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Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
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Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
By Jason Coskrey
The U.S. long jumper won her first world title in the long jump back in Tokyo, the city that reduced her to tears just four years ago.
Jamaica's Oblique Seville celebrates winning the men's 100-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Seville and Thompson seal Jamaican 1-2 over Lyles in 100-meter final
By Jason Coskrey
Seville won the men’s 100-meter crown in a personal-best time of 9.77 seconds in front of a roaring Tokyo crowd of over 60,000, including Jamaican legend Usain Bolt.
Gold medalist Melissa Jefferson-Wooden of the U.S. celebrates after winning the women's 100-meter final at the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden takes 100-meter title and sets championships record in Tokyo
By Sam Byford
Jamaica’s Tia Clayton was second with a new personal best of 10.76, while Paris Olympic gold medalist Julien Alfred took third place in 10.84.
Naoya Inoue (left) battles Murodjon Akhmadaliev in Nagoya on Sunday.
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Sep 14, 2025
'Smart' Inoue beats Akhmadaliev by unanimous decision
The unbeaten Inoue gradually picked off a fighter who had been described as the most dangerous opponent of his career to finish the final round in Nagoya in complete control.
Yuki Joseph Nakajima (right) runs alongside Botswana's Bayapo Ndori during the men's 400-meter heats at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 14, 2025
Yuki Joseph Nakajima sets national record en route to 400-meter semifinals at worlds
By Sam Byford
Nakajima’s time was sixth fastest among participants in the first round, tied with Botswana’s Lee Bhekempilo Eppie.
Terence Crawford (behind) throws a punch at Canelo Alvarez during their blockbuster bout on Saturday in Las Vegas.
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Sep 14, 2025
Terence Crawford makes history with upset of Canelo Alvarez
Crawford set the pace with a measured display that showcased his incredible hand speed and precise footwork on his way to becoming undisputed super middleweight champion.
Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir crosses the finish line to win the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 14, 2025
Kenya's Jepchirchir wins women's marathon gold at worlds in Tokyo
Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa finished just behind for silver, with Julia Paternain of Uruguay taking bronze.
Yoshihide Kiryu competes in the men's 100-meter heats on Day 1 of the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 13, 2025
Japan's top sprinters fail to keep up in 100 meters at world championships
By Sam Byford
No Japanese runner will compete in the 100-meter final on Sunday night.
Germany's Jonathan Hilbert (right) competes during the men's 35K race walk at the world championships on Saturday.
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Sep 13, 2025
Olympic medal-winning German race walker blazes on after battle with depression
By Jason Coskrey
German Jonathan Hilbert earned a silver medal in the 50K race walk at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, but battled depression following his triumph.
Satoshi Maruo cools down during the men's 35K race walk during the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Saturday.
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Sep 13, 2025
Race walkers brave gripping humidity in opening event of world championships in Tokyo
By Jason Coskrey
Organizers at the World Athletics Championships pushed up the start time for the race walk and marathon events on Saturday in Tokyo amid the heat.

Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Japan's cutting-edge railgun successfully strikes target vessel
The Defense Ministry’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) conducted a ship-board railgun shooting test from June to early July this year with the support of the Maritime Self-Defense Force.
‘Fairytale’ Shirakawago ranked one of the world’s most beautiful villages
Forbes and Unforgettable Travel Company have ranked Shirakawago in Gifu Prefecture as Asia's most beautiful village.
People rush to make furusato nozei donations ahead of tighter rules
A booth from the town of Betsukai in Hokkaido at an Amazon Japan furusato nо̄zei promotion event, on Sept. 5 in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.

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Sumadori Bar on Shibuya Ward's main Center Gai street targets young customers who prefer low-alcohol drinks or abstain altogether.
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