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SUMO
Mar 21, 2020

Kototenzan struggled with sumo lifestyle, but found stardom in pro wrestling

When the 2020 NFL Draft gets under way on April 23rd, Joe Burrow is widely expected to be the first overall pick after leading Louisiana State University to the National Championship, winning the Heisman Trophy and having one of the best seasons for a quarterback in college football history.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 11, 2020

In Tokyo, a growing sense of angst over possible virus-hit Olympics

Japan's Olympic minister pushes back against a report citing an organizing committee executive as suggesting the games could be delayed by one or two years due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 6, 2020

Organizers manage to hold sport climbing test event without athletes

The Ready Steady Tokyo sport climbing event had a wall, music, PA announcers and even a famous spectator.
SOCCER / J. League / J. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Mar 4, 2020

J. League fans make best of virus-induced sabbatical

No games, no problem — as long as you've got a Twitter account.
Japan Times
SATOYAMA CONSORTIUM
Mar 4, 2020

Footgolf World Cup kicks off in Tochigi

The World Cup is coming to Japan this year. No, not the Olympics, and that is not a typo about last year’s rugby tournament.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Mar 2, 2020

NPB clubs keep things normal amid virus fears

The oddest thing about the preseason game the Yomiuri Giants and Tokyo Yakult Swallows played at Tokyo Dome on Saturday night — and really the same could be said about all the other games over the weekend too — was the lack of fans.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 29, 2020

Giants and Swallows compete without familiar sights and sounds at ballpark

The return of pro baseball to Tokyo Dome on Saturday night was greeted by a jarring silence.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League / B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Feb 27, 2020

B. League coaches and players support decision to postpone games

A state of uncertainty is the current reality for sports leagues, athletes, coaches and organizers spanning the globe.
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 19, 2020

Squads, not stars, could define J. League's 2020 season

In its chosen hashtag for the season (#2020の主役は誰だ), the J. League literally asks "who will play the lead role in 2020?"
Japan Times
Rugby
Feb 15, 2020

Warren Gatland says Brave Blossoms may play British and Irish Lions in 2021

British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland confirmed Saturday that Japan could be in line to face the famed touring team before the Sunwolves head to South Africa next year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Feb 10, 2020

Aichi students send Hanshin quake-linked sunflowers to disaster-hit areas

Sunflowers that students in Aichi Prefecture cultivated from seeds originally grown at the home of a 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake victim were displayed during a memorial ceremony on Jan. 17, marking the 25th anniversary of the disaster.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 6, 2020

Companies making good use of platform at Sports Business Expo

Beginning with last year's Rugby World Cup, Japan has begun a golden period of hosting some of the world's biggest sporting events, including, obviously, this summer's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics and also the 2021 World Masters Games in Osaka.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Feb 5, 2020

Ban on social media wrong call for sumo's popularity, transparency

Japan's national sport is semiglobalized.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2020

No-fly zone: Japan urging foreign nationals to be aware of drone rules

Japanese authorities are introducing a variety of measures to prevent the wrongful use of drones, which has been increasing due to many people being unfamiliar with regulations, especially tourists from abroad.
SOCCER / From the Spot
Jan 29, 2020

Overloaded schedule affects J. League clubs on pitch

It's not even February, and a J. League team has been eliminated from the Asian Champions League.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 27, 2020

Soccer player Shiho Shimoyamada helps blaze trail for Japan's LGBT athletes

Soccer player Shiho Shimoyamada has been encouraged by the response she has received since she became Japan's first openly gay professional athlete in February last year.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Jan 25, 2020

Akihiro Kakimoto: The man behind Japan's most elaborate chocolate desserts

Patissier Akihito Kakimoto has competed in the world's most prestigious chocolate competitions. But his path to the world of chocolate sculpture-making was anything but straightforward.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 21, 2020

Time for Japan to take on a new role

Japan must successfully hedge itself between a less engaged America and a more aggressive China.

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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
Can a World Expo still matter? Japan is about to find out.