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Kansei Matsuzawa has become a standout in college football with his impressive kicking skills. The Japan-born player taught himself to kick using YouTube and tied a 43-year-old record with 25 ...

The World Golf Hall of Famer had a cult-like following in Japan and remains the winningest golfer on the Japan Golf Tour.

The Japan Golf Tour says Ozaki died Wednesday at age 78. Ozaki was renowned for his power and it carried him to 113 victories ...

Masashi “Jumbo” Ozaki, whose 113 worldwide victories were the most of any player from Japan, died Wednesday in his home country after a battle with colon cancer, the Japan Golf Tour said. He was 78.

Ozaki won 113 professional tournaments during his career, the most of any Japanese golfer in history. He was seen as the ...

BE:FIRST’s “Lighting up the town” blasts in at No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, on the chart released Dec. 17.

This Billboard Japan interview explores how getting closer to fans overseas shifted their mindset in some ways and left other ...

Earlier this month, the 2025 year-end NICONICO VOCALOID SONGS chart was revealed. The list tallies the top 20 surging Vocaloid tracks on Japan's video-sharing platform Niconico Douga by applying ...

Over the past 50 years, the lyrics of popular songs in the U.S. have become simpler, more negative, and contain more stress-related words, according to an analysis published in Scientific Reports. The ...

Every December, the same voices return to take over radios, playlists, malls and TikTok. From Mariah Carey’s unstoppable holiday empire to Wham!’s bittersweet nostalgia and Michael Bublé’s modern ...