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Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
By Sam Byford
The atmosphere at National Stadium has been raucous in the opening days of the championships, particularly when hometown heroes are on the track or field.
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole fault final during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Pole vault rivals in awe after Duplantis has another historic night in Tokyo
By Jason Coskrey
With fans and his fellow competitors looking on, ​Duplantis once again proved he has no equal — past or present — on Monday at Tokyo's National Stadium.
Pro-Palestinian protesters wave flags and banners during the final stage of the Vuelta a Espana in Madrid on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Cycling
Cycling fears spread of race-halting protests after Vuelta chaos
By Jacques KLOPP
The three-week stage race was repeatedly disrupted by pro-Palestinian demonstrators fired up by the presence in the race of the Israel Premier Tech team.
Japan head coach Eddie Jones ahead of a match against England in June last year.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
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Japan and Fiji cruise into Pacific Nations Cup rugby final rematch
Fiji rolled over Japan 41-17 in last year's final, and Japan coach Eddie Jones admitted his side has plenty of work to do to flip the script this year.
Sweden's Armand Duplantis breaks the world record with a 6.30-meter jump at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Monday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 15, 2025
Pole-vault superstar Duplantis sets yet another world record in Tokyo
By Jason Coskrey
The Swede's height of 6.30 meters marked the 14th time he has raised the bar on his own record.
Noah Lyles does a Kamehameha pose from the the anime "Dragon Ball" after the men's 100-meter final at the World Athletics Championships.
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Sep 15, 2025
World's fastest anime fans Noah Lyles and Kishane Thompson display fandom in Tokyo
By Jason Coskrey
American superstar Lyles is track and field's most popular anime fan.
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.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 15, 2025
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
Sep 14, 2025
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
Sep 14, 2025
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.
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
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.

SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
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.
Final weeks of World Expo in Osaka likely to see large crowds
With one month left to go, crowds are expected to swell at the World Expo in Osaka during its final weeks.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Pole vault rivals in awe after Duplantis has another historic night in Tokyo
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole fault final during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday.
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.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
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.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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.
Rethinking that second drink: Japan’s Gen Z gets ‘sober curious’
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