London Olympics
February 13, 2013
LAUSANNE--South Korean footballer Park Jong-woo will receive his bronze medal from the 2012 London Olympics despite triggering a diplomatic row in a match against Japan, the...
January 31, 2013
Ryuji Sonoda announced Jan. 31 he will resign as head coach of the Japanese women's judo team following revelations he used violence and harassed judoka under him.
November 27, 2012
Olympic champions and a Nobel Prize laureate were among the “people of the year” in Japan featured in Mataro Doll Ltd.'s annual doll exhibition in Tokyo's Ueno district on...
October 26, 2012
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko chatted with London Olympic medalists during an autumn party at the Akasaka Gyoen imperial garden in Tokyo’s Minato Ward on Oct. 25.
September 28, 2012
This is the 3rd installment in a series of articles to mark the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China.
September 25, 2012
Caught up in the action on the pitch and the adrenaline rush of the Olympics, Nadeshiko Japan coach Norio Sasaki said his team's achievement of winning the silver medal didn't...
September 14, 2012
Gymnast Kohei Uchimura made headlines this summer when he took the gold medal in the all-around competition at the London Games.
September 02, 2012
Japanese striker Yuki Otsu joined Dutch side VVV Venlo from Germany's Borussia Moenchengladbach on Aug. 31 for an undisclosed fee.
August 28, 2012
Japan's Olympic boxing gold medalist Ryota Murata is considering a future away from the sport after rejecting a lucrative offer to turn professional.
August 27, 2012
LONDON--The Olympic rings have disappeared across London, and the Paralympic symbols hoisted in their place. Let the games begin -- again.
August 25, 2012
The South Korean soccer player who inflamed a diplomatic row with Japan by waving a political placard at the London Olympics has been granted exemption from military service.
August 24, 2012
At the London Olympics, the Japanese men's national soccer team made it to the final four for the first time in 44 years.
August 23, 2012
Olympic gymnastics champion Kohei Uchimura has experienced the darker side of celebrity after complaining of a schoolgirl "stalker," local media reported on Aug. 23.
August 22, 2012
SAO PAULO -- The Brazilian Olympic Committee says boxing officials have turned down its request to review the result of the Olympic final in which a local fighter lost.
August 20, 2012
Japan's 71 Olympic medalists received a hero's welcome as they rode through the streets of Tokyo's Ginza district on Aug. 20, being greeted by a crowd of about 500,000...
August 20, 2012
Fresh off her medal-winning performance in London, archer Miki Kanie has hardly had time for the reality of Olympic bronze to sink in.
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...
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
The London Olympics have ended, leaving behind a tinge of sadness and pleasant fatigue. Japanese athletes bagged 38 medals in total, a record high. Now that the Games are over, ...
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.