September 22, 2020
The unusually large pack in the lead at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament was whittled down from nine to six on Monday, including ozeki Takakeisho, who rebounded from a loss the previous day to remain...
In the split second that it took for ozeki Takakeisho to hit the dirt, the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament was left with a rare logjam at the top heading into the second week.
Takakeisho’s quickfir...
Ozeki Takakeisho, aiming for his second career title, remained among the leaders heading into the midway point with his sixth victory Saturday at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo’s Ryogoku...
No. 11 maegashira Chiyotairyu pushed out No. 9 maegashira Onosho on Day 6 of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan on Friday, leaving no wrestler with a perfect record in the...
No. 9 maegashira Onosho moved ahead of the pack hunting for the Emperor’s Cup at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament by taking over sole possession of the lead on Day 5 at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan o...
Ozeki Asanoyama took down No. 2 maegashira Hokutofuji on Wednesday, securing his first win at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan.
Ozeki Takakeisho avoided back-to-back l...
No. 1 maegashira Terunofuji was the last man standing in a battle of winless wrestlers on Day 3 at the Autumn Grand Tournament at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan on Tuesday.
Terunofuji withstood Asanoyam...
The 12 professional baseball teams held an extraordinary executive committee meeting online on Saturday and confirmed that the limit on the number of spectators will be eased from the current 5,000 to...
The grandfather of tennis player Naomi Osaka, this year’s winner of the U.S. Open, said he was “so proud” of the masks she wore at the tournament to protest racial discrimination.
“There are ...
Japan No.1 seed Shingo Kunieda took home his seventh title — his first in five years — in the U.S. Open men’s wheelchair singles after defeating British player Alfie Hewett 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (3) i...
NEW YORK (AP) — After one errant forehand in the first set of the U.S. Open final, Naomi Osaka looked at her coach in the mostly empty Arthur Ashe Stadium stands with palms up, as if to say, “Wha...
With a victory in a game that went down to the wire, Tatsunori Hara became the winningest manager in the storied history of the Yomiuri Giants. Hara recorded his 1,067th win at the helm on Friday n...
With a victory in a game that went down to the wire, Tatsunori Hara became the winningest manager in the storied history of the Yomiuri Giants.
Hara recorded his 1,067th win at the helm on Friday n...
The organizing committee of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics is considering canceling a ceremony to welcome officials of the International Olympic Committee and others next summer, sources have said...
The Olympic flame that will feature at the postponed Tokyo Games next year went on display at the Japan Olympic Museum in Shinjuku, Tokyo, on Tuesday,
The flame, which is housed in a lantern, will be...
The organizing committee of the postponed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics has found from a survey that about 80% of people who had registered to give assistance as volunteers at the Olympics will do s...
In light of an active sandanme wrestler dying from COVID-19 in May, about 1,000 sumo wrestlers and stable masters attended a seminar on coronavirus prevention that was held by the Japan Sumo Associati...
Former ozeki Terunofuji’s amazing comeback story added another chapter when the Mongolian rose from the bottom of the maegashira ranks to the top, a reward for his stunning victory at the July Gran...
Swimming star Rikako Ikee, recuperating from leukemia, shed some tears poolside after participating in her first race in 19 months. She said she jumped into the pool carrying many emotions.
“I was...
NEW YORK (AP) — Naomi Osaka will play in the Western & Southern Open semifinals, after all.
A day after saying she would withdraw from the hard-court event to protest the “continued genocide of ...
The new rankings for the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament, set to begin on Sept. 13 at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena, are set to be announced on Aug. 31.
It will be the first announcement of new...
The Japan Rugby Football Union has decided that the national team will not engage in any activities this year out of fear of the risk of infection with the novel coronavirus, it has been learned. Th...
Female Paralympic athletes who have prosthetic legs took to the runway as models in a fashion show in Tokyo on Aug. 25, which was when the now-postponed Tokyo Paralympic Games had been scheduled to c...
