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.
Yamashita, a member of the International Olympic Committee and the JOC, should have known in advance about the IOC's plans for the 2030 and 2034 Olympics.
With Basketball World Cup victories over Finland, Venezuela and Cape Verde, Japan elevated its profile as a much-improved team on the global stage.
In Fukuoka, artistic swimmers have been Japan's bright spot at the World Aquatics Championships, winning all four of its gold medals.
Twitter users expressed positive feedback, citing the basketball poster's size and appealing design, as well as its seamless integration with the surroundings.
The Kodokan, the spiritual home of judo, brought together people of all ages and skills for the Kagami Biraki ceremony in an auspicious New Year's celebration.
Tokyo Olympian Misaki Emura becomes the first Japanese woman to reach number one in the world rankings in an individual fencing discipline.
By beating two-time world champion Ai Shishime in their Tokyo Grand Slam title match, Uta Abe sends a clear signal that she remains a force to...
The corruption tarnishes the outstanding performance of the Tokyo Olympics athletes. Authorities must ensure such will not reappear.
She became the J.League's first female referee in May 2021 and the first in the Asian Champions League in April 2022. Now she's a FIFA World...
Japanese sports officials owe it to the athletes and the sports world to investigate the cases of corruption themselves, and not just leave it to prosecutors.
Prosecutors are getting to the bottom of the scandal involving a few individuals. So don’t let the “power of sports” generated by the Games be diminished.