The Rakuten Japan Open, a men's ATP Tour event, was canceled in June, and the Hana-Cupid Japan Women's Open was called off as well....
Some victories provide a telling look at a team’s overall quality and potential. Such was the case on Wednesday, July 22 at Yurtec Stadium Sendai. In...
Hideto Asamura is on pace to set a career-high total in home runs for the third consecutive year. The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles...
Durability is a defining trait of Yasuhito Endo’s soccer career. The Kagoshima native has been a fixture in the Gamba Osaka lineup since 2001,...
Throughout his adult life, the golf course has been Daisuke Shindo’s home away from home. A professional caddie since making his debut with Yusaku...
Yuri Terao had a strong first season with the ECHL’s Utah Grizzlies in the 2019-20 campaign, which he hopes will be a springboard to a...
(Feature Photo: Baseball: the 2020 Nippon pro baseball season has started.) The clock is ticking. MLB owners and the Major League Baseball...
It’s back to the drawing board for veteran driver Takuma Sato after a disappointing start to his 2020 IndyCar season. Sato’s No. 30 Honda...
Rui Hachimura and the Washington Wizards are returning to competition this summer after NBA owners approved a plan to relaunch the season on July...
Shogo Akiyama is experiencing an unusual pause in his first spring as a Major League Baseball player. MLB called off the remainder of...
French jockey Christophe Lemaire rode Almond Eye to an impressive victory in the 15th Victoria Mile last Sunday at Tokyo Racecourse. The 5-year-old mare...
This is the debut of the Japan Sports Notebook, a weekly column for JAPAN Forward. Time away from the day-to-day grind of high-pressure...