Japan is back in Olympic women’s fours curling, with a new team for tens of millions of near-fanatical fans to follow. Sayaka ...

Sumo is more than a sport in Japan. It’s a sacred tradition, a 1,500-year-old spectacle steeped in Shinto ritual and ceremony. But at its heart lies a long-standing taboo: women are still barred from ...

Japan elected its first female prime minister last month. But, despite becoming the country’s most powerful person, there is one place Sanae Takaichi is not expected to tread — inside a sumo ring.

The Japan Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF) issued a Human Rights Policy and an Integrity Code of Conduct on August 26, 2025, ahead of the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, which ...

TOKYO — As Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi has broken new ground in a country that struggles with gender equality. But she has quickly run up against a tradition that may be ...

Dear Commissioner Junichi Kawai, On behalf of 12 organizations and individuals, we would like to extend our warmest congratulations on your recent appointment as Commissioner of the Japan Sports ...

The Canadian women played better but the result was the same in their rematch with hometown Japan on Tuesday, extending their losing streak to five games with a 1-0 defeat.

Jessamyn R. Abel has received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Japan Foundation, the Northeast Asian Council of the Association for Asian Studies, and the McCourtney ...

The Canadian women's soccer team will play two matches against Japan in Nagasaki during the November FIFA international ...