TOKYO — Japan’s parliament on Friday raised the age of sexual consent to 16 from 13, a limit that had remained unchanged for more than a century and was among the world’s lowest, amid calls for ...

The World Baseball Classic continued on Friday morning, as Shohei Ohtani and Japan handled the Republic of Korea. Korea took a 3-0 lead in the third inning, but it was all Japan thereafter, as the ...

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TOKYO — New Red Sox outfielder Masataka Yoshida came up huge for Japan in the World Baseball Classic on Friday, going perfect at the plate and driving in five runs in a 13-4 victory over South Korea.