August 18, 2012
Sports junkies who didn't get enough of the London Olympics can continue to get their fix later this month when the 2012 Summer Paralympics get under way in the British capital.
August 17, 2012
Last season was a complete bust for figure skater Nobunari Oda.
August 16, 2012
This is the 12th installment of professional golfer Ryo Ishikawa's column for The Asahi Shimbun, which appears every other Thursday.
August 15, 2012
After winning Japan's first boxing gold medal in 48 years, Ryota Murata acknowledged the support he received from his family--and from one very special mentor: his former boxing club manager, Maekawa Takemoto, who died two years ago.
August 14, 2012
Even before the curtain fell on the London Games, Junichi Hosogai was dreaming of bobsled glory at the 2014 Winter Olympics, to be held in Sochi, Russia.
August 14, 2012
Ai Fukuhara says winning her country's first Olympic medal in table tennis was a huge boost but Japan still has a long way to go to catch up with China.
August 14, 2012
Team Japan won 11 swimming medals in London, second only to the United States -- something to celebrate, but don't get too carried away--none of the 11 were gold.
August 13, 2012
This is the eighth installment of London-based writer Brian Mallon's column on the Ultimate Fighting Championship for The Asahi Shimbun. Mallon has been a martial arts practitioner, UFC fan and journalist for many years. The biweekly feature appears every other Monday.
August 13, 2012
LONDON--If Beijing had been a warning for the Japanese, London was the Olympics where they well and truly lost their judo crown with resurgent Russian and jubilant French teams taking over the mantle as the dominant forces on the mat.
August 13, 2012
LONDON--Tatsuhiro Yonemitsu won the Olympic wrestling gold medal in men's 66-kilogram freestyle on Aug. 12, beating Sushil Kumar of India to give the Japanese their first Olympic gold in men's competition in 24 years.
August 12, 2012
LONDON -- Japan's Ryota Murata denied Brazil a first Olympic boxing gold medal on Aug. 11 when he fought smart to win his country's first in the ring for 48 years by beating middleweight Esquiva Falcao Florentino.
August 12, 2012
LONDON--Two candidates voted by London Games athletes to represent them as International Olympic Committee members have been removed from the election for breaking rules by campaigning too hard.
August 11, 2012
LONDON -- Japan added to its medal collection in Olympic women's volleyball by defeating South Korea in straight sets for the bronze at the London Games.
August 11, 2012
Japanese marathoner Arata Fujiwara owes a lot to his friend and pace setter.
August 11, 2012
Athens Olympics gold medalist Koji Murofushi expressed his gratitude for the people who supported him on his journey to winning bronze in the hammer throw at the London Games, even though the medal wasn’t the color he was aiming for.
August 10, 2012
LONDON -- Saori Yoshida wasn't about to pretend it was just another win.
August 10, 2012
LONDON -- Brazil banished the memory of their poor form early in the tournament to reach the final of the Olympic women's volleyball with an easy victory over Japan at Earls Court on Aug. 9.
August 10, 2012
Thinking this might be the last Olympics he could share with his daughter, Eikatsu Yoshida decided to go to London to be in her corner.
August 09, 2012
For years Kiyomi Sakamoto had watched as his daughter Hitomi sunk to her darkest depths—depressed, suicidal and struggling with her weight, which had ballooned to nearly 80 kilograms.
August 09, 2012
LONDON--Kaori Icho became the first woman to win three Olympic wrestling titles on Aug. 8 while her team-mate Hitomi Obara also claimed gold as Japan cemented their dominance of the women's sport within 30 triumphant minutes at the London Games.