05.02.2025 14:05 Japanese judoka Uta Abe said Wednesday, ahead of her first competition since her shock second-round loss at the Paris Olympics, she wants to start from scratch as a challenger.
The 52-kilogram gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 is scheduled to return to the mat at the Feb. 14-16 Grand Slam event in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Read full story here05.02.2025 15:27 Heavy snowfall continued Wednesday along the Sea of Japan coast as the season's strongest cold front disrupted rail services in central Japan and air traffic, with the weather agency warning of more snow toward the weekend.
All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines canceled some of their flights due to the bad weather, including those between Tokyo and Tottori Prefecture in western Japan and between Shimane Prefecture, also in western Japan, and the Oki Islands in the Sea of Japan.
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"People say spirit, technique and physical fitness are three of the most important things in life," he said during an event in Tokyo. "In my order, physical health comes first, before mental health. When my body condition isn't good, my mind doesn't follow.
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Japanese judoka Uta Abe said Wednesday, ahead of her first competition since her shock second-round loss at the Paris Olympics, she wants to start from scratch as a challenger.
The 52-kilogram gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 is scheduled to return to the mat at the Feb. 14-16 Grand Slam event in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Read full story here
Heavy snowfall continued Wednesday along the Sea of Japan coast as the season's strongest cold front disrupted rail services in central Japan and air traffic, with the weather agency warning of more snow toward the weekend.
All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines canceled some of their flights due to the bad weather, including those between Tokyo and Tottori Prefecture in western Japan and between Shimane Prefecture, also in western Japan, and the Oki Islands in the Sea of Japan.
Read full story here
The U.S. Military Academy disbanded 12 affinity groups and placed all other clubs under review, in accordance with President Trump's crackdown on DEI.
New Baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki said Wednesday he continues to train hard even after retirement because maintaining physical health keeps him in good mental health.
"People say spirit, technique and physical fitness are three of the most important things in life," he said during an event in Tokyo. "In my order, physical health comes first, before mental health. When my body condition isn't good, my mind doesn't follow.
Read full story here
John Hope Bryant argues that Beyoncé's history-making Grammy win demonstrates how influence and ownership are even more powerful than DEI.
A movement to oppose the early actions of Trump’s Administration is taking off online, with plans to protest across the U.S. on Wednesday.
The Administration notified USAID workers in emails and a notice posted online, the latest in a sudden dismantling of the aid agency.
The easiest Derby winner ever was his greatest triumph but the horse’s fate at the hands of the IRA haunted himAga Khan IV, who has died at the age of 88, bred and owned the magnificent, ill-starred Derby winner, Shergar, among ... ... 
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is expected to pledge to boost Japan's imports of liquefied natural gas from the United States in his first face-to-face meeting later this week with President Donald Trump, Japanese government sources said Wednesday.
The expected proposal to be made by Ishiba, who is sitting down with Trump on Friday in Washington, would enhance energy security for resource-scarce Japan and help Tokyo align with the U.S. president's push for boosting fossil fuel production.
Read full story here
Nissan Motor Co. is set to end merger talks with Honda Motor Co., rejecting Honda's recent proposal to make Nissan a subsidiary a little more than a month after their talks began on a deal that could have created the world's No. 3 auto group, a source familiar with the matter said Wednesday.
The two automakers said in December they had agreed to begin talks on merging under a holding company in 2026 while keeping their respective brands, aiming to reduce costs and share the growing financial burden of developing electric vehicles and software to compete with global rivals like Tesla Inc. and China's BYD Co.
Read full story here
PM has decided best way to handle Trump is to praise him, suggest alternatives and hope he doesn’t hear criticismThere are times when Westminster politics feels unimportant. A diverting sideshow at best. After Donald Trump’s ... ... 
Community is billed as the cure-all for isolation, ageing and even climate change. Are we prepared to put the work in?In the year since I moved into my flat, I’ve received a few notes under the door.Some were warm welcomes – most ... ... 
The French government has faced ridicule for its new laundry edicts which include wearing a T-shirt five times before laundering it. But maybe it has a point?Name: Laundry.Age: As old as clothes. Continue reading... ... 
As Karla Sofía Gascón’s resurfaced social media posts upend the campaign for the year’s most-nominated film, what happens now?