One of the sweethearts of the Japanese media in the current Japanese Olympic squad is 4 time Olympian Uemura Aiko. She has been at or near the top of her sport of mogul for more than a decade, having achieved top ten finishes in the last 3 Olympics in Nagano, Salt Lake and Torino.

What has [...]

The Winter Olympics in Vancouver got underway yesterday, with 94 Japanese athletes to compete in 14 different sports (all except ice hockey).

The Japanese team have limited expectations for medals, having won just 32 medals in Winter Olympic history, ten of which were claimed during their hosting of the Nagano Olympics in 1998.

Having been born [...]

Earlier today, teenage golfer Ishikawa Ryo was awarded the Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize for 2009 by the Japan Professional Sports Association. This is one of the most prestigious awards in sport in Japan, and has been awarded annually since 1968. It was Ishikawa’s second consecutive win, and he was presented with the award by [...]

The draw has been held for the 2010 World Cup, to be held in South Africa next year. Japan have drawn a difficult group. But while all of the teams in their group are higher ranked, Japan will still feel that they have a chance to knock a few of [...]

On Sunday, the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki announced that they will be teaming up to develop a proposal to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. This comes just over a week after Tokyo were rejected as hosts of the 2016 games.

Given the recent climate of international bodies offering awards for issues they [...]

…. Rio de Janeiro.

Chicago was first to be eliminated, a shock to some (not least the Obamas who will have to not only go home empty handed – but with the slap of being eliminated first…), and then Tokyo was taken out in the second round of voting, leaving Madrid and Rio de Janeiro to [...]

Prime Minister Hatoyama is headed to Copenhagen today, to join the leaders of the other three nations in the running to host the 2016 Olympic Games. Tokyo is vying for the chance to host the games along with Chicago, Rio and Madrid. Tokyo last hosted the games in 1964, and [...]

Well it worked with the Hard Rock Cafe. And there are plenty of sports bars around. So why not put the two together. Oh, and while you are at it, lets throw in a wedding facility as well… Such will be the MLB Cafe Tokyo, which opened today in Ebisu, across from the Ebisu Garden [...]

A lot has already been said and written about Ichiro’s achievements of the last few days. To be honest, I don’t know a lot about baseball, having been brought up on a staple diet of cricket in Australia… But having a great love of all sports, and a strong competitive streak, even I can understand [...]

I just watched the Japanese soccer team play Ghana, and Japan have come from 3-0 behind to score 4 second half goals and win the match. What a fantastic effort after being soundly beaten 3-0 by Netherlands the other day. Its great to see Japan scoring some goals, and having the strength to come back [...]