Three-time world champion Kaori Sakamoto performed a near-flawless free skate on Saturday to defend her title in what she ...

Japan's Yuma Kagiyama took the lead after the NHK Trophy short programme on Friday as he gears up for the Winter Olympics ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. ANGERS, France (AP) — Ami Nakai produced a big upset to beat three-time world champion Kaori ...

Japan's Mone Chiba, who took a bronze medal at this year's world championships, won the women's short program on Friday at ...

Mone Chiba of Japan held off American standout Isabeau Levito with a near-flawless free skate to win Skate Canada on Saturday ...

Isabeau Levito finishes in 4th at the ISU Grand Prix France, Japan's Ami Nakai, Kaori Sakamoto and Rion Sumiyoshi sweep the medals.

ANGERS, France (AP) — World champion figure skater Ilia Malinin of the United States made a statement by taking a near 10-point lead in the short program in his first Grand Prix event of the season ...

ANGERS, France (AP) — The figure skating Grand Prix season started with a surprise when Ami Nakai took the lead ahead of three-time world champion Kaori Sakamoto in the women's short program at the ...

A powerful earthquake has rattled northern Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The quake, with a magnitude of 6.7, struck off the coast of Iwate prefecture on Sunday evening.

A tsunami was expected to come ashore with a maximum height of about three feet after a 6.7-magnitude quake struck off ...