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TEAM JAPAN

Yotaro Sato and Tomoka Sato perform during the artistic swimming mixed duet competition at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka on July 16, 2023.
MORE SPORTS / Swimming
Oct 3, 2025
Artistic swimming welcoming more men into pool ahead of LA Olympics
Yotaro Sato used to hide the fact that he’s an artistic swimmer. Now, he’s part of a growing number of men taking up a sport that was long exclusive to women.
Tomokazu Harimoto waits for China's Wang Chuqin to serve during the men's singles final at the WTT Champions Yokohama 2025 tournament on Aug. 11.
MORE SPORTS / Table tennis
Sep 26, 2025
Can Japan crack the China code in table tennis?
Japan has much more work to do if it is to be a proper rival for its neighbor.
Yuki Joseph Nakajima after placing sixth in the men's 400-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Thursday
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 22, 2025
World championships bring few medals but win big with the crowds
Japan is now looking ahead to the Asian Games in Nagoya in 2026, the next world championships in Beijing in 2027 and the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
Japan's Mebuki Suzuki in action with Uganda's Oscar Chelimo in the men's 10,000 meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sept. 14
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 22, 2025
The Japanese face and body patches that have had the world wondering
Some athletes at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo swear by the products.
Noah Lyles celebrates as he crosses the finish line to give the United States the victory in the men's 4x100-meter relay at the world championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 21, 2025
U.S. men grab gold in 4x100-meter relay on final day of worlds; Japan sixth
The U.S. beat Canada to the gold medal to win the men's relay.
Japan head coach Eddie Jones during a training session in November last year.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Sep 21, 2025
Fiji beats Japan in Pacific Nations Cup rugby final
Fiji seized a 33-10 lead on Nasova's try early in the second half and then held off a furious Japan rally over the final minutes in a rematch of last year's final.
Japan's 4x100-meter relay team (from left, Yuki Koike, Hiroki Yanagita, Yoshihide Kiryu and Towa Uzawa celebrate after qualifying for the final at the world championships at National Stadium on Saturday night.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 20, 2025
Japan qualifies for men's 4x100 relay final at world championships
Japan finished in a time of 38.07 seconds.
Nanako Fujii celebrates as she crosses the line to take bronze in the women's 35-kilometer race walk on Saturday at National Stadium in Tokyo.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 20, 2025
Nanako Fujii takes bronze in 20 km race walk for Japan's second medal at worlds
The 26-year-old became the first Japanese woman to capture a medal in a race walk event at the World Athletics Championships or the Olympics.
Haruka Kitaguchi could not make it out of the qualifying round of the women's javelin throw at the world championships on Friday.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 20, 2025
Japan’s hopes too much for Haruka Kitaguchi’s elbow to bear at worlds
"I don’t think life is over just because I did not make it to the finals here," she said. "I might need a long break, but I want to come back stronger.”
Haruka Kitaguchi competes in the women's javelin throw during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium on Friday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 19, 2025
Reigning world champion Haruka Kitaguchi fails to qualify for women's javelin final
Momone Ueda finished one spot ahead of Kitaguchi and narrowly missed out on a spot in the final.
Yuki Joseph Nakajima after finishing sixth in the men's 400-meter final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 19, 2025
How Yuki Joseph Nakajima turned failures into breakout success at Tokyo worlds
Nakajima was the first Japanese runner to make the 400 final since Susumu Takano in 1991 and he even managed to finish one place higher than his senior compatriot.
Cordell Tinch of the U.S. (left), Jamaica's Orlando Bennett (center) and Japan's Rachid Muratake in action during the 110-meter hurdles final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 16, 2025
Muratake misses out on medal as Tinch takes 110-meter hurdle gold
After finishing fifth at last year’s Paris Olympics, Muratake was aiming to claim Japan’s first world hurdles medal in 20 years.
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 16, 2025
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
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.
Yoshihide Kiryu competes in the men's 100-meter heats on Day 1 of the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 13, 2025
Japan's top sprinters fail to keep up in 100 meters at world championships
