Marty Reisman, the table tennis player who inspired Josh Safdie's new film, wrote a memoir in the 1970s. Here's his story in ...

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Dating is tricky even when the odds seem good. Say you're both from the same town, are familiar with each other's beloved ...

Osaka’s underground street racing scene operates under extreme secrecy and pressure. Drivers risk harsh penalties in a ...

The faceoff took place on a street in the capital after the suspect "and the dead man agreed to fight each other," police ...

Japan’s lack of public trash cans often surprises visitors, but cultural norms and safety concerns explain why travelers ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Joe Sternberg, Allysia Finley, and Kim Strassel. It’s ’90s night at the Tokyo disco, as Japan’s central bank on Friday raised its policy ...

TOKYO—In 1995, O.J. Simpson was acquitted of murder charges, Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” topped the charts, and the first Toy Story movie hit the theaters. It was also the last time the Bank of ...

Pedestrians walk past an electronic quotation board displaying the Nikkei Stock Average. — © AFP Kazuhiro NOGI Pedestrians walk past an electronic quotation board ...

CCTV footage showing Alicia Kemp, from Redditch, Worcestershire, has been released after the British backpacker was jailed for four years after she struck and killed a father-of-two in Australia while ...

TOKYO, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is set to raise interest rates on Friday to a three-decade high and pledge to keep hiking borrowing costs, closing the year with two rate hikes despite ...

TOKYO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to levels unseen in 30 years, taking another landmark step in ending decades of huge monetary support and near-zero ...