It was Japan's first medal in women's basketball, a team coached by American Tom Hovasse. Tsuyoshi Fukui, the head of the Japanese delegation, confirmed Sunday that gold medalists would receive 5 ...

Japan’s medal run could continue Sunday. Uta Abe, the reigning world champion in the women’s half-lightweight (115 pounds) division, and her brother Hifumi, a men’s half-lightweight ...

Japan tosses their manager Atsunori Inaba in the air as they celebrate their win over USA in the gold medal baseball game on Aug. 7, 2021, at Yokohama Baseball Stadium during the Tokyo Olympics.

Later that day, Japan's gold medal haul jumped to 17 and the country had won 28 medals in all. Five years ago, Japan took home 12 golds for the entire Rio Games.

The mayor of Japanese city Nagoya earned himself Internet infamy and a rare rebuke from Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) on Thursday for chomping down on an Olympic gold medal at an event meant to ...

As the clock officially starts for Tokyo Olympics, Japan’s medal haul in the Rio Games showed the country has strong prospects for improving that count when it plays host to the Olympics in 2020.

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Japan had its best Olympic production in every category: the most gold medals (27), the most overall (58), and a third-place finish in gold medals behind two much larger countries — the United ...

TOKYO >> Despite the pandemic, the one-year delay and the soaring costs, the Japanese public may still find a sweet spot for the Tokyo Olympics, the way it did for the storied 1964 Games.

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