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A trio of Beijing Olympic gold medals, Roki Sasaki's perfect game and boxer Naoya Inoue's success were among 2022's defining sports highlights for Japan.
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Thank you for following JAPAN Forward and our dedicated sports site, SportsLook, this year. Let's look back at the third part of 2022's Top...
Features
The former California governor, movie star and bodybuilder recalls boyhood idol Yury Vlasov in an emotional anti-war video.
Olympics and Paralympics
Team Japan finished the 2022 Winter Games with 18 medals, collecting top-three finishes in seven different sports.
Olympics and Paralympics
The 25-year-old becomes only the second Japanese to medal on both hills at the same Olympics, after Kazuyoshi Funaki in 1998 in Nagano.
Olympics and Paralympics
After consecutive runner-up finishes in Sochi and Pyeongchang, the 23-year-old collects the top Olympic prize in Beijing.
Olympics and Paralympics
The Pyeongchang silver medalist could never recover from a sub-par jump on the normal hill.
Features
Returning Japanese standout athletes from four years ago spark optimism for an even better showing at the Beijing Olympics.
Features
The 2021 American League MVP is one of three athletes selected as cover stories for the first-ever GQ Sports Issue.
Features
The two-time Olympic silver medalist completed a stunning triple-cork jump in a recent Dew Tour snowboarding competition in Colorado.
Features
~~ Like surfing, sport climbing and karate, skateboarding will make its Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games. As the International Olympic Committee aims to...
Sumo
Lone ozeki Takakeisho comes through with a clutch win against the rank-and-filer on the final day, collecting his first title since November 2020.
Sumo
Ozeki Takakeisho will be in a good position to capture his third Emperor’s Cup on the tournament's final day. Kotoshoho also holds a share...
Sumo
The ozeki grappler halted a two-match losing skid at the New Year Basho to keep alive his hopes of promotion to yokozuna.
