Kazuko Fukuda was on the run for nearly 15 years until her capture in Fukui Prefecture in 1997 TOKYO (TR) – In 1982, Kazuko Fukuda was 34 years old. Married with four children, she worked as a hostess ...

Badminton players, from left, Nami Matsuyama, Chiharu Shida, Kodai Naraoka and Akane Yamaguchi pose for a photo after attending a Japan Open press conference in Tokyo on May 6, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO ...

Japan’s Mao Matsuyama, 16, holds no relation to a star fellow countryman – but he’s chasing a similar stature in the game of golf. “I often get asked if we are brothers or related,” he ...

Hideki Matsuyama electrified the home galleries as he got off to a fast start with a six-under round of 64 at the PGA Tour's Zozo Championship in Japan on Thursday. Matsuyama, who became the first ...

Hideki Matsuyama, of Japan, pose with his bronze medal following the medal ceremony for the men’s golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, at Le Golf National in Saint-Quentin-en ...

Hideki Matsuyama, of Japan, pose with his bronze medal following the medal ceremony for the men's golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, at Le Golf National in Saint-Quentin-en ...

Hideki Matsuyama is starting the PGA Tour’s lucrative postseason without his caddie and coach after they were victims of a robbery during a stopover in London from the Paris Olympics, Golf ...