The final tournament of the year ended in dramatic fashion. Ozeki Takakeisho overpowered Terunofuji in a playoff and collected the Emperor's Cup at the...
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...
A pair of torches for the rescheduled 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic torch relays are scheduled to make the rounds throughout the nation's largest metropolis....
Yudai Ono's pitching excellence has kept the Chunichi Dragons in the headlines during the Nippon Professional Baseball team's so-so season. The second-place Dragons...
In a year without a typical sports calendar, numerous sports are in the midst of their seasons, while other athletes and teams are preparing...
Shodai completed a dramatic title chase by snatching his first Emperor's Cup on Sunday, September 27. The 28-year-old sekiwake, who wrestles out of the...
Koji Murofushi, the departing sports director for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, has acquired big responsibilities as the new head of the Japan Sports...
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...
~~ Perseverance paid off for former ozeki Terunofuji. The former ozeki, who has contemplated retirement in recent years, earned his first title since 2015 on Sunday,...
From the psychedelic Shibuya-like dreamscapes of the “Super Mario” universe, to the mystically redolent re-imaginings of furusato (historic rural Japan) in the “Legend of Zelda,” Nintendo...
For the July Grand Sumo Tournament, fans will be permitted to sit in the stands at Ryogoku Kokugikan. The announcement, made on Monday, July 13...