Hiroki Wakabayashi from Aoyama Gakuin University finished in second place, the top spot among Japanese athletes, with a time of 2 hours, 6 minutes and 7 seconds. Wakabayashi broke the record times ...

the Japanese speedskater moved down the ice at about the pace of a brisk jog. It took him three times as long to cross the finish line as most of the other skaters that day. It didn’t matter ...

A record number of Japanese nationals are living abroad as permanent residents, now exceeding the half-million mark, according to the Foreign Ministry's latest survey. The accumulated total of ...