More Sports Oct 7, 2021
There have been few routes for top female sailors to progress beyond events such as the Olympics and SailGP has implemented a pathway in an effort to address this gap.
More Sports Sep 1, 2019
Keiju Okada, Jumpei Hokazono claim Tokyo Olympic berths in men's 470
Japanese sailors Keiju Okada and Jumpei Hokazono earned spots at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the men's 470 class following a solid performance at the World Cup Series Enoshima, which concluded Sunday. The pair finished 11th in the six-day event held in the waters near ...
More Sports Aug 11, 2019
The notorious English weather and the home country's crew have already left their mark on SailGP's European debut even before an official race has sailed. Both of Saturday's races in the regatta on the Solent off Cowes, England, were called off because of high winds, ...
Olympics Aug 9, 2019
Ai Yoshida and Miho Yoshioka become first Japanese sailors to qualify for 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Ai Yoshida and Miho Yoshioka teamed up on Friday to finish second in the women's 470 class world championships, making them the first Japanese sailors to earn spots in next year's Tokyo Olympics. In the waters near the Enoshima Yacht Harbor that will host the ...
National Apr 20, 2019
'I'm the happiest person on earth': Blind Japanese sailor completes nonstop Pacific crossing
A blind Japanese sailor on Saturday successfully completed a near two-month, nonstop voyage from San Diego to Fukushima Prefecture, making him the first person to make a blind sailing across the Pacific Ocean. Joined by a sighted navigator, it was 52-year-old Mitsuhiro Iwamoto's second two-person ...
More Sports Nov 20, 2018
Japan SailGP team joins new global circuit
by Jason Coskrey
"This is like Formula One on water." That's how Sir Russell Coutts, who won a gold medal for New Zealand in sailing at the 1984 Olympics and won the America's Cup five times, describes SailGP, the nation vs. nation sailing circuit set to launch early ...
More Sports Nov 8, 2018
Kanagawa natives set out to master new yachting class
by Kaz Nagatsuka
The wind was more like a zephyr, so the yacht was not running as swift as it could have. Still, it was comfortably plowing on the bay of Sagami. "It was maybe about 30 kph," Wakako Kajimoto said after the boat returned from practice to Enoshima ...
Sports | ASIAN GAMES Sep 1, 2018
A 10-gold bonanza across five sports on Friday took Japan's tally to 69 gold medals, more than at any Asian Games since the last time it topped the medal table in Bangkok in 1978. Japan's sailors provided four gold and its judoka three, while the ...
More Sports Jun 2, 2017
Japan ghosts ahead of France in almost no-wind America's Cup conditions
SoftBank Team Japan outclassed Groupama Team France in their Louis Vuitton America's Cup qualifying race on Thursday, with the Japanese catamaran coping better with a very light breeze in Bermuda's Great Sound. SoftBank Team Japan, skippered by former Emirates Team New Zealand sailor Dean Barker, ...
Asia Pacific May 16, 2016
Russian yacht and crew detained by North Korea arrives in Vladivostok
A Russian yacht detained and then released by North Korean authorities has arrived in the Russian Far Eastern port city of Vladivostok, the nation's Interfax news agency reported Monday. "The yacht has arrived and all members of the crew are fine," Interfax quoted a local ...
More Sports Apr 7, 2016
Sailor Shiraishi prepares for prestigious global odyssey
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Sailor Kojiro Shiraishi is in high spirits as he is set to realize his 30-year dream. Shiraishi will compete in the Vendée Globe, the around-the-world solo yacht race, in November. The 48-year-old will be the first Asian to participate in the once-every-four-years most famous sailing ...
National Jun 24, 2015
Canadian sailor has Japan solo circumnavigation in sight
by Tomoko Otake
A Canadian ex-executive who once served as dean and president of Temple University Japan is getting closer to making history — as probably the first foreigner to sail solo around Japan. Kirk Patterson, 61, has been trying to circumnavigate Japan on his sailboat since arriving ...