The now-retired Iwakuma will dispense his knowledge of pitching in his new job with the MLB club.
~~ The year is less than two weeks old, and already the global COVID-19 pandemic has made a major impact on what’s happening in Japanese sports....
~‘The Olympics are intended to be a forum where athletes can perform to their full potential in a safe, secure and fair environment. I hope the...
Washington Wizards forward Rui Hachimura is expected to miss the first three weeks of the NBA season due to bi-lateral epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC), which is also...
It was a game that showcased the dynamic skills of star guard Yuki Togashi and do-it-all forward Julian Mavungaーand the coaching acumen of Atsushi Ono and...
~JAPAN Forward reached new milestones in monthly and daily readership in 2020. We invite you to find what attracted readers to our most popular articles of the year,...
As winter approaches, Japan’s sports calendar includes two major achievements within the past several days. For starters, it surprised nobody that the Fukuoka SoftBank...
Years before his rise to prominence at Gonzaga University and with the NBA’s Washington Wizards, Rui Hachimura was just another Okuda Junior High School student....
If the subject of Japanese sports trailblazers comes up in conversation, pioneering baseball and soccer stars would probably be mentioned first. After all,...
Washington Wizards forward Rui Hachimura was chosen for the NBA All-Rookie Second Team, the league announced on Tuesday, September 15. A global panel of...
You’ve got to learn how to walk before you can run. Similarly, as a young player, Rui Hachimura is learning what it takes to...
The Rakuten Japan Open, a men’s ATP Tour event, was canceled in June, and the Hana-Cupid Japan Women’s Open was called off as well....
