History was made at Tokyo Racecourse in Tokyo, Japan, early Sunday morning when ... His passion for horse racing began early, as he frequently visited Woodbine and Mohawk racetracks with his ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japan Volleyball Association said Friday it has appointed Ferhat Akbas as the new women's national team head coach. The 38-year-old from Turkey is the team's first foreign ...

Though three Japanese-trained 3-year-olds traveled to Saudi Arabia to compete Feb. 22 in the $1.5 million Saudi Derby (G3), a cast of 10 promising 3-year-olds remained behind in Japan to contest ...

Nippon Ishin no Kai said Wednesday that a Hyogo Prefectural Assembly member from the party has admitted his involvement in providing key documents to Takashi Tachibana, leader of controversial ...

A 46-year-old man was found bleeding from a head wound, collapsed on a sidewalk in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, on Tuesday night. According to police, a passerby called 110 at around 8:10 p.m. and said ...

Fumio Matoba, the winningest jockey in Japan and worldwide eighth-winningest ... her own off-track Thoroughbred around the Kentucky Horse Park. She is a graduate of the University of Louisville's ...

Fumio Matoba rode his first winner in 1973, going on to become the winning-most rider in Japanese racing history. He has ridden 7,424 winners, putting him eighth on the world all-time list ...

TOKYO/YAMAGUCHI, Japan -- As Japanese cuisine's popularity soars overseas, sake breweries are seeking to take advantage of the boom with local governments chipping in to promote the traditional ...