A Japanese karate champion who will compete at the Tokyo Olympics testified before an ethics commission Wednesday, alleging that a federation official hit her in the face with a bamboo sword.

A pair of bears picked the wrong person to mess with when they approached a 50-year-old karate practitioner.

A pair of bears picked the wrong person to mess with Thursday in Japan when they approached a 50-year-old karate practitioner only to be kicked away, police and media said, marking the latest in a ...

Karate is one of the new sports added to the Olympics for the first time at the Tokyo Games. The sport traces its roots to Japan where it was developed 700 years ago.

The Centuries-Old Sport of Karate Finally Gets Its Due at the Olympics With the games set for Japan, the martial art will at last debut at next month’s competition ...

To Japan’s traditionalists, karate represents qualities fundamental to the national character. But to be a modern sport, the discipline has been forced to adapt.

Japan’s big hope in karate is from the home of the sport. Ryo Kiyuna, a three-time individual world champion, hails from Okinawa, where karate was developed centuries ago.