CHIBA, Japan (AP) — Helen Maroulis wishes she had a do-over. Being too careful cost her a chance to become the first American woman to win two Olympic gold medals in freestyle wrestling. She lost to ...

Former Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai’s guilty plea to vote-buying charges and resignation from the Diet appeared abrupt, but his move came at the “right timing” for the ruling Liberal Democratic ...

Former Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai on June 18 was sentenced to three years in prison for buying votes for his wife in the July 2019 Upper House election. The Tokyo District Court handed down the ...

Yuko Kawai, vice president of the Bank of Kochi, will be promoted to the top post, becoming the first woman to lead a regional bank in Japan, the western Japan-based lender said Thursday. Kawai, 60, ...