appointment takes effect Oct. 1.

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Suntory Holdings Chairman Niinami resigns

Suntory Holdings Ltd. President Nobuhiro Torii (L) and Vice President Kenji Yamada bow in apology at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2025, after announcing the resignation of the company's Chairman Takeshi Niinami, also chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives. The 66-year-old was under police investigation over dietary supplements he allegedly purchased, according to the major Japanese brewer.

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65-year-old movie house closes in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, July 29 Kyodo - Movie fans gather in front of Marunouchi Toei movie theater in Tokyo's Ginza area on July 27, 2025, following its last screening, ending its 65-year history. (Kyodo)

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Japan court acquits man of 1986 schoolgirl murder in retrial

Shoshi Maekawa (back, R), a 60-year-old who served seven years in prison for the 1986 murder of a junior high school student, celebrates with supporters at a restaurant in Kanazawa, central Japan, on July 18, 2025, after a high court acquitted him at the conclusion of a retrial earlier in the day.

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Japan court acquits man of 1986 schoolgirl murder in retrial

Shoshi Maekawa, a 60-year-old who served seven years in prison for the 1986 murder of a junior high school student, celebrates with supporters at a restaurant in Kanazawa, central Japan, on July 18, 2025, after a high court acquitted him at the conclusion of a retrial earlier in the day.

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Japan court acquits man of 1986 schoolgirl murder in retrial

Shoshi Maekawa, a 60-year-old who served seven years in prison for the 1986 murder of a junior high school student, holds a press conference in Kanazawa, central Japan, on July 18, 2025, after a high court acquitted him at the conclusion of a retrial earlier in the day.

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Japan court acquits man of 1986 schoolgirl murder in retrial

Shoshi Maekawa, a 60-year-old who served seven years in prison for the 1986 murder of a junior high school student, holds a press conference in Kanazawa, central Japan, on July 18, 2025, after a high court acquitted him at the conclusion of a retrial earlier in the day.

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Japan court acquits man of 1986 schoolgirl murder in retrial

Shoshi Maekawa, a 60-year-old who served seven years in prison for the 1986 murder of a junior high school student, holds a press conference in Kanazawa, central Japan, on July 18, 2025, after a high court acquitted him at the conclusion of a retrial earlier in the day.

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Japan: Four Pandas Begin Journey to China from Adventure World, Wakayama 2

The four giant pandas, 24-year-old mother Rauhin and her three daughters Yuihin, Saihin, and Fuhin, began their return to China from Adventure World, a theme park in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan on Saturday, June 28. They were loaded onto two trucks and seen off by around 300 people, including facility staff, before heading for Kansai International Airport, a day after thousands of fans bid them a teary farewell during their last public appearance.

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Giant pandas arrive at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport

-- Staff members transfer newly arrived giant pandas at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 28, 2025. Four Japan-born giant pandas arrived here on Saturday evening. The four pandas -- 24-year-old Rauhin and her three daughters, 8-year-old Yuihin, 6-year-old Saihin and 4-year-old Fuhin -- were sent to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding for quarantine. In 1994, China began cooperation on giant panda conservation with Adventure World amusement park, located in the coastal town of Shirahama in Japan's Wakayama Prefecture. The two countries have bred 17 cubs together and established the largest overseas artificial breeding population of giant pandas, known as the "Hin Family." Over the years, China and Japan have developed a solid partnership and achieved remarkable progress in panda conservation and breeding, cub care and disease treatment, scientific exchange and public education. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Giant pandas arrive at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport

-- Staff members transfer newly arrived giant pandas at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 28, 2025. Four Japan-born giant pandas arrived here on Saturday evening. The four pandas -- 24-year-old Rauhin and her three daughters, 8-year-old Yuihin, 6-year-old Saihin and 4-year-old Fuhin -- were sent to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding for quarantine. In 1994, China began cooperation on giant panda conservation with Adventure World amusement park, located in the coastal town of Shirahama in Japan's Wakayama Prefecture. The two countries have bred 17 cubs together and established the largest overseas artificial breeding population of giant pandas, known as the "Hin Family." Over the years, China and Japan have developed a solid partnership and achieved remarkable progress in panda conservation and breeding, cub care and disease treatment, scientific exchange and public education. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Giant pandas arrive at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport

