Athletes, teams, leagues and sports fans supported one another in the aftermath of the Tohoku disasters, lifting each other's spirits.
The 25-year-old Ehime Prefecture native completed the race in 2 hours, 4 minutes, 56 seconds. He shattered his previous personal-best time by more than 5 minutes.
Well-known athletes Hidetoshi Nakata, Kei Nishikori, Keijuro Matsui and Hiromi Matsunaga and visionary coach Mototaka Kohama provide vivid examples of this strong motivational force.
Shiraishi sails around the world in 94 days, 21 hours and 32 minutes aboard DMG MORI Global One.
The retired manager and second baseman had a memorable two-year stint with the Yomiuri Giants in the mid-1970s.
~‘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....
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