After eight races in the opening series and then the Olympic medal race, the Japanese sailors proved that they are among the world's top mixed dinghy...
Belgium built a commanding lead in the opening half and Japan fell to 0-3 in the Olympic tournament, losing all three games by double digits.
Third-seeded Hayata lost the opening game before seizing control by winning the next three en route to winning an Olympic medal in Paris.
Murao was bidding to become the first Japanese to claim the Olympic title in the division since Mashu Baker at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.
The world's third-ranked men's volleyball team dropped its Olympic opener to Germany. Japan faces the United States in its next match.
The two-time world champion fell to South Korean 16th-seeded opponent Sebin Choi, ending her Olympic title hopes in the French capital.
Unforced errors were a pivotal factor in Osaka's straight-sets defeat to Angelique Kerber in the Olympic first-round tennis match in the French capital.
The gymnastics star fell short of his goal of advancing to the Olympic final. Also Saturday, judoka Natsumi Tsunoda won Japan's first gold medal in Paris.
In an Olympic women's soccer Group C match, Spain's Mariona Caldentey scored the decisive goal in the 74th minute in Nantes, France.
The Japan men's soccer squad scored four second-half goals in a runaway victory in its Olympic opener. Manager Go Oiwa's men face Mail in their next...