The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks skipper, who has guided his club to five Japan Series titles since 2015, is not expected to remain in charge in 2022.
A seven-time Olympian, Hashimoto also served as Japan's chef de mission for three Olympics.
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...
As winter approaches, Japan’s sports calendar includes two major achievements within the past several days. For starters, it surprised nobody that the Fukuoka SoftBank...
Since the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks snatched their third straight Japan Series title on October 23, 2019 at Tokyo Dome, two interlocking storylines have hovered above...
The 2021 Japan Rugby Top League season will open at the new National Stadium on January 16, giving Tokyo a marquee event early in...
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...
Yui Kawamoto made a solid return to competition last weekend after the LPGA’s long layoff due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the tour’s first...
