The latest edition of the athletes’ playbook should “make both Japanese citizens and athletes feel safe,” says the Games’ delivery officer, Hidemasa Nakamura.
Japan, as the only member of the G7 from Asia, must be ready to take on a leading role in overcoming the China problem.
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...
The squad, which has 29 athletes from 11 nations, will carry the Olympic flag at the Opening Ceremony on July 23 in Tokyo.
Japan has much more to lose than money. The international trust in Japan and the Japanese people will be hard to regain once lost.
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...
These men and women continue to train despite their anxieties, thinking of the legacy they will leave for Japanese society. If they leave it to others...
Listen in as JAPAN Forward sports editor Ed Odeven and International Surfing Association President Fernando Aguerre engage in a wide-ranging talk about surfing, the 2021 World...
Shoma Doi scored a hat trick to lead the hosts to a 5-3 victory in the J. League showdown.
Stakeholders and opponents clash in a war of words over the decision to press ahead with this summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games.
“We know how to do this. People should take comfort from the fact that sports have delivered big events. Some have had crowds, and not one...
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has said the Tokyo Olympics will be “a light at the end of the tunnel.” Will that light ever come...