Team Japan had 338 athletes at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, and the last time Tokyo hosted the Olympics in 1964 there were a total...
The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion and four-time Olympian elevates the level of competition in every tennis tournament she plays in.
The tennis star will skip Wimbledon and then get ready to make her competitive comeback at the upcoming Summer Games.
Japan, the defending Olympic men's gymnastics team champion, will compete at the Tokyo Games with four Olympic debutantes, Daiki Hashimoto, Kazuma Kaya, Wataru Tanigawa and Takeru...
Hirano is poised to become Japan's fifth athlete to appear in the Winter Games and Summer Games. Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto was one of the...
Osaka's decision to pull out of one of tennis' four major tournaments is the latest chapter in a story that has generated major headlines over the...
Refusing to participate in interviews at the French Open isn’t a logical way to promote mental health advocacy. It's an important issue, but Osaka damages her...
“I wouldn’t have been able to play for Japan without my dad’s genes. And I am grateful that I was raised in this wonderful country, Japan.”ー...
Stakeholders and opponents clash in a war of words over the decision to press ahead with this summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games.
"He continues to provide ah-ha, wow moments. He doesn't care who's defending him, he's going to do what Rui does."ーDave Johnson, longtime radio voice of the...
The Laureus World Sports Awards event was focused on "honoring the most memorable sporting performances of 2020 and recognizing the wider impact on society made by...
Led by Naomi Osaka, there has been a growing urgency to fight all racism in sports. Matsuyama’s victory at the Masters Golf Tournament helps take this...
