Japan’s Ami Yuasa dances her way to gold in first Olympic breaking final

Japanese B-Girl Ami beats Lithuania’s Nicka in the gold medal competition as breaking makes a cameo at the Olympics. The urban sport of breaking spun its way onto the Olympic…

Japan’s Nikkei 225 soars 10% and other world markets are mixed after the week’s rollercoaster start

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Japan’s Nikkei 225 index plunges 7% as world markets tremble over risks to the US economy

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Japan’s Nikkei 225 share benchmark plunges nearly 8% as worries over the U.S. economy trigger sell-offs in world markets

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Japan’s central bank raises its benchmark rate to 0.25%, aiming to halt the yen’s slide against the U.S. dollar

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Olympic gold: Japan’s Horigome on skateboard, GB’s Pidcock on mountain bike

Olympics day three: Gold for Japan in men’s skateboarding and gymnastics, Canada achieves a judo first, and Great Britain wins a mountain bike thriller. Yuto Horigome of Japan has retained…

Japan’s Coco Yoshizawa, 14, wins street skateboard gold at Paris Olympics

Teenager Coco Yoshizawa took the skateboarding Olympic gold medal at the historic Place de la Concorde in Paris. Japanese 14-year-old Coco Yoshizawa has won women’s street skateboard gold at the…