TOYOTA CITY: South Korea won mens football gold at the Asian Games on Saturday, beating hosts Japan 1-0 in the final to lift the gloom after a disastrous World Cup and series of damaging controversies.

KUALA LUMPUR: After two decades helping shape Malaysian cycling, John Beasley is heading to Japan with the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics likely to be his final assignment in coaching.

MOTEGI: Spains Alex Marquez set a new lap record at the Japan MotoGP Friday in a practice session dominated by the Ducati-Gresini rider.

NAGOYA: Taiwans Lin Yu-ting won an Asian Games gold in her new weight category two years after she was caught up in a gender dispute at the Paris Olympics, while Japan edged out North Korea via penalties in the womens football final in the penultimate day of competition at the Aichi-Nagoya Games on Friday.

NAGOYA: Hosts Japan won their third straight Asian Games womens football gold on Friday, edging North Korea on penalties after a 2-2 draw in a dramatic final.

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim congratulated Malaysian athletes after the national contingent secured three more gold medals at the 2026 Asian Games in Japan today.

TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei 225 retreated from a six-week high on Friday as investors locked in gains and turned cautious over the outlook for interest rates, inflation, and geopolitical risks.

TOKYO: Japan is no longer experiencing deflation so does not need excessively loose monetary policy for the pursuit of a higher inflation rate, Economy Minister Minoru Kiuchi said on Friday.

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KUALA LUMPUR: The national mens hockey players were thinking of their former coach who died a few months ago, just after their 2-1 win over South Korea in the Asian Games semi-final in Aichi, Japan, today.

NAGOYA: Hosts Japan will play reigning champions South Korea for Asian Games mens football gold after winning a nail-biting semi-final 9-8 on penalties against Uzbekistan on Wednesday.

KUALA LUMPUR: Animal activists are taking legal action to compel the relevant government authorities to disclose documents concerning the transfer of three Malaysian elephants to Japan.

NAGOYA: South Korea were victims of another Asian Games transport mix-up in Japan when the bus carrying their mens volleyball team went to a venue an hour away from where they should have gone.

NAGOYA: India captain Shreyas Iyer ruled out any complacency ahead of Mondays Asian Games quarter-finals against Afghanistan, conceding last weeks scare against Japan had jolted the Twenty20 world champions out of any complacence.

NAGOYA: Chinas 18-year-old Yan Ziyi showcased her rare talent by shattering the Asian Games record to win the javelin, as a medallist failed a doping test and a decorated badminton player branded the event in Japan sad.

NAGOYA: Uzbekistans Nodirbek Shavkatov on Sunday became the first medallist at the Asian Games in Japan to test positive for doping, testers said.

NAGOYA: Japan celebrated a godlike new sporting hero on Sunday with 11-year-old eSports whizz-kid Yuki Kuriharas face splashed across newspaper front pages after he won a historic Asian Games gold.

NAGOYA: South Korea gatecrashed Japans party to win the womens basketball gold at the Asian Games on Saturday, surviving a huge late scare to beat the hosts 75-70 in the final.

NAGOYA: Japan have been progressing steadily near the halfway stage of the Asian Games, the hosts head of mission said, but they are also drawing inspiration from behemoth China, who breached the 100-gold mark at the Aichi-Nagoya Games on Saturday.

HANOI: Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp (SMBC) is in advanced talks to increase its stake in Vietnamese private lender VPBank, four people familiar with the negotiations said.

NEW YORK: Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Wednesday called for freedom of navigation through key waterways in the Middle East at a United Nations meeting, Kyodo News reported.

NAGOYA: Japanese wunderkind Shin Ohashi followed in the slipstream of Chinas Yu Zidi to become the latest teenage sensation to set the Asian Games pool alight on Thursday, shattering the mens 200 metres breaststroke world record.

NAGOYA: Japans 11-year-old eSports whizz-kid Yuki Kurihara crushed the competition on his Asian Games debut on Thursday, beating opponents almost three times his age.

NAGOYA: Kabaddi has its roots in ancient rural communities in South Asia and India is the superpower, but Japan has developed a niche taste for the team contact sport thanks to a comic.