No Japanese runner will compete in the 100-meter final on Sunday night.
Canada's Evan Dunfee celebrates after winning the the gold in the men's 35k race walk at the 2025 World Athletics Championships on Saturday morning at Tokyo’s National Stadium.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 13, 2025
Evan Dunfee captures first gold of world championships as Japan earns first medal
Japan's Hayato Katsuki took bronze in the men’s 35-kilometer race walk at the 2025 World Athletics Championships.
Defending champion javelin thrower Haruka Kitaguchi is likely to be the center of attention for Japanese fans during the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo.
SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 12, 2025
10 stars to look out for at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
The world championships are back in Tokyo for the first time since 1991.
Sorato Shimizu competes at a meet in Hiroshima in July. Over the past few years, Shimizu has been like a superhero among teenage track and field athletes in Japan.
SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 11, 2025
The sky is the limit for Sorato Shimizu, Japan's great sprinting hope
The 16-year-old has already run the 100 in 10 seconds flat and could be an X-factor for Japan’s World Athletics Championships relay hopes.
Haruka Kitaguchi in action during the women's javelin final at the Diamond League meet in Zurich, Switzerland on Aug. 28
MORE SPORTS
Sep 9, 2025
Back from injury, home favorite Kitaguchi won't give up title without a fight
The 27-year-old shot to fame in 2023 when her final throw of 66.73 meters in Budapest made her the first Japanese woman to win a world title in a field event.
Japan flanker Iroha Nagata attempts to score a try against Spain during the Women's Rugby World Cup in York, England, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Sep 8, 2025
Japan bows out of Women's Rugby World Cup with comeback victory over Spain
Both sides were bidding for their first win of the tournament after defeats against world champion New Zealand and Ireland had ended their hopes of reaching the quarterfinals.
Members of the Japanese team for the World Athletics Championships pose for photos at Meiji Kinenkan on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Athletics
Sep 5, 2025
Team Japan seeks ‘passionate support’ at World Athletics Championships
The World Athletics Championships kick off at Tokyo’s National Stadium on Sept. 13.
Takaichi poised to become Japan's first female PM after winning LDP poll
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, holds a news conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo on Saturday.
A Japanese ski resort town is roiled by a debate over immigration
A Swedish snowboard instructor works at the Niseko ski resort area on Hokkaido, in Kutchan, in December 2022
Tokyo's newest stationery store sells 'a slower, more human rhythm'
Plotter's signature customizable leather binder is just one of many products contributing to the ongoing boom in the popularity of Japanese stationery.
One dead, one missing in Japan after bear attack
A bear warning sign. More and more wild bears have been spotted in Japan in recent years, even in residential areas, due to factors including a declining human population and climate change.
Japan’s jobless rate edges up to highest in over a year
August’s unemployment figures showed a slight tempering of Japan's job market, but the data still points to overall firmness amid an ongoing labor shortage.
Eat your balloons: The culinary theater of Grant Achatz comes to Tokyo
Avant-garde chef Grant Achatz and his team from Alinea are in Tokyo for a three-week residency.
Japan’s first foreign wine investor plants its roots in Hokkaido
Intrigued by Japanese wines, Burgundy winemaker Etienne de Montille decided to explore Hokkaido's wine scene, eventually setting up his outpost in Hakodate in 2017.
Tea ceremony experts see matcha boom as a big opportunity
Atsuko Mori, founder and director of Kyoto-based tea salon Camellia Tea Ceremony, prepares matcha during a tea ceremony in Kyoto.
The summer kabuki came roaring back
Kabuki has been trying for years to attract a new generation of fans. One way to do this has been to adapt manga and anime franchises, such as “Naruto,” for the stage. 
How Ohtani has boosted Japan's soft power and made LA even more baseball-obsessed
Fans at Dodger Stadium pose in front of a mural highlighting the Dodgers' Japanese stars from past and present during a game earlier this year.

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Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Growing families are being priced out of Tokyo’s condo market, forced to choose between downtown convenience and suburban space.
Is living in central Tokyo still affordable?
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 6th annual Sustainable Japan Award.

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