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Drastic weight loss, ferocious sparring and lax regulation have created a dangerous environment in Japanese boxing, as the sport battles for its future in the country after two fighters died.

Warren Buffett‘s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK) (NYSE:BRK) has increased its stake in Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp. to 10.23% from 9.74%, Mitsubishi (OTC:MSBHF) (OTC:MTSUY) announced Thursday. The move signals deepening confidence in Japanese trading houses after previously negotiating the removal of a 10% investment cap.

City cites concern that long hours on phones are linked to sleep loss, weakened social ties, and truancy among children

Within two days of launching its AI companions last month, Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot app Grok became the most popular app in Japan.

Draft ordinance in Toyoake has triggered a backlash from locals, with some calling it an attack on individual freedom

“I’ve had Japanese people crying when I tell them I’m not Diana,” British woman Christina Hance, who sometimes earned thousands of pounds a day as a Diana impersonator, told the BBC in 1996. A few months later, she announced she was stepping back from her duties as a Diana lookalike,…

When zombie-blasting survival game "Resident Evil" launched on the very first PlayStation console in 1996, Japanese publishers Capcom never thought the series would reach tens of millions of people or endure for three decades.

Forty years since the British Sumo Association was founded, the ancient Japanese sport is finding new enthusiasts in the UK. Could it become gigantic, asks Kyle MacNeill

Far beneath the waves, down in the depths of the Japan Trench — seven kilometres below sea level — lie hidden clues about some of the most powerful earthquakes and tsunamis on Earth.

After overcoming health setbacks, Kokichi Akuzawa climbed Mount Fuji, earning a Guinness World Record

Left out of New Zealand’s Women’s Rugby World Cup squad, the serial champion is impressing on TV instead