London Olympics
August 13, 2012
With its name and audio-visual equipment splashed throughout the London Olympics, Panasonic Corp. hopes that its sponsorship will help it reach the top of the podium as it...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
August 11, 2012
CARDIFF, Wales -- Park Chu-young scored a brilliant individual goal to help South Korea to a 2-0 victory over regional rival Japan on Aug. 10 and a bronze medal in Olympic...
August 10, 2012
Winning an Olympic medal on Aug. 9 at the London Olympics is simply the latest feather in the cap for head coach Norio Sasaki, who has turned the team around since taking over...
August 10, 2012
WEMBLEY, England -- The U.S. women's football team won the Olympic gold medal on Aug. 9, avenging one of its most painful defeats with a 2-1 victory over Japan.
August 10, 2012
Just over a year after celebrating a stunning victory in the World Cup, Japanese fans were disappointed on Aug. 10 after their team lost 2-1 to the United States in the final...
August 10, 2012
As she was leaving the pitch on Aug. 9, in perhaps her last game with the Japanese women's national team, Homare Sawa's eyes filled with tears and she had to look to the sky to ...
August 10, 2012
LONDON -- Saori Yoshida wasn't about to pretend it was just another win.
August 10, 2012
When it comes to manufacturing world-class pingpong balls, Nippon Takkyu Co. definitely deserves a gold medal.
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...
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...
August 09, 2012
The world’s leading manufacturers of news photo equipment have both declared themselves the winner after counting the cameras used by photographers at the London Olympics.
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...