While the United States drowns in talk about its underachieving “Golden Generation,” Japan has quietly gone about its work — ...

In the mid-19th century, Japan was relatively isolated from the Western world. Most Americans knew almost nothing about the ...

Sunday morning in Japan began with a palpable buzz after the Los Angeles Dodgers announced Shohei Ohtani would start Game 7 of the World Series. By the time countryman Yoshinobu Yamamoto delivered the ...

TOKYO (AP) — Sumo is more than a sport in Japan. It’s a sacred tradition, a 1,500-year-old spectacle steeped in Shinto ritual and ceremony. But at its heart lies a long-standing taboo: women are still ...

Global streaming giant Netflix will air its first live sports event in Japan next year after securing rights in the country for the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC) national teams competition. The ...

For the first time in 34 years, Sumo wrestlers brought Japan’s ancient sport to London, and the event turned into an ...

Objectives To describe the characteristics of COVID-19 among elite Japanese athletes and their return-to-play (RTP) ...