Renovated public toilets throughout Tokyo's Shibuya Ward are challenging preconceived notions with their creative design and comfortable-to-use facilities.
In the 69th minute of the Japan Rugby League One final, Haruto Kida scored a go-ahead try for the Kubota Spears in a comeback win over...
Parity has been one of the defining trademarks of the J.League since its inception in 1993, with seven teams winning two or more league titles.
The Dream Bowl represented an opportunity for Japan to plant the seeds of American football for this era and beyond, to grow the sport and renew...
Journalist Hiroyuki Kagawa remembers Pele "feeling pleased that the popularity of soccer, Brazil's number one sport, was surging in Japan."
Japan's soccer team brought energy to the FIFA World Cup with its come-from-behind victories over Germany and Spain, but fell to Croatia in the round of...
Second-half goals from Ritsu Doan and Ao Tanaka gave the Samurai Blue a historic win in their final World Cup Group E match in Qatar.
While Japan won over Germany at the World Cup, Japanese supporters also won hearts online when videos of their clean-up efforts went viral.
Go out into the world. Challenge yourselves. That is the lesson we should draw from this epic victory in the FIFA World Cup.
Trailing 1-0 at halftime, the Samurai Blue stormed back with second-half goals from Ritsu Doan and Takuma Asano to beat the four-time FIFA World Cup champions.
A late try by the Brave Blossoms' Kazuki Himeno put the pressure on the three-time Rugby World Cup winners, who held on for the win.
PM Kishida says his administration will do its utmost to return all abductees soonest. North Korea mocks him, launching a ballistic missile over Japan.