Team Japan finished the 2022 Winter Games with 18 medals, collecting top-three finishes in seven different sports.
The Gifu Prefecture native earned Japan’s first medal at the Beijing Games.
The talented teenager has enjoyed a confidence-boosting stretch of success in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics.
"The decision regarding allowing spectators from overseas to attend the [Tokyo] Games will be made by the end of March," read part of a statement issued...
