The curtain falls on one of the sport's most iconic names in a massive World Title rematch in Tokyo on April 29.

Wakamatsu, Nadaka, and others reflect on what the kickboxing legend means to the Japanese combat sports scene.

Reigning and undisputed ONE flyweight MMA world champion ‘Little Piranha’ Yuya Wakamatsu of Japan wants to showcase his very ...

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Young athletes are being recruited to plug a staff shortage in Japan’s nursing homes. The results are reshaping elder care.

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Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been in detention since a 2021 military coup, with her announced movement to house ...

An appeals court has increased to four years the sentence for the wife of South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol for ...

What makes the growing buzz so meaningful is the number of lesser-known boxers in Japan who are in serious contention to be ...

Takeru Segawa concludes his MMA career with a victory over Rodtang Jitmuangnon, winning the ONE Interim Flyweight Kickboxing ...

Dragon Ball has many interesting characters who have been sadly forgotten and deserve to be remembered.