Thank you for following JAPAN Forward and our dedicated sports site, SportsLook, this year. Let's look back at the third part of 2022's Top 20 sports...
The former California governor, movie star and bodybuilder recalls boyhood idol Yury Vlasov in an emotional anti-war video.
Team Japan finished the 2022 Winter Games with 18 medals, collecting top-three finishes in seven different sports.
The 25-year-old becomes only the second Japanese to medal on both hills at the same Olympics, after Kazuyoshi Funaki in 1998 in Nagano.
Spectators who follow the sport were largely confined to watching from home, but that did not prevent them from weighing in on the day. Here’s a...
After consecutive runner-up finishes in Sochi and Pyeongchang, the 23-year-old collects the top Olympic prize in Beijing.
The Pyeongchang silver medalist could never recover from a sub-par jump on the normal hill.
Returning Japanese standout athletes from four years ago spark optimism for an even better showing at the Beijing Olympics.
The 2021 American League MVP is one of three athletes selected as cover stories for the first-ever GQ Sports Issue.
The two-time Olympic silver medalist completed a stunning triple-cork jump in a recent Dew Tour snowboarding competition in Colorado.
“When I started this challenge three years ago, I never thought I would be able to stand here in front of everyone on this occasion.” ーAyumu...
Hirano is poised to become Japan's fifth athlete to appear in the Winter Games and Summer Games. Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto was one of the...