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WORLD ATHLETICS

Haruka Kitaguchi in action during the women's javelin final at the Diamond League meet in Zurich, Switzerland on Aug. 28
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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.
Sha'Carri Richardson waits for the start of the women's 100-meter final during a Diamond League meet in Chorzow, Poland, on Aug. 16.
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Sep 8, 2025
Controversy continues to follow U.S. sprint star Sha'Carri Richardson
She arrives in Tokyo for the defense of the world crown on the back of another headline-making incident.
Members of the Japanese team for the World Athletics Championships pose for photos at Meiji Kinenkan on Thursday.
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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.
A statue of World Athletics Championships mascot Riku One stands outside National Stadium in Tokyo.
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Sep 5, 2025
Tokyo organizers begin final countdown to World Athletics Championships
Organizers have introduced a number of measures to keep fans safe from the heat during the nine-day event.
Australia's Gout Gout celebrates after winning the men's U-23 200-meter race at a Diamond League meet in Monaco on July 11.
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Sep 5, 2025
Australian fans anxiously awaiting Gout Gout's world championships debut
Still only 17, Gout is already one of the most exciting prospects in global athletics.
Faith Kipyegon celebrates after winning the women's 1,500 meters in world record time of 3 minutes, 48.68 seconds in Eugene, Oregon, on July 5.
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Sep 5, 2025
Faith Kipyegon has sights set on unique double at world championships in Tokyo
The Kenyan superstar is set to defend her titles in both the 1,500 and 5,000 meters.
Gabby Thomas competes at the U.S. championships in Eugene, Oregon, on July 31.
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Sep 3, 2025
Injured Olympic 200-meter champion Thomas to miss Tokyo worlds
As she battled through injury, Thomas looked short of her best form at the U.S. trials in Eugene, Oregon, earlier this summer.
Australia's Nina Kennedy (AUS) wins the women's pole vault at 4.90 meters during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Aug. 7, 2024.
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Sep 1, 2025
'Mongrel' spirit drives pole vault queen Kennedy in world title defense
Kennedy has not competed since becoming the first Australian woman to win Olympic gold in a field event in Paris last year.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (center) in action alongside Rani Rosius of Belgium (right) and Gladymar Torres of Puerto Rico during the 100m heats at the 2024 Olympic games in Paris on Aug 2, 2024.
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Sep 1, 2025
Jamaican sprint great Fraser-Pryce to retire after Tokyo worlds
Fraser-Pryce shattered negative notions around pregnancy in sport by winning the 100m at the 2019 worlds and retaining the title in 2022.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe stands on the track at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on Thursday.
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Aug 29, 2025
Sebastian Coe confident gene testing will be completed for Tokyo worlds
Athletes who arrive at the global event without being tested can complete the process in the Japanese capital.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce speaks during a news conference in Brussels on Thursday.
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Aug 24, 2025
Fraser-Pryce aiming to end career in 'magnificent way' at Tokyo worlds
While Fraser-Pryce has struggled this season to hit the speeds she once did, she is in a bullish mood about the Sept. 13-21 worlds.
Kenya's Emmanuel Wanyonyi celebrates after winning the Diamond League men's 800m final at the London Stadium on July 19.
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Aug 20, 2025
Former cattle herder Wanyonyi ready to eclipse Rudisha
Wanyonyi was crowned Olympic champion at last year's Paris Games at just 20, a year after sealing silver at the world championships in Budapest.
Reigning Olympic and world javelin champion Haruka Kitaguchi poses during a photo session in the Athletics tunnel in Domazlice, Czech Republic, on August 14, 2025.
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Aug 19, 2025
Javelin star Kitaguchi finds new home in small Czech town
The 27-year-old Japanese athlete is getting ready for next month's world championships in Tokyo in the western Czech town of Domazlice.
Athletes compete in the final of the women's 100 meter hurdles at the Paris Olympics in August last year.
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Aug 16, 2025
New gene testing system in disarray ahead of world championships in Tokyo
With the world championships in Tokyo looming, athletics federations are struggling to comply with new rules concerning gene tests for female athletes.
Sweden's Armand Duplantis celebrates after setting a new pole vault record of 6.29 meters during the Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix in Budapest on Aug. 12.
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Aug 15, 2025
Record-setting Armand Duplantis expects 'super-sick' worlds in Tokyo
The U.S.-born Swede has been in electric form, setting a 13th world record, of 6.29 meters, in Budapest on Tuesday.
Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya celebrates after winning women's marathon gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games at Sapporo Odori Park in Hokkaido, Japan on Aug. 7, 2021.
OLYMPICS / Athletics
Jul 25, 2025
Tokyo Olympic champion Jepchirchir relishes Japan return
Jepchirchir has been named as one of three Kenyan women in the marathon squad for the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on September 13-21.
President of World Athletics Sebastian Coe speaks in Oslo on June 12.
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Jun 24, 2025
It will be 'big and punchy': Athletics chief Coe looks to future
The World Championships arrive in September in Tokyo, and Coe describes them as "a massive moment."
Fireworks explode over the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony of the London Games in July 2012.
OLYMPICS
Apr 29, 2025
London mayor Sadiq Khan targets Olympic history for city
Khan wants the city to become the "sporting capital of the world," and is backing a bid for 2040 Games.
Australian sprinter Gout Gout reacts after competing in an event in Stawell, Australia, on Monday.
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Apr 23, 2025
Australia's Gout Gout on track for World Championships debut at 17
The Queenslander's rapid rise has raised comparisons with Jamaican great Usain Bolt.
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown (center) runs during a 100-meter heat at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 3, 2024.
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Feb 20, 2025
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown ready to sprint past Paris disappointment
Despite setting a personal best with a time of 9.96 seconds, Sani Brown finished fourth in his semifinal heat in the 100-meter sprint in Paris.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Final weeks of World Expo in Osaka likely to see large crowds
With one month left to go, crowds are expected to swell at the World Expo in Osaka during its final weeks.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.

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