NAGOYA: Zhang Boheng produced another powerful display at the Asian Games gymnastics competition on Wednesday as China took revenge for their Olympic defeat to Japan to beat the hosts in a clash of heavyweights for the mens team gold.

NAGOYA: Badminton world number one An Se-young had stern words for her watching father as her frustrations threatened to boil over in victory at the Asian Games in Japan on Wednesday.

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim congratulated national karate exponent Adeola Fay Robert on winning Malaysias first gold medal at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games in Japan today.

KUALA LUMPUR: National swimmer Tong Yu Jing has undergone successful surgery for appendicitis in Chiba, Japan, forcing him to withdraw from the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

KUALA LUMPUR: Shot putter Jonah Chang Rigan's personal coach, Frantisek Petrovic, believes the national athlete can break his national record at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, despite being unable to accompany him to Japan.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's Lucas Wehle and Mona Rasidah will be part of a historic moment when surfing makes its official debut at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, with the pair set to test themselves against some of the sport's established names.

KUALA LUMPUR: A 3-0 victory over Japan in the opening Group B tie of the mens team regu event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games has left national head coach Ahmad Jais Baharun with plenty to ponder, as several weaknesses still need addressing.

KUALA LUMPUR: Hosts Japan surged to the top of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games medal standings as of 12pm after claiming two gold medals on the opening morning, while Malaysia remained without a medal.

KUALA LUMPUR: The national karate exponents have been told to adapt and leave no room for excuses after an early accommodation issue in Japan was swiftly resolved by team officials.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia opened their men's team regu campaign at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with a 3-0 win over hosts Japan in their Group B opener today.

NAGOYA: The 20th Asian Games will open in Japan later Saturday with a glittering ceremony following a stuttering build-up to a multi-sport spectacular that has more participants than the Olympics.

IPOH: Police have busted an online scam call centre in Taman Merdeka here that allegedly posed as victims friends to deceive people in Japan, arresting seven suspects in a raid on Wednesday.

KUALA LUMPUR: Nearly 200 business leaders, policymakers and industry experts gathered here on Tuesday to explore ways to strengthen regional energy security through closer Japan-Malaysia cooperation.

NAGOYA: The Asian Games in Japan were on Friday facing more accusations of poor organisation with a world champion gymnast totally exhausted, the public drafted in to rescue stranded athletes and South Korea lodging a complaint about a Japanese warlord.

TOKYO: Bonds slumped on Tuesday, sending benchmark 10-year US Treasury yields to their highest since 2007, as higher oil prices unsettled investors ahead of key central bank meetings in the US and Japan.

TOKYO: Data centre developer SB Energy, backed by SoftBank Group, will sell up to US$500 million in shares to Japanese investors as part of a public listing in the US, a filing showed on Tuesday.

DONNING doll-like dresses with voluminous skirts, young women on stage roar in rage about rape and sexism they experienced in Japan, using theatre and cute fashion to denounce male-dominated society.

KUALA LUMPUR: Cheah Liek Hou warmed up for the Asian Para Games by winning both the singles and doubles titles at the Japan Para International in Tokyo today.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and Japan split a three-match women's Twenty20 international cricket series 1-1 in Sano on Sunday.

KUALA LUMPUR: Petronas LNG Ltd (PLL) has entered into a Master Sales and Purchase Agreement (MSPA) with the Japan Organisation for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC) to safeguard Japans energy security while respecting Malaysias domestic supply needs.

TOKYO: North Korean athletes wearing white blazers, pink ties and surgical masks began arriving on Friday in Japan for the Asian Games, where they will be cheered on by pro-Pyongyang supporters.

TOKYO: Japan said on Thursday it had asked for the revision of a new world map adopted by the United Nations because it made the disputed Kuril islands appear to belong to Russia.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian contingent to the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games has prepared contingency plans to ensure operations remain unaffected should severe weather and flooding in Japan worsen.

TOKYO: The Japanese government recently released guidelines on how to check the specifications of bear repellent sprays and properly choose and use them amid a proliferation of ineffective products on the market, Kyodo News reported.