A bear weighing about 100 kilograms was captured and sedated in a city north of Tokyo on Tuesday after being repeatedly spotted for four days, leading local officials to close schools as a safety precaution for children,…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — A decade after Mary Joy Tabal established the Philippine women’s marathon record, fellow Cebu-based runner Artjoy Torregosa finally rewrote the mark in emphatic fashion at the prestigious Tokyo Marathon on Sunday in Japan.…
In a shuttered school north of Tokyo, office workers assemble cardboard houses in minutes—part of a travel agency’s efforts to help people better prepare for life in evacuation shelters. The travel agency, KNT-CT Holdings, is promoting a program…
TOKYO — The suspect in the murder of the president of an audio equipment-related company in Tokyo suggested that a bonus cut had led him to attack the victim, investigative sources told Jiji Press on Sunday. Masahiro…
The Japan Meteorological Agency reported the snow fell in Central Tokyo on Friday, the season’s first snowfall in the capital READ: Heavy snow in Tokyo area knocks out power to homes, disrupts travel It was a day earlier…
As Masa, a Labrador retriever, entered a pediatric hospital ward in Tokyo, Japan, children’s eyes lit up at the dog. A facility dog, Masa is a specially trained animal that supports children hospitalized for extended periods or…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebuano knockout artist Cristian “The Bomb” Araneta is set to collide with Thailand’s Thanongsak Simsri in a world title bout that serves as the co-main event of a blockbuster fight card on June…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Jukiya Iimura finally got his redemption in a hard-fought rematch held at Tokyo’s iconic Korakuen Hall against his tormentor, Esneth Domingo, on Saturday night, May 3. Iimura avenged the lone blemish on his…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The stage is set for an electrifying showdown in the world of boxing as the highly anticipated world title fight between Cebu’s Cristian “The Bomb” Araneta and Thailand’s Thanongsak Simsri has officially been…
CEBU CITY, Philippines —ARQ Boxing Stables’ Bryan James “Wild Fury” Wild arrived in Japan on Thursday, July 4, for his upcoming fight at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Wild is the fourth boxer from the Cebu-based ARQ…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Presco “The Iceman” Carcosia will try his luck in Japan again as he is scheduled to fight there on July 9 in the nation’s capital, Tokyo. Carcosia, a native of General Santos City…
PARIS—Japanese investigators are preparing to probe the collision of two airplanes at Tokyo’s Haneda airport, weeks after the global airline industry heard fresh warnings about runway safety. All 379 people aboard a Japan Airlines Airbus A350 escaped after a…
