National Apr 27, 2021
Local governments scrap plans to host Tokyo Games training camps
With the pandemic having raged on for over a year, reactions to the cancellations have been largely muted.
More Sports Mar 14, 2021
Japanese players swept the singles events at the inaugural World Table Tennis Star Contender tournament in Doha on Saturday, with Mima Ito winning the women's title before 17-year-old prodigy Tomokazu Harimoto claimed the men's crown. With Chinese players staying home because of concerns about the ...
Olympics / Summer Olympics / Table tennis Jan 27, 2021
Mima Ito aiming for gold with or without fans at Tokyo Games
Ito said she's ready to play without fans at the Tokyo Olympics, as long as it means the games can go ahead.
More Sports Jan 17, 2021
Kasumi Ishikawa holds off fellow Olympian Mima Ito for Japan title
Kasumi Ishikawa came from behind to beat fellow Tokyo Olympian Mima Ito in the national championships' women's singles final on Sunday to end a four-tournament winless drought. Ishikawa, ranked ninth in the world, trailed the world No. 3 Ito three games to one, but snatched ...
More Sports Nov 12, 2020
T. League officials upbeat ahead of third campaign
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Despite the the T. League being forced to open its third season behind closed doors due to COVID-19, officials are hoping to continue to expand the table tennis circuit’s fanbase.
More Sports Sep 15, 2020
Japan's table tennis players assemble for first exhibition since pandemic
by Kaz Nagatsuka
The T. League hopes the successful event will be a springboard toward the start of its third season in November.
More Sports May 8, 2020
Table tennis star Mima Ito taking Tokyo 2020 delay in stride
by Kaz Nagatsuka
Table tennis star Mima Ito was disappointed by the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, because it took away the chance to reach her goal of winning a gold medal as a teenager. Other than that, Ito, who will turn 20 ...
More Sports May 3, 2020
Businesses that support the game of table tennis by providing people a place to play have been struggling due to the new coronavirus epidemic in Japan, with many owners forced to close their doors. Naomitsu Uda is one owner who has decided to temporarily shut ...
More Sports Apr 17, 2020
Mima Ito climbs to No. 2 in world rankings, Japan's highest ever
Mima Ito has climbed to second in the women's singles world rankings, achieving the highest position ever held by a Japanese table tennis player, male or female, since the current system began in 1991, according to the ITTF's listing for April released Thursday. "I'll do ...
More Sports Feb 29, 2020
Japan's efforts to host China table tennis team face challenges
Plans to invite the China table tennis team to train in Japan have hit a hurdle as a prospective host municipality has backed down to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, Japan Table Tennis Association sources said Saturday. The association had initially agreed to take in ...
More Sports Feb 24, 2020
Tomokazu Harimoto and Mima Ito each claimed their first titles of the ITTF World Tour season at the Hungarian Open in Budapest on Sunday. Harimoto, the world No. 5, defeated Yukiya Uda 4-1 in an all-Japanese men's singles final at Budapest Olympic Hall after the ...
More Sports Feb 21, 2020
The Japan Table Tennis Association has agreed to take in about 50 members of China's national table tennis team who are unable to return home in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, sources said Friday. According to the sources, the JTTA is arranging to bring ...