Tsuneo Watanabe, a media baron known for wielding influence over Japanese politics through The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper which has the world's largest circulation, died Thursday aged 98 ...

After a tumultuous year with the Suns and Grizzlies, Watanabe will return to his native Japan to continue his basketball career. The six-year NBA veteran announced his decision in a video streamed ...

National Basketball Association player Yuta Watanabe announced April 20 he will return to Japan next year to play in the professional B. League. Watanabe, 29, played for the Memphis Grizzlies ...

"I believe running for the IOC presidency means a lot to the Japanese." Watanabe, who became the first Japanese to seek the top IOC post, earned only four of the 97 valid votes in the election ...

Japanese triathlete Yusuke Watanabe on Sunday claimed the overall men’s title at the Ironman Taiwan triathlon in Penghu County, finishing the grueling race in 9 hours, 39 seconds, ahead of Chilean ...

Morinari Watanabe, the Japanese head of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), is vying to be selected as the first president of the International Olympic Committee from Asia in the ...

Costa Navarino, Greece, March 20 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Morinari Watanabe on Thursday failed in his bid to become the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee, with the position going ...

The Toshizo Watanabe International Scholarship Program (TWISP) provides undergraduate and graduate students from Japan with opportunities to study at Brandeis University on full-tuition scholarships.

Mixed doubles shuttlers Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei kept alive their hopes of reaching the last four of the World Tour Finals with a stunning win over Japan's world No. 2 Yuta Watanabe-Arisa Higashino.