Japan’s security environment situation has rapidly become precarious in recent years. It is therefore significant that the government laid down, for the first time, comprehensive and systematic guid...

In recent years Latin American governments have tended to gravitate toward two poles: leftist, populist and authoritarian, in the style of former Venezuelan caudillo Hugo Chavez; and modernizing, free...

London Olympic gold medalist Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu will skip the upcoming All-Japan wrestling championships due to an ankle injury, it was learned Tuesday. The three-day championships starting Dec. 2...

The weight class in which Saori Yoshida has won three consecutive Olympic gold medals in women’s wrestling was eliminated as the sport’s governing body increased the number of divisions Tuesday a...

NEW YORK (AP)—Wrestling’s international governing body announced Tuesday that men’s freestyle and Greco-Roman will each lose a weight class between light and heavyweight ahead of the 2016 Olymp...

WALLER, Texas (AP)—A.J. Foyt is keeping his team together for a second straight IndyCar season. On Tuesday, the team owner and four-time Indianapolis 500 winner said driver Takuma Sato, chief eng...

CALGARY, Canada (AP)—Kevin Dineen became coach of Canada’s women’s ice hockey team Tuesday ahead of the Sochi Olympics, a month after his firing by the Florida Panthers. He succeeds Dan Churc...

BOSTON (AP)—Right-hander Shunsuke Watanabe has agreed to a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox. Boston says he will report to minor league spring training as a reliever. The two-time ...

The J.League’s first division will take a two-month break for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, according to the schedule for next season announced Tuesday by the league. The season will start March ...