4 Japan Basketball Players Banned for One Year for Buying Sex
August 30, 2018
Tokyo- The Japan Basketball Association on Wednesday decided to suspend four male professional players from official matches for one year for misconduct, including buying sex, in Jakarta earlier this month while they were participating in the ongoing Asian Games. The
ASIAD 2018 Climbing Medals
August 26, 2018
Gold medallist Japan’s Akiyo Noguchi poses for photographers during the victory ceremony for the women’s combined climbing event at the 2018 Asian Games in Palembang on Sunday, 26 August 2018. AFP-Jiji Press
Duterte lauds Filipina weightlifter for 1st Philippine gold medal in Asian Games
August 21, 2018
President Rodrigo Duterte hailed Tuesday Hidilyn Diaz as the first Filipino who won the gold medal in the ongoing 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta. Duterte announced to the crowd in Cebu City that the Philippines won its first gold medal.
Takanohana Sent to Hospital after Briefly Losing Consciousness
August 21, 2018
Tokyo- Sumo stablemaster Takanohana, 46, was sent to a hospital in the northeastern Japan city of Akita on Tuesday after collapsing at a gymnasium where a local tour event of the professional sport was held, informed sources said. Takanohana suffered
Japanese Horseback Archery Shown in Russia for 1st Time
August 12, 2018
Moscow- Performances of Japan’s traditional “yabusame” horseback archery were staged for the first time in Russia on Saturday as a bilateral cultural event. Archers of the Ogasawara school gave the performances at a hippodrome in Moscow in front of an
World Judo Tour’s Budapest Grand Prix
August 11, 2018
Papp Laszlo Arena-(Left to Right) Silver medalist Egypt’s Mohamed Abdel Mawgoud, gold medallist Japan’s Kenzo Tagawa and bronze medalists Moldavia’s Denis Vieru and Ukraine’s Bogdan Iadov, pose on the podium after the men’s -66kg category final of the World Judo
2 Years to Go: 2020 Games Biggest Driving Force for Japan
August 10, 2018
Tokyo- Toshiaki Endo, vice president of the organizing committee of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, sees the quadrennial sporting events as the “biggest driving force” for Japan. More than half a century has passed since the previous Tokyo Olympic
Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 2018
August 10, 2018
(From Left) Silver medallist Japan’s swimmer Ryosuke Irie, golde medallist US swimmer Ryan Murphy and bronze medallist Australia’s swimmer Mitchell Larkin pose on the podium of the 100m backstroke men final of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 2018 in Tokyo,
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