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OLYMPICS

Japan's Hikaru Kitagawa dribbles past a defender during an Olympic qualifying match against North Korea at National Stadium in Tokyo in February.

OLYMPICS / Football

After Tokyo Olympic disappointment, Nadeshiko Japan look for redemption

By Alex Bishop

For many, a disappointing effort on home soil in 2021 was a marker of just how far Japan's women's soccer team had fallen. Now the squad has its sights set on redemption.

The former chief of the World Anti-Doping Agency, Dick Pound, speaks during a news conference in Munich in 2016.

OLYMPICS

U.S. doping probe puts Olympic hosting at risk, former WADA chief says

By Steve Keating

Any country wanting to stage an international sporting event must be compliant with the anti-doping code and a U.S. probe may violate those rules, Dick Pound said.

Keiju Okada (left) and Miho Yoshioka compete in the 470-class mixed two-person dinghy event of the sailing world championships in August in the Netherlands.

OLYMPICS / Sailing

Japanese craftsmanship to play vital role in dinghy sailing in Paris

Fifteen of the 19 boats in the new 470-class mixed two-person dinghy event at the 2024 Paris Games will use sails made by North Sails Japan.

Members of Japan's women's Tokyo 2020 Olympic volleyball team. Along with table tennis and hockey, volleyball is set to be one of the sports at the 2024 Paris Games in which Japan's female players will don new uniforms that help protect them against secret photography while they compete.

OLYMPICS

Jul 16, 2024

New uniforms to help protect athletes against secret photography

The clothes will be used by Japanese athletes in volleyball, table tennis and hockey at the Paris Games.

Paris La Defense Arena will host swimming events during the 2024 Paris Olympics.

OLYMPICS / Swimming

Jul 16, 2024

World Aquatics to strengthen testing of Chinese swimmers at Games

The first aquatics events of the Paris Games are set to take place on July 27.

Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

OLYMPICS

Jul 14, 2024

She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics

By Mai Yoshikawa

While news sites have suggested that being a volunteer is a way to attend the Games for “free,” that doesn’t apply to international volunteers like Mai Tarumi.

Japanese athletes during a send-off ceremony for the upcoming Paris Games, in Tokyo on July 5.

OLYMPICS

Jul 13, 2024

Mental health experts to join Japan delegation at Paris Olympics

It will be the first Summer Olympics during which such experts, called "welfare officers," will accompany Japanese athletes.

Japanese businessman Kazunori Takishima, seen at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, has attended four Summer Games and four Winter Games since his first in 2006.

OLYMPICS

Jul 12, 2024

Japanese superfan with Olympic-sized wallet eager to make new memories in Paris

By Mai Yoshikawa

The 48-year-old Tokyo native spends large chunks of his disposable income on Olympic tickets.

The Clippers' Kawhi Leonard will skip the Paris Olympics to focus on his preparations for the upcoming NBA season.

OLYMPICS / Basketball

Jul 11, 2024

Kawhi Leonard withdraws from Olympics; Derrick White added to Team USA roster

Celtics guard Derrick White will play for Team USA in place of the Clippers star.

Russian Andrey Rublev holds his gold medal on the podium after the Tokyo Olympic mixed doubles competition in August 2021. Rublev declined an invitation to the Paris Games.

OLYMPICS

Jul 11, 2024

List of Russian athletes for Paris Games continues to shrink

Athletes from Russia and Belarus, Moscow's closest ally in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, are barred from the Paris Games unless they compete as neutrals.

You can often see generations of families enjoying performances together at Fuji Rock Festival.

Japan’s summer music festivals are feeling the heat in more ways than one

Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.

The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'

By Tomoko Otake

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