Despite the workload and responsibility, being a giant panda breeder at a zoo is something 37-year-old Kimiyo Shintani takes great pride in. Shintani's day centers around six giant pandas, including a 4-month-old female cub, kept at the Adventure World amusement park in the small resort ...

A day after Japan won the Women's Under-20 World Cup for the first time, senior head coach Asako Takakura offered some words of wisdom to youngsters who wish to forge the future of Japanese soccer. "It is important to be tough in every single aspect ...

Jaba Bregvadze, the first Georgian to play Super Rugby, said Saturday's test against his Sunwolves teammates gave him a lot to reflect on. The hooker was speaking at Toyota Stadium in Aichi Prefecture after Georgia's 28-0 loss to head coach Jamie Joseph's Japan. The match started ...

When it comes to repairing the specialized equipment of Paralympic athletes, technicians experiment with the latest technologies on the spot, even though their work can often mean the difference between success and failure. Hiroki Nakajima, one of two Japanese technicians who worked on athletes' wheelchairs ...

Not only does Norway's Lena Schroeder care very little about being the only female among the 135 ice hockey players at the Pyeongchang Winter Games, she revels in being a "woman of steel" out to make a difference for her team. "For me, I'm so ...

In cross-country skiing for visually impaired athletes, trusting the sighted guide and being in sync with the person who sends navigational commands makes all the difference. Eleven-time gold medalist Brian McKeever, Canada's most decorated winter Paralympian, and his guide Graham Nishikawa have a comfortable partnership ...

Alpine skier Momoka Muraoka wrote in her elementary school yearbook in fourth grade that her dream was to compete at the Paralympics. And now in Pyeongchang, she has become the face of the Japanese delegation so far at the Winter Games, winning medals in the ...

A Japanese company has developed an easy way for people in communities to participate in agriculture through the internet, with its demonstration farm becoming a gathering place for local residents in Kyoto. Toray Construction Co., a real estate and construction company, came up with a ...

Three medalists are aiming to sweep the podium in the men's Alpine skiing sitting category when the Paralympic Games kick off in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in less than 100 days. Japan's gold medalists from the Sochi Games — Takeshi Suzuki and Akira Kano — are ...

More than 250 local governments have offered to serve as host towns for foreign athletes who will take part in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, in a bid to promote exchanges with participants. The central government has been soliciting ideas from local authorities willing ...