Summer Olympics Jul 23, 2021
You read it here first (maybe): Who will light the Olympic cauldron
by Victor Mather
Some surprising names have been mentioned as leading candidates to perform one of the highest honors in sport.
Summer Olympics Jul 17, 2021
by Matthew Hernon
Looking back at some of Japan’s most memorable moments at the games since the country's 1912 debut in Stockholm.
More Sports / Swimming Aug 28, 2017
Four-time Olympic medalist Kosuke Hagino said Sunday he will do rehab training for a month in Arizona this fall as he sets his sights on making a full comeback from last year's elbow surgery. In a bid to return to top form after surgery cut ...
Basketball / B. League | B. LEAGUE NOTEBOOK Oct 27, 2016
Katakami preps teams for media
by Ed Odeven
Credit the B. League for making an earnest effort to raise the professional reputation of men's basketball in Japan. Elevating the sport is not just about having the former NBL, NBDL and bj-league teams under one umbrella. Little things that may go unnoticed to the ...
More Sports / Swimming Apr 15, 2016
Hagino ready to meet Olympic challenge head-on
by Andrew McKirdy
Japan's Olympic poster boy Kosuke Hagino insists he can handle the pressure of the nation's expectations as he bids for swimming glory at this summer's Rio Games. "The most important thing about the Olympics is to enjoy the atmosphere," Hagino told reporters at the National ...
More Sports / Swimming Apr 10, 2016
Hirai wants to see more from Japan's swimmers ahead of Rio Games
Japan head coach Norimasa Hirai urged his team to sharpen up for the Rio de Janeiro Games as the national championships drew to a close on Sunday. Japanese swimmers qualified for the Olympics in 34 events through the championships, the largest tally since the nation ...
More Sports / Swimming Apr 10, 2016
Kitajima makes retirement official, ending illustrious career
by Kaz Nagatsuka
For more than a decade, Kosuke Kitajima competed at the highest levels of the swimming world. Now that he's jumped in the pool for the last time, the battles he had against the world's other top swimmers is something the Japanese superstar says he will ...
More Sports / Swimming Apr 7, 2016
Kosuke Kitajima kept alive his hopes for a fifth Olympic appearance by a hair, squeezing into the men's 200-meter breaststroke final at the national championships on Thursday. Kitajima finished third overall in the semifinal heats with a 2 minute, 10.16 seconds to finish behind Ippei ...
More Sports / Swimming Apr 5, 2016
Kitajima stunned after failing to qualify for Rio in 100-meter breaststroke
Kosuke Kitajima failed to secure a trip to his fifth successive Olympics after not meeting the qualifying standard in the men's 100-meter breaststroke final at the national championships on Tuesday. The former two-time double Olympic champion was runner-up to Yasuhiro Koseki in 59.93 seconds, but ...
More Sports / Swimming Oct 29, 2015
Rie Kaneto outpaced world champion and compatriot Kanako Watanabe to win the women's 200-meter breaststroke title on the final day of a World Cup meet in Tokyo on Thursday. Kaneto touched the wall in 2 minutes, 23.01 seconds at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, while ...
More Sports / Swimming May 22, 2015
Kosuke Hagino cruised to victory in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle race on the opening day of the Japan Open on Friday. Hagino came home in a time of 15 minutes, 5.35 seconds at Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center, finishing nearly three seconds ahead of Ayatsugu ...
More Sports / Swimming Apr 8, 2015
Japan's two-time double Olympic champion Kosuke Kitajima failed to qualify for this summer's world championships in the 100-meter breaststroke after finishing third at the national championships on Wednesday. Yasuhiro Koseki defended his title in the event in a time of 59.73 seconds. Ryo Tateishi was ...