London Olympics
August 09, 2012
After hammer thrower Koji Murofushi finished his medal-winning performance at the London Olympics, his father, Shigenobu, tossed a large Japanese flag to him.
August 08, 2012
The three athletes who won Japan’s first women’s table tennis team medal when they captured the silver medal in London are rivals--but they are also the best of friends.
August 08, 2012
Olympic television broadcasts from London switch from video recordings to live coverage in the evening here in Japan, which means there must be many sports fans tuning in right ...
August 08, 2012
LONDON -- Saori Kimura and Yukiko Ebata each scored 33 points and Japan outlasted China 3-2 in a women's volleyball quarterfinal match.
August 07, 2012
Halfway through the women's Olympic soccer semifinal on Aug. 6, Japan goalkeeper Miho Fukumoto started losing her patience.
August 07, 2012
WEMBLEY, England -- As the Japanese women hugged each other and celebrated their place in the Olympic football final, Elise Bussaglia of France was left to wonder what if.
August 07, 2012
Abebe Bikila (1932-1973), a relatively unknown runner from Ethiopia, won the men’s marathon at the 1960 Rome Olympics. He made headlines for running the race barefoot. Having ...
August 06, 2012
With the world's greatest athletes gathered in London for the Games of the XXX Olympiad, three members of the Japanese Olympic Team with ties to northeastern Honshu found their ...
August 05, 2012
MANCHESTER, England--When he was a 5-year-old boy, Japan striker Kensuke Nagai arrived in Brazil and soon started playing football barefoot in the streets with other...
August 04, 2012
MANCHESTER, England -- Kensuke Nagai, captain Maya Yoshida and Yuki Otsu all scored against a 10-man Egypt team to put Japan through to the men's Olympic football semifinals...
August 04, 2012
CARDIFF, Wales -- Yuki Ogimi scored a goal and then set up another to give world champion Japan a 2-0 victory over Brazil on August 3 and a place in the semifinals of the...
August 04, 2012
LONDON -- The Jamaicans of London have got their soul food sizzling, their Red Stripe on ice and their expectations sky high.
August 04, 2012
LONDON -- He might have been the heaviest man at the Olympic Games, but the imposing figure of Ricardo Blas failed to make a big impression in the men's heavyweight judo...
August 03, 2012
LONDON -- A Turkmen boxing referee and an Azerbaijani technical official were expelled from the London Olympics on August 2 after a night of controversy plunged the sport back...
August 03, 2012
Leading anime studio Production I.G Inc. created an animated short series featuring top Japanese women athletes for electronics company Japan Acer Corp., the Japanese arm of...
August 03, 2012
With his confidence and his focus back, judoka Daiki Kamikawa is raising hopes for gold in the men's over-100kg class, judo's heaviest weight category.
August 03, 2012
BEIJING -- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Badminton World Federation must shoulder some responsibility for the match-throwing scandal at the 2012 Games,...
August 02, 2012
Boisterous cheering from his biggest fan helped Kohei Uchimura take the gold medal on Aug. 1 in the men's gymnastics all-around final at the London Olympics.
August 02, 2012
LONDON--Four years after letting the title slip through his fingers, Japan's Kohei Uchimura finally won the Olympic gold medal he dreamed of to go with his three world crowns...
August 02, 2012
COVENTRY, England--Japan held Honduras to a 0-0 draw Aug.1 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Olympic football tournament for the first time, with Japan goalkeeper Shuichi...