Olympics and Paralympics Smile Japan Bows Out of Women’s Ice Hockey Tourney After 7-1 loss to Finland Japan finished top of Group B in the preliminary round but couldn't carry the momentum over to the quarterfinals. Jim ArmstrongFebruary 12, 2022
Olympics and Paralympics OLYMPIC DIGEST | Akito Watabe Comes Up Short in First Nordic Combined Event at Beijing Games The Pyeongchang silver medalist could never recover from a sub-par jump on the normal hill. SportsLookFebruary 9, 2022
Olympics and Paralympics OLYMPIC DIGEST | Smile Japan Triumphs Over Czechs in Penalty Shootout, Wins Group B Hanae Kubo scored the dramatic winning goal in Japan’s final match of the ice hockey tournament's preliminary round. Ed OdevenFebruary 9, 2022
Olympics and Paralympics Japan Loses to Host China 2-1 but secures a Spot in the Women’s Hockey Quarterfinals With seven points in Group B, Japan reached the last eight for the first time in four Olympic appearances. Jim ArmstrongFebruary 6, 2022
Olympics and Paralympics OLYMPIC DIGEST | Japan Women Hammer Denmark in Hockey Match Six Smile Japan players scored a goal as coach Yuji Iizuka’s squad improved to 2-0 in Beijing. SportsLookFebruary 5, 2022
Olympics and Paralympics All Smiles: Japan Women’s Ice Hockey Team off to Winning Start Against Sweden Smile Japan is aiming to improve on the country's best-ever Olympic result of sixth place at the Pyeongchang Games. Jim ArmstrongFebruary 3, 2022
Winter Sports ICE HOCKEY | The Sport Gets a Huge Boost From One of Japan’s Most Popular Mediums In a recently launched anime series, the "Dream Monkeys" take to the ice to spread the word of Japanese ice hockey both at home... Jim ArmstrongOctober 9, 2021
Winter Sports ICE HOCKEY | Smile Japan Advances to Quarterfinals at Women’s World Championships Medal hopeful Japan will face defending champion U.S. in a rematch of the 2019 worlds. Jack GallagherAugust 29, 2021
Winter Sports ICE HOCKEY | Smile Japan Set for World Championships as Beijing Olympics Loom Coach Yuji Iizuka’s squad will be looking to improve on its eighth-place finish at the 2019 worlds in Finland, where it lost to the... Jack GallagherAugust 21, 2021