In a familiar story, Japan got off to a positive start but couldn't contain the powerful Chinese table tennis team in the Olympic final.
Miwa Harimoto clinched the victory for Japan over Germany in the table tennis semifinals with a 3-0 win against Xiaona Shan in the decisive singles match.
Murao was bidding to become the first Japanese to claim the Olympic title in the division since Mashu Baker at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.
The world's third-ranked men's volleyball team dropped its Olympic opener to Germany. Japan faces the United States in its next match.
At the Nagoya Women's Marathon in March, Japanese runners vying to make the Olympic team will have to beat the national record set by Honami Maeda...
Meet Miu Hirano, the soft-spoken, seriously focused table tennis champion and Olympian who shares her love of Sanrio characters with fans and fellow athletes.
Kinoshita Abyell Kanagawa earned their first T.League title, defeating four-time reigning champion Nissay Red Elf in the table tennis championship final.
Japan wins its third straight medal in the event, adding to a silver from London and bronze in Rio de Janeiro.