-- Staff members transfer newly arrived giant pandas at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 28, 2025. Four Japan-born giant pandas arrived here on Saturday evening. The four pandas -- 24-year-old Rauhin and her three daughters, 8-year-old Yuihin, 6-year-old Saihin and 4-year-old Fuhin -- were sent to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding for quarantine. In 1994, China began cooperation on giant panda conservation with Adventure World amusement park, located in the coastal town of Shirahama in Japan's Wakayama Prefecture. The two countries have bred 17 cubs together and established the largest overseas artificial breeding population of giant pandas, known as the "Hin Family." Over the years, China and Japan have developed a solid partnership and achieved remarkable progress in panda conservation and breeding, cub care and disease treatment, scientific exchange and public education. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Giant pandas arrive at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport

-- Giant pandas arrive at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 28, 2025. Four Japan-born giant pandas arrived here on Saturday evening. The four pandas -- 24-year-old Rauhin and her three daughters, 8-year-old Yuihin, 6-year-old Saihin and 4-year-old Fuhin -- were sent to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding for quarantine. In 1994, China began cooperation on giant panda conservation with Adventure World amusement park, located in the coastal town of Shirahama in Japan's Wakayama Prefecture. The two countries have bred 17 cubs together and established the largest overseas artificial breeding population of giant pandas, known as the "Hin Family." Over the years, China and Japan have developed a solid partnership and achieved remarkable progress in panda conservation and breeding, cub care and disease treatment, scientific exchange and public education. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Giant pandas arrive at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport

-- Giant pandas arrive at the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 28, 2025. Four Japan-born giant pandas arrived here on Saturday evening. The four pandas -- 24-year-old Rauhin and her three daughters, 8-year-old Yuihin, 6-year-old Saihin and 4-year-old Fuhin -- were sent to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding for quarantine. In 1994, China began cooperation on giant panda conservation with Adventure World amusement park, located in the coastal town of Shirahama in Japan's Wakayama Prefecture. The two countries have bred 17 cubs together and established the largest overseas artificial breeding population of giant pandas, known as the "Hin Family." Over the years, China and Japan have developed a solid partnership and achieved remarkable progress in panda conservation and breeding, cub care and disease treatment, scientific exchange and public education. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan: Four Pandas Begin Journey to China from Adventure World, Wakayama

The four giant pandas, 24-year-old mother Rauhin and her three daughters Yuihin, Saihin, and Fuhin, began their return to China from Adventure World, a theme park in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan on Saturday, June 28. They were loaded onto two trucks and seen off by around 300 people, including facility staff, before heading for Kansai International Airport, a day after thousands of fans bid them a teary farewell during their last public appearance. This video shows trucks carrying pandas arriving near KIX airport.

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Figure skating: 3-time world champ Sakamoto to retire after Olympics

Japanese figure skater Kaori Sakamoto, winner of three consecutive world championships through 2024, meets the press in Kobe, western Japan, on June 20, 2025. The 25-year-old said she will retire from competition after the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

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Figure skating: 3-time world champ Sakamoto to retire after Olympics

Japanese figure skater Kaori Sakamoto, winner of three consecutive world championships through 2024, meets the press in Kobe, western Japan, on June 20, 2025. The 25-year-old said she will retire from competition after the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

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Figure skating: 3-time world champ Sakamoto to retire after Olympics

Japanese figure skater Kaori Sakamoto, winner of three consecutive world championships through 2024, meets the press in Kobe, western Japan, on June 20, 2025. The 25-year-old said she will retire from competition after the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.

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Fatal stabbing of young woman on Tokyo street

TOKYO, Japan, May 15 Kyodo - A cross mark on the map shows the site of a fatal stabbing of a 22-year-old woman near JR Takadanobaba Station in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. A 42-year-old man, Kenichi Takano, was arrested on March 11, 2025, over his alleged stabbing of Airi Sato while she was livestreaming on a street earlier in the day. The man was quoted by investigative sources as saying the woman had failed to repay debts to him.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on April 29, 2025, shows an art installation titled "Forest of Civilizations" at the World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan. Public entry to the area, featuring a forest composed of over 130 6,500-year-old subfossil oak trees, has been prohibited since April 28 as some of them could topple, expo organizers said.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo taken on April 29, 2025, shows an art installation titled "Forest of Civilizations" at the World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan. Public entry to the area, featuring a forest composed of over 130 6,500-year-old subfossil oak trees, has been prohibited since April 28 as some of them could topple, expo organizers said.

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Actor Hirosue's house searched

Investigators confiscate items from Japanese actor Ryoko Hirosue's house in Tokyo on April 10, 2025, over an alleged vehicular assault. The latest allegation came after the 44-year-old was arrested on April 8 on suspicion of injuring a nurse at a hospital in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, as she awaited treatment after a car accident.

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Actor Hirosue's house investigated

Investigators enter Japanese actor Ryoko Hirosue's house in Tokyo on April 10, 2025, over an alleged vehicular assault. The latest allegation comes after the 44-year-old was arrested on April 8 on suspicion of injuring a nurse at a hospital in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, as she awaited treatment after a car accident.

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Actor Hirosue's house searched

Investigators confiscate items from Japanese actor Ryoko Hirosue's house in Tokyo on April 10, 2025, over an alleged vehicular assault. The latest allegation came after the 44-year-old was arrested on April 8 on suspicion of injuring a nurse at a hospital in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, as she awaited treatment after a car accident.

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File - Gaetane Thiney Announces Her Retirement at The End of The Season

File Photo - Kadidiatou Diani of France celebrates her goal with Gaetane Thiney of France during the Women's International Friendly match between France and Japan at Stade Abbe Deschamps on April 4, 2019 in Auxerre, France. After a career spanning more than 20 years, Gaëtane Thiney has announced the end of her career as a professional footballer. The iconic 39-year-old captain of Paris FC will call time on her career in 2025, although she will still be playing in the final major matches for her club, including the league play-offs and the Coupe de France final against PSG. Voted best D1 player in 2012 and 2014, Thiney also made her mark on the history of the French national team, with 163 caps and 58 goals scored. Her last match in a blue shirt was in November 2019. Photo by David Niviere/ABACAPRESS.COM

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[Breaking News]Ruling on pipe bomb attack targeting ex-PM Kishida

WAKAYAMA, Japan, Feb. 19 Kyodo - Video taken on Feb. 19, 2025, shows the Wakayama District Court in the western Japan city of Wakayama, where a 25-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the attempted murder in 2023 of then Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in a pipe bomb attack at an election event. (Kyodo)

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Ruling on pipe bomb attack targeting ex-PM Kishida

A vehicle believed to be carrying a 25-year-old man, sentenced to 10 years in prison for the attempted murder in 2023 of then Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in a pipe bomb attack, leaves the Wakayama District Court in the western Japan city of Wakayama on Feb. 19, 2025.

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Ruling on pipe bomb attack targeting ex-PM Kishida

Photo taken on Feb. 19, 2025, shows the Wakayama District Court in the western Japan city of Wakayama, where a 25-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the attempted murder in 2023 of then Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in a pipe bomb attack at an election event.

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Naked festival at western Japan temple

Men wearing only loincloths jostle in a bid to grab two sacred wooden sticks during the over-500-year-old Saidai-ji Eyo festival at Saidai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Okayama on Feb. 15, 2025. A person who gets a stick is called a fukuotoko, or "lucky man."

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Naked festival at western Japan temple

Men wearing only loincloths jostle in a bid to grab two sacred wooden sticks during the over-500-year-old Saidai-ji Eyo festival at Saidai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Okayama on Feb. 15, 2025. A person who gets a stick is called a fukuotoko, or "lucky man."

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Naked festival at western Japan temple

Men wearing only loincloths jostle in a bid to grab two sacred wooden sticks during the over-500-year-old Saidai-ji Eyo festival at Saidai-ji temple in the western Japan city of Okayama on Feb. 15, 2025. A person who gets a stick is called a fukuotoko, or "lucky man."

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Baseball: Japan teenager Morii signs with A's

Shotaro Morii, 18-year-old baseball player from Japan's Toho Senior High School, speaks at a press conference in Kunitachi, western Tokyo, on Feb. 11, 2025, after signing a minor league contract with U.S. Major League Baseball's Athletics in January.