“This might be the last chance I get to see a glimpse of the Olympics in my home country, so I came here,” says Chiyoko Takasaki,...
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The Real Madrid winger lived up to expectations as one of Japan's brightest young stars.
"I am privileged that my job is to make people laugh, and I shouldn’t make people feel uncomfortable with what I say,” said comedian Kentaro Kobayashi,...
Miu Goto picks up the win in relief, and Mana Atsumi drives in the winning run in a walk-off victory for the hosts.
After competing at the 2014 Sochi Games as a speedskater, Alvarez became a pro baseball player and later earned a spot on the U.S. Olympic team.
In 1964, not only did Japan’s women’s volleyball team beat the Soviets under the gaze of then-Crown Princess Michiko, they also set off a multi-decade boom...
Mana Iwabuchi scores in the 84th minute as the host nation salvages a draw in the teams’ Olympic opener.
How are people in Japan planning to watch the Olympic Games? JAPAN Forward hit the streets to find out.
There was synergy in their collective efforts and a competitive seriousness on the faces of Japan’s players from start to finish at Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium.
Sisters Risako and Yukako Kawai will be among those looking to carry on Japan's winning tradition in the ring.
China’s human rights violations and nuclear threat bring back memories of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan that sparked the 1980 Moscow...