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Japan takes women’s curling silver after loss to Great Britain

Loco Solare improved on its bronze medal at the 2018 Games with a spirited final against Team GB, shaking hands after the ninth end in ...

Beijing’s big air venue to be converted into giant water slide

Plans for Beijing 2022's new venues highlight a problem that has long dogged Olympic host cities: What to do with the bespoke venues once the ...

Taiwan premier orders probe of speedskater who wore Chinese uniform

Huang Yu-ting, who carried Taiwan's team flag at the opening ceremony, reiterated that the uniform she had worn in a now-deleted video had been given ...

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara vow to press on after finishing seventh

The pair, who this season became the first Japanese to qualify for a Grand Prix Final, said the event made them realize that their target ...

Tiger Woods mum on return date, will attend Masters champions dinner

The upcoming Hall of Fame inductee promised a return to PGA Tour competition, even if he doesn't know when.

Day 15 recap: U.S. skaters fail in last-gasp court bid to get Olympic silver medals

High winds forced the postponement of the last alpine skiing event at the Games and made for treacherous conditions on