Can we not take it as an opportunity to share with one another aim of reaching the end of the tunnel, as we keep the “flame...
“When I saw the effects of the disaster, I thought that life here would be irrevocably changed,” she recalls, “but the people here refused to give...
The 25-year-old Ehime Prefecture native completed the race in 2 hours, 4 minutes, 56 seconds. He shattered his previous personal-best time by more than 5 minutes.
The 2020 Games will be the "Reconstruction Olympics and Paralympics," and organizers and JOC officials have repeated that message since the IOC awarded the Games to...
The 2019 Rugby World Cup standout passed his entrance exam for Juntendo University School of Medicine.
No one could be more enthusiastic about the Olympics. His vigor and clarity of mind belie his age. And he has a proven track record of...
Olympics minister Seiko Hashimoto emerges as potential successor to Mori.
The retired manager and second baseman had a memorable two-year stint with the Yomiuri Giants in the mid-1970s.
Hitomi Niiya's triumph in the 2020 Houston Half Marathon kicked off a successful year that culminated with a national record in the women's 10,000 meters.
In contemporary times, Japan is teeming with a rich sporting culture. Options are aplenty for participants and spectators. And with a wide array of...
There are still many skeptical voices in Japan over the hosting of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics – which has been postponed due to...
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....