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Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers attempts a pass against the Rams during their game in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Jets QB Aaron Rodgers deflects questions about future with Jets
The Jets would absorb a $49 million dead cap hit if they release or trade Rodgers this offseason.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (left) and tight end Travis Kelce celebrate after their win over the Steelers on Christmas Day in Pittsburgh on Wednesday.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Chiefs secure AFC top seed with win over Steelers
The defending Super Bowl champions will now have a first-round bye and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.
Lucas Glover hits his tee shot on the second hole during the third round of the John Deere Classic golf tournament in Silvis, Illinois, on July 6.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Masters adds 10 to field, including Lucas Glover and Justin Rose
Glover had slipped outside the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking recently before returning to No. 50 on Monday.
A Netflix advertisement for the Christmas Day NFL game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Pittsburgh Steelers at a railway station in Munich on Nov. 10
MORE SPORTS / Football
Dec 24, 2024
Christmas Day games on Netflix to help NFL expand global reach
By Amy Tennery and Rory Carroll
Two games will be available to almost all of Netflix's more than 270 million international subscribers.
South Africa's Corbin Bosch (left) celebrates after the dismissal of Pakistan's Saim Ayub during the third One Day International cricket match between South Africa and Pakistan in Johannesburg on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Cricket
Dec 24, 2024
South Africa aims for place in World Test Championship final
A run of five successive test victories in the last five months has catapulted South Africa to first in the WTC standings.
Bernhard Langer and son Jason Langer at the PNC Championship at The Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando, Florida, on Sunday
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Dec 23, 2024
Team Langer beats Team Woods in PNC Championship playoff
The day will perhaps best be remembered for Charlie Woods' first-ever hole-in-one.
Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. reacts after her run at the Women's super-G event in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Saturday. The event was called off the following day.
MORE SPORTS / Alpine skiing
Dec 23, 2024
Wind halts Vonn comeback as St. Moritz super-G called off
After three postponed starts the race was in danger of overrunning its broadcasting slot.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes throws a pass during Kansas City's win over Houston on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Dec 22, 2024
NFL-best Chiefs beat Texans while Ravens clinch playoff spot
The two-time reigning Super Bowl champion Chiefs defeated Houston 27-19 and are on the cusp of clinching the top seed in the AFC.
American Lindsey Vonn competes in the women's super-G World Cup event in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Alpine skiing
Dec 22, 2024
'Perfect start' for ski great Vonn on World Cup return
Vonn left the sport in 2019 after a series of major injuries but she has been free of pain since a right knee replacement in April.
Oleksandr Usyk celebrates after beating Tyson Fury to retain his world heavyweight titles, on Saturday in Riyadh.
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Dec 22, 2024
Ukraine's Usyk outpoints Fury to retain world heavyweight crowns
Giving up advantages in height, weight and reach to his much bigger opponent, Usyk fought superbly throughout.

Human error caused JAL jet collision at Haneda Airport: safety board
The wreckage of a Japan Airlines plane after a collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft, at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Jan. 5, three days after the crash.
Step into ukiyo-e: A digital journey through Japan’s traditional art form
"Ukiyoe Immersive Art Exhibition" includes an installation of Katsushika Hokusai’s “The Great Wave off Kanagawa.”
Toyota to donate $1 million to Trump’s inauguration ceremony
This is set to be the first time Toyota will donate to a U.S. inauguration ceremony.
South Korean temple pledges to return Buddha statue next spring
The Kanzeon Bodhisattva statue, which was taken from Kannonji Temple in Nagasaki Prefecture to South Korea by a South Korean thief ring
North Korean hacker group behind DMM Bitcoin’s cryptocurrency leak
A North Korean hacker group is believed to have planted a virus on the computer of an employee at Ginco — a company that was entrusted with the deposit and withdrawal of DMM Bitcoin’s virtual currency — through a fake job recruitment message sent via LinkedIn.
Step into ukiyo-e: A digital journey through Japan’s traditional art form
"Ukiyoe Immersive Art Exhibition" includes an installation of Katsushika Hokusai’s “The Great Wave off Kanagawa.”
High levels of PFAS found in water from 44 private suppliers across Japan
The Self-Defense Forces facilities are believed to have become sources of PFAS contamination because they used firefighting foam containing the toxic chemicals in the past.
For baseball fans, 2024 brought The Summer of Shohei Ohtani
Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani reacts to a standing ovation from fans after hitting his 50th home run of the season, against the Marlins in Miami on Sept. 19.
Trump's Pentagon policy pick pushed for Japan to spend 3% of GDP on defense
Elbridge Colby (center) speaks at the Threat and the Strategy panel during the Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, in September 2019.
A brief history of ‘osechi ryōri,' Japan's edible tradition for the new year
Japan's traditional New Year cuisine has a long history, though modern developments have led to slight changes in the way things work.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Visitors to Kyoto walk along a street near Kiyomizu Temple in April. A popular tourist spot, Kyoto has seen what locals feel to be an overwhelming amount of tourists in 2024.
Is Japan ready for 60 million tourists?
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