About 80% of para-athletic organizations are concerned about the future training of their athletes and the qualifying process of the Tokyo Paralympic Games, which will start a year from Monday, accord...
With a year to go until the Tokyo Paralympics kick off on Aug. 24, 2021, Yomiuri Shimbun sportswriter Masakazu Shimizu interviewed Seiko Hashimoto, minister for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games...
Yoshihide Kiryu emerged victorious in a clash of Japan’s top sprinters in his first race at the venue for the Tokyo Olympics, while Nozomi Tanaka rewrote the national record in the women’s 1,500 ...
About 700 students from the Kanto region took part in the Rising Star meet on Saturday, the first athletics event at the new National Stadium in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, since the venue was completed in ...
Although the 2020 Tokyo Games have been postponed until next summer, the public will be able to view the Olympic flame from Sept. 1 at the Japan Olympic Museum in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, The Yomiuri Sh...
Nippon Professional Baseball brought back spectators to stadiums last month, after initially holding this season’s games without spectators to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Currently up to 5,...
The event “meets Rugby in Ecopa” will celebrate the one-year anniversary of the 2019 Rugby World Cup at the stadium where Japan pulled off a historic upset of powerhouse Ireland.
The Shizuoka p...
It was function over fashion when the decision to allow the wearing of white spikes at Koshien Stadium was made for the first time, a measure to prevent heatstroke during a special series of high sch...
A Levain Cup match between Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Sagan Tosu scheduled for Wednesday was canceled because of the high likelihood that some of the Sagan Tosu players have been infected with the coron...
Even the world of grand sumo has not been spared the effects of the novel coronavirus, as the March Tournament in Osaka was held without spectators.
The July Tournament, at which rank-and-filer Terun...
Swimmer Rikako Ikee appears to be taking another step in her comeback to competition from leukemia, entering a race organized by the Tokyo Swimming Association, it was learned Tuesday.
According to ...
A special series of high school baseball games kicked off Monday at Koshien Stadium, featuring the 32 schools originally scheduled to compete in the canceled spring invitational.
With the tradition...
The Games of the 32nd Olympiad would have come to a close in Tokyo on Sunday had it not been for the postponement caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Since temperatures in Tokyo remained rela...
An on-site inspection in Sapporo for next year’s Tokyo Olympics marathon course started Saturday.
The Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games began the inspection at 7 a.m. ...
The Japan Sumo Association has decided to suspend No. 5 maegashira Abi, after the 26-year-old recently went against coronavirus protocols by visiting a nightlife establishment. The JSA has banned him...
Veteran star Kazuyoshi Miura broke yet another age-related record on Wednesday when the 53-year-old wonder became the oldest-ever player to appear in a match in the YBC Levain Cup, the J.League’s in...
The Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games announced on Monday the venue and schedule for the Tokyo Paralympic Games, which will start on Aug. 24, 2021. As in the case of t...
Five years after winning his only other title and just a year and a half after plunging to the second-lowest division in the sport, former ozeki Terunofuji capped a comeback for the ages by winning t...
Former ozeki Terunofuji’s miraculous bid for a second tournament title and first in five years will come down to the final day of the July Grand Sumo Tournament after the No. 17 maegashira was deal...
Former ozeki Terunofuji moved a step closer to capping an already miraculous comeback with an unlikely tournament title when the No. 17 maegashira won a showdown on Friday with current ozeki Asanoya...
Yokozuna Hakuho withdrew from the July Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday, a day after suffering a knee injury while being dealt his second loss of the competition at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan.
The ...
The Nippon Budokan’s new look was unveiled on Wednesday in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, at a ceremony to mark completion of extension and renovation work on the venue that will host judo and karate at the T...
Yokozuna Hakuho saw his perfect record disappear on Day 11 of the July Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.
The yokozuna (10-1) got turned around against Daieisho (7-4) after the jump...
Hideo Yoshikawa, director of the Nippon Budokan — a venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics — seemed to be overcome with emotions on Tuesday, the day before the ceremony to mark the com...
The Yomiuri Giants welcomed spectators to Tokyo Dome for the first time this season at an official home game against the Yokohama DeNA BayStars on Tuesday.
A crowd of 4,915 fans applauded loudly whe...
In sumo’s 1,400-year history, creative techniques have been devised to catch opponents off guard, such as the nekodamashi, a move that involves a wrestler clapping his hands together in front of his...
Yokozuna Hakuho maintained his perfect record on Day 10 of the July Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, bulldozing No. 5 maegashira Hokutofuji （6-4）out of the ring.
Ozeki Asano...
After making a mind-boggling and historic return to the uppermost makuuchi division, No. 17 maegashira and former ozeki Terunofuji on Monday assured he will be staying there for awhile.
Terunofuj...
Yokozuna Hakuho and new ozeki Asanoyama remained unbeaten on the eighth day of the July Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan.
The two posted their kachikoshi eighth victori...
No. 5 maegashira Abi was removed from the July Grand Sumo Tournament on Saturday after it was discovered that he had defied coronavirus protocols and met a friend at a restaurant outside the premises...
Yokozuna Hakuho notched his seventh consecutive victory to start the July Grand Sumo Tournament by forcing out No. 3 maegashira Kiribayama on Saturday at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan.
New ozeki Asan...
Yokozuna Hakuho maintained his perfect record on Day 6 of the July Grand Sumo Tournament, along with two other top-ranked wrestlers.
Hakuho was able to easily push out No. 3 maegashira Takarafuji du...
The Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games held an event at the National Stadium on Thursday, one year before the Tokyo Olympics is scheduled to open.
Rikako Ikee, 20, a com...
Top-ranked rikishi wrestlers secured wins on Day 5 of the July Grand Sumo Tournament, with Yokozuna Hakuho, new ozeki Asanoyama and sekiwake Mitakeumi each improving to five straight wins on Thursday ...
The additional expenses for holding the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games next summer are estimated to reach up to around ¥300 billion. As it is highly unlikely, due to the impact of the novel coro...
Yokozuna Hakuho maintained his perfect record on Day 4 of the July Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, with a win over No. 2 maegashira Takanosho (1-3).
The number of wrestlers who ...
Yokozuna Hakuho made his matchup against Endo look like a mismatch on Day 3 of the July Grand Sumo Tournament, toppling the No. 1 maegashira off the raised ring and onto the floor at Ryogoku Kokugikan...
The operators of Tokyo Dome unveiled on Monday coronavirus prevention measures ahead of the first professional baseball game to be played in front of spectators at the stadium this season, on July 28....
New ozeki Asanoyama continued his strong debut at the second-highest rank, picking up his second victory in two days at the July Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Monday.
Asano...
Yokozuna Kakuryu notified the Japan Sumo Association of his withdrawal from the July Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday, a day after the relocated basho began in Tokyo.
The medical report submitted to t...
Newly promoted ozeki Asanoyama opened the basho with a relatively easy victory as the July Grand Sumo Tournament got going at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan on Sunday.
Asanoyama topped Takanosho, latchi...
Swimmer Rikako Ikee will deliver messages to aspiring Olympic athletes and those supporting the Tokyo Games on July 23, one year before the scheduled start of the Olympics.
The Tokyo Organizing Comm...
Sumo welcomed its first spectators in six months when the doors were opened Sunday for the opening day of the July Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo.
As part of its countermeasures against the corona...
The Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games has announced the venues and competition schedule for the Olympic Games, which will start July 23 next year.
At a general meeting ...
The Orix Buffaloes have been lost in the wild since the 2004 merger between the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes and the Orix BlueWave.
Since their inaugural 2005 season, the Buffaloes have never won a penna...
In my last column, I discussed the “hasso tobi” (eight-boat leap) executed by a small wrestler. This is a sleight-of-hand technique in the jump-off, and one that should not be overly praised. How...
The Japan Sumo Association has officially decided to allow spectators at the July tournament, which will be held from Sunday at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.
Set to take place in Tokyo instead of the...
When the Japan Softball Association was looking for candidates to coach the team for the Tokyo Olympics, Reika Utsugi’s name was naturally high on the list.
The Beijing-born Utsugi, who had be...
The Yomiuri Giants played in front of fans for the first time this season on Saturday in Kobe.
The Nippon Professional Baseball regular season started with fans not allowed in stadiums to prevent th...
The nation’s top athletes, including those at the high school, are set to compete at the Japan National Stadium in an athletics event to be held in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on Aug. 23. This will be th...
Noshiro Technical High School in Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, best known for its powerhouse boy’s basketball team that has won national 58 titles, will undergo a name change in time for March next yea...
All venues for the postponed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics are expected to be available in a year’s time, and the schedule is largely the same as it would have been this year, organizing committee ...
Amateur athletes are increasingly concerned about their future after being forced to voluntarily refrain from their usual activities for a long time due to the coronavirus outbreak. This and other fi...
Quality hitters never change the kind of bat they use.
The belief of one craftsman is “that it’s something all good batters have in common.”
Hayato Sakamoto, 31, of the Yomiuri Giants has been...
NEW YORK (AP) — With Masahiro Tanaka crumpled motionless on the mound, Aaron Judge repeatedly waved behind home plate and scolded a video journalist for taking images.
This wasn’t a scene anyon...
All Blacks flyhalf Bauden Barrett will play for the Suntory Sungoliath in Japan’s rugby Top League from next season, which will start in January 2021, the team said Friday.
Barrett, a two-time rec...
A gymnast demonstrates somersaults, twists and over movements on a 12-meter by 12-meter floor; the floor exercises of artistic gymnastics. Gymnasts are able to do these challenging techniques thanks ...
Yutaka Nakamura, a former trainer for Russia’s Maria Sharapova and Japan’s Kei Nishikori, has become a personal trainer for Naomi Osaka, Osaka’s management agency told The Yomiuri Shimbun on Th...
There’s only one judo division for which a candidate needs to be selected to represent Japan in the upcoming Olympics — the men’s 66-kilogram weight-class. The All Japan Judo Federation plans to...
Rikako Ikee, a 20-year-old swimmer battling leukemia, practiced at a Tokyo pool on Thursday, an event that was streamed online to the press corps.
In an interview with a pool reporter, Ikee revealed ...
Athletes aiming to compete at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games have been greatly affected by the coronavirus pandemic, which caused the Summer Games to be postponed to 2021.
Ryo Miyake, a 29-y...
When the Brave Blossoms, Japan’s national rugby team, paraded through the Marunouchi district of Tokyo last December, one player couldn’t stop crying. Fumiaki Tanaka was emotional as he watched fa...
Tachiai, or the jump-off at the beginning of a sumo match, is an important moment for wrestlers because it is one of the determining factors in who wins or loses. There have been many dramatic moments...
Japanese professional baseball players’ average salary exceeded ¥40 million (about $371,000) for the first time, according to the Nippon Professional Baseball Players Association’s survey release...
They had their clubs, their visors, their gloves and all the other typical items needed by a pro golfer. But in these uncertain times of a global pandemic, the players at the much-delayed opening tou...
With the one-year postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, it means there will be only about a half year until the start of the Beijing Winter Paralympics in March 2022. For most athletes, that pr...
The J.League resumed action on Saturday, its first games since play was suspended in late February because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The second division (J2) held nine matches in its second ...
Veteran female athletes who’ve participated in the Olympics and won medals after giving birth have had various thoughts about career-family-life balance.
They looked back on careers during which th...
Delayed but not deterred, Nippon Professional Baseball is up and running in what passes for normal in a world caught in the grips of a pandemic. The new coronavirus pushed NPB’s Opening Day back fr...
The J.League, which has suspended its games since the end of February because of the coronavirus, will resume on Saturday. The J2 and J3 leagues will hold their games in an empty stadium ahead of the...
