Former Japan Football Association President Kozo Tashima has emerged as a candidate to replace outgoing Japanese Olympic ...

A gender row involving two female boxers at the Paris 2024 Olympics was the result of a Russian fake news campaign and had little to do with reality, International Olympic Committee President ...

India's bid to host the 2036 Olympic Games is a massive opportunity to "turbo-charge" investment in its infrastructure but it must ensure the benefits are shared across local communities ...

Shitsui Hakoishi was one of the Tokyo Olympics torchbearers in 2021. A 108-year-old Japanese woman has been certified the world's oldest barber, Guinness World Records said -- and she has pledged ...

Russia has permanently banned nine Japanese citizens from entering the country, according to a list published by the Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday. The ministry said that the decision was ...

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- After amassing four gold medals at the Paris Olympics, the Japan women's wrestling team has welcomed two of its former stars into the coaching ranks in a bid to tighten ...

Japan and Greece -- to stage multiple Summer Olympics. The country has also held the Winter Olympics in 2018 in the eastern province of Gangwon, with PyeongChang holding snow and sliding events ...

and the Yunusabad Sport Complex was packed with judo crazy fans who came to witness one of the nation’s favourite sports, now ...

USA lost to Japan for only the second time in 41 meetings, not counting the loss in the 2011 Women’s World Cup final on penalties. The last time the US lost the match-up in regulation was at the 2012 ...