After yesterday’s quarterfinals, which featured a blowout and something much closer but not exactly thrilling, the WBC delivered drama in spades on Saturday. Italy 8, Puerto Rico 6. In something that happened three times on Saturday,

Chicago Cubs OF Seiya Suzuki left Japan’s World Baseball Classic quarterfinal against Venezuela on Saturday after suffering an apparent knee injury while he was caught stealing.

There was a major development at the World Baseball Classic on Saturday, when Team Japan lost to Venezuela. Japan got beat by a 8-5 score. Team Japan's star Shohei Ohtani opened up after the game about feeling that pain of defeat.

In Japan, small gestures matter. From how to hold your bowl to what to do with rubbish, our local expert explores Japanese social etiquette – and how travellers can follow with ease.

Any decision to dispatch Japanese military vessels to the Middle East to escort ships would face “high hurdles,” a senior official said, after President Donald Trump expressed hopes that Tokyo would join the US to keep the Strait of Hormuz “open and safe.

Japan plans to start releasing oil from its stockpiles on Monday to soften the shock from the U.-Israeli war on Iran, a ‌stark reminder of the oil crisis half a century ago that prompted Tokyo to create reserves.

This comes after US President Trump urged China, France, Japan, South Korea, UK to send warships to secure Strait of Hormuz amid Iran tensions - Anadolu Ajansı

Since November 2025, Japan's militaristic tendencies have become increasingly evident. This has sparked serious worries that the postwar international order could be threatened, and that Japan might once again become the main trigger for military conflicts ...