December 5, 2015 Chiefs tame Brumbies for Super 15 rugby crown The Waikato Chiefs came from behind to beat the ACT Brumbies 27-11 in the Super 15 final on Saturday, to reinforce their standing as the southern hemisphere rugby powerhouse.
December 5, 2015 Japan's salarymen still feel pinch despite Abenomics Japan's army of dark-suited salarymen are scraping by on a monthly allowance from their wives that is less than half what they got in the 1980s bubble years, a survey has shown.
December 5, 2015 Date-Krumm, 42, stuns Kirilenko in Seoul Forty-two-year-old Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm stunned Russian second seed Maria Kirilenko to reach the WTA Korea Open quarter-finals on Thursday.
December 5, 2015 Fukushima radioactive groundwater readings rocket Toxic radioactive substances in groundwater at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant have rocketed over the past three days, its operator said, admitting it did not know where the leak was coming from.
December 5, 2015 Mourinho moves for unsettled Rooney Jose Mourinho launched his new reign at Chelsea with a sensational bid for Manchester United star Wayne Rooney and a friendly victory in Bangkok.
December 5, 2015 Taiwan court rejects Ma's bid to expel speaker Taiwan's parliamentary speaker scored another victory in the battle for his job Monday after the high court upheld a ruling against his party's decision to expel him over claims of influence-peddling.
December 5, 2015 Four-star Guangzhou drive towards AFC final Marcello Lippi's Guangzhou Evergrande hit back after conceding an early goal to floor Japan's Kashiwa Reysol 4-1 and put one foot in the AFC Champions League final on Wednesday.
December 5, 2015 Japan coach gets suspended jail over abused teen suicide A Japanese court on Thursday gave a suspended jail sentence to a former basketball coach for repeated physical abuse of a teenage boy who later killed himself.
December 5, 2015 Scientists demand New Zealand ban fishing where rare dolphin lives Marine scientists have urged New Zealand to immediately ban fishing in waters inhabited by the world's rarest dolphin, saying that losing even one of the creatures will threaten the species' existence.
December 5, 2015 Nuke experts blast Fukushima operator over toxic water leaks Foreign nuclear experts on Friday blasted the operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, with one saying its lack of transparency over toxic water leaks showed "you don't know what you're doing".