A brief history of cricket in Japan, from its 19th-century origins and slow down during baseball’s rise to its modern revival.

Every October, Japan celebrates Sports Day, a public holiday established to commemorate the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games and Japan's longstanding commitment to sport as a national priority.

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Japan’s athletes have thrilled sports fans around the world with memorable victories and heartbreaking defeats in sports as varied as soccer, tennis, volleyball, figure skating, gymnastics, swimming ...

An historic game with India, a cricketing superpower, is the latest move to bring the sport to a whole new audience ...

Japan's sports environment is currently undergoing a transition, with a declining birthrate, a shift of club activities to local communities, and a shortage of instructors. Addressing these social ...

Ahead of the Motul Grand Prix of Japan, MotoGP Deputy CEO Carlos Ezpeleta and Japanese MotoGP star Ai Ogura, of the SuperFile Trackhouse MotoGP Team, were invited to the Japan Sports Agency in Tokyo ...