Saki Hayashi sank a 3-pointer with 15.2 seconds remaining to keep the host nation’s medal hopes alive.
Longtime NBA star Pau Gasol, Italian swimming icon Federica Pellegrini and cyclist Maja Włoszczowska are the other new members.
Defending champion Inbee Park is three strokes back, while Japan's Nasa Hataoka is tied for 16th.
Japan has claimed three out of the four gold medals available in the sport so far, with the men’s park final set to take place on...
"I didn't plan it to happen this way, but I'm extremely happy," Cunha said after the race.
Marco Asensio’s goal in the 115th minute sends Spain into the final against Brazil, relegating Japan to play Mexico in the third-place match.
The Japanese teenager has come into his own at the Tokyo Games, earning three medals.
Tensions were already high as Great Britain was one of the teams that had been calling for Denmark’s disqualification for using illegal equipment during the qualification...
The Norwegian completes the final in 45.94 seconds a month after topping Kevin Young’s record set at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
The 20-year-old Tottori Prefecture native becomes Japan’s first female Olympic boxing medalist.
What happened? I worked at the 1988 Seoul Olympics as a reporter and I was transfixed on the event as it showed South Korea’s recovery in...