There was an intense battle for every point down the stretch before Higashino and...

Jack Gallagher
Jack Gallagher is an award-winning sports writer who has worked in Japan for 25 years. He has covered figure skating at several Olympics and is considered one of the top skating writers in the world. He is the managing editor of jackfigure.com and the host of the popular bilingual Ice Time Podcast. Gallagher has written about a wide variety of sports in his career. A graduate of the University of Southern California, he was an executive in the NBA and NFL Europe before moving to Japan in 1994.
In the preliminary round of the Olympic volleyball tournament, Japan won one of its...
Fermin Lopez scored in the 11th and 73rd minutes to lead Spain past Japan...
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Showcasing a power game that combined strong attacks with excellent blocking, Poland outplayed Japan...