Japan Sports

Asashoryu beat fellow Mongolian grand champion Hakuho to win the overall title of mini tournaments Thursday, bringing a fitting end to sumo's first-ever exhibition tour…

Takeya Nakamura homered twice and drove in five runs and Kazuhisa Ishii threw six effective innings, leading the Seibu Lions to a 7-2 win over…

Keiji Tamada grabbed a brace to send Nagoya Grampus top of the J-League with a 3-2 win over Shimizu S-Pulse on Wednesday. Nagoya had twice…

Mongolian grand champion Hakuho defeated maegashira Tokitenku with an underarm throw in the final to win the first day of a two-day sumo event in…

Beijing Olympic marathon winner Samuel Wanjiru has decided to move his training base from Japan to his home country of Kenya, athletics sources said Wednesday.…

Ai Sugiyama advanced to the women's singles second round at the U.S. Open on Tuesday after her Slovenian opponent Andreja Klepac retired in the third…

The government will employ coaches for 17 competitive sports from fiscal 2009 to strategically foster athletes and increase the number of medals that the country…

The J-League board of directors agreed Tuesday to introduce a new non-Japanese spot for an Asian player on each club starting next season to add…

Lin Wei-zhu hit a two-run homer and Minoru Iwata tossed seven solid innings as the Hanshin Tigers blanked the Chunichi Dragons 4-0 Tuesday to claim…

Hanshin Tigers slugger Takahiro Arai has been diagnosed with a stress fracture in his lower back after returning to Japan from the Beijing Olympics, officials…

The reputation of Australia's spectacular 2000 Olympics opening ceremony has been marred by confirmation the orchestra mimed their performance, local media reported Tuesday. According to…

The first batch of delegates from Japan's professional sumo headed by grand champion Asashoryu arrived in Mongolia on Monday for their first tour of the…

Shigeyuki Furuki hit a two-run double in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Yomiuri Giants over the Chunichi Dragons for a 6-5…

Softbank Hawks infielder Munenori Kawasaki who represented Japan in the just-ended Beijing Olympic baseball competition has been diagnosed with a stress fracture in his left…

The main contingent of Japan's Olympic delegation arrived at Haneda airport Monday in two batches from Beijing, where the country's athletes won a total of…

Japan coach Takeshi Okada has called up Celtic playmaker Shunsuke Nakamura and three other European-based midfielders for the World Cup qualifier at Bahrain on Sept…

Tyrone Woods sparked the offense with a two-run homer in the first inning and Masahiro Yamamoto threw his second complete game of the season, leading…

A celebrity ensemble, featuring guitar legend Jimmy Page of the rock band Led Zeppelin, electrified the audience at the Bird's Nest national stadium on Sunday…

Defender Masato Morishige struck a late winner as Oita Trinita edged Omiya Ardija 1-0 to stretch their unbeaten run to nine games in the J-League…

Pop stars, choirs, dancing policemen and a boisterous singalong to "We Are The Champions." After the orderly precision of the Beijing Olympics, it was time…