~~ 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...
The author is on assignment this weekend, but it’s been a busy week so far. Take another look at the major stories of the week. An Olympic...
South Korean A Lim Kim excelled in the pressure-packed environment of the delayed U.S. Women’s Open final round, while Hinako Shibuno struggled and shot a...
˜˜ 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...
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...
In the grand scheme of things, the Japan men’s national soccer team’s games against Cameroon and Ivory Coast in recent days do not hold...
Victory at the July Grand Sumo Tournament catapulted Terunofuji in the sport’s highly publicized pecking order. In the Japan Sumo Association’s latest rankings, which...
Blessed with abundant wealth and a rich roster of players, Real Madrid has the luxury of giving midfielder Takefusa Kubo time to develop his...
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...
Durability is a defining trait of Yasuhito Endo’s soccer career. The Kagoshima native has been a fixture in the Gamba Osaka lineup since 2001,...
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