~‘The Olympics are intended to be a forum where athletes can perform to their full potential in a safe, secure and fair environment. I hope the...
As 2020 comes to a close, JAPAN Forward is highlighting notable sports team accomplishments and individual feats by Japanese teams and athletes, both here and abroad....
˜˜ The gold standard for managers in Nippon Professional Baseball is Tetsuharu Kawakami. The dugout boss for the Yomiuri Giants from 1961-74, Kawakami piloted the...
Pro sports teams are expected to perform better at their own home venues. The familiarity of playing at home is supposed to give them an...
Luis Guil’s father and uncles have worked as airplane pilots in his native Spain. Perhaps, then, it’s not outrageous to suggest that there was...
The 2021 Japan Rugby Top League season will open at the new National Stadium on January 16, giving Tokyo a marquee event early in...
It was a big week in the B. League. A week that seemed to punctuate this point: the basketball season is in full swing now....
Updated on November 2 at 12:35 a.m. Gymnastics superstar Kohei Uchimura tested positive for COVID-19 less than two weeks before an upcoming international competition in...
Balanced scoring carried the Chiba Jets Funabashi to a comprehensive victory over the Nagoya Diamond Dolphins in their weekend finale of the B. League’s Week...
In a high-energy victory over the Yokohama B-Corsairs to wrap up the weekend, the Alvark Tokyo utilized their speed and athleticism. The verdict? A...
With just two weeks of games completed, parity is a defining trait of the new B. League season. Only three squads (Akita Northern Happinets,...
The author is on assignment this weekend, but it’s been a busy month so far. In last week’s Japan Sports Notebook, an overview of the...
