Three-time Olympic women's freestyle wrestling gold medalist Saori Yoshida said Tuesday she believes that retiring figure skater Mao Asada should be bestowed with the People's Honor Award. Speaking at an event in Tokyo a day after Mao announced she was calling time on her glittering ...
It was good seeing former Yomiuri Giants third baseman and manager Shigeo Nagashima visiting the team's spring training camp in Miyazaki earlier this month. He just turned 81 this past week and is visibly handicapped by a stroke suffered in 2004 that limits movement ...
Four-time Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler Kaori Icho was recently awarded the People's Honor Award.
Four-time Olympic gold medal-winning wrestler Kaori Icho was awarded the People's Honor Award by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday. Icho, who became the first woman ever to win four successive individual Olympic golds when she beat Russia's Koblova Zholobova to claim the 58-kg freestyle ...
The government said Tuesday it will bestow the People's Honor Award on Kaori Icho who became the first female wrestler to win four consecutive Olympic gold medals at last month's Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro. "Her accomplishments have moved many people deeply and given ...
The People's Honor Award, bestowed on those who have made tremendous achievements in their careers, has often drawn criticism for its vague nomination criteria and opaque selection process.
The Abe government helps get Japan's pro baseball season started by conferring the People's Honor Award on two Giant sluggers a generation apart.
