Japan's Mone Chiba, who took a bronze medal at this year's world championships, won the women's short program on Friday at Skate Canada.

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Friday she raised "serious concerns" about the South China Sea, Hong Kong and Xinjiang in a "candid" first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The US president says: "On the scale from zero to 10, with 10 being the best, I would say the meeting was a 12." Beijing says ...

Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko visited the imperial villa in Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture, south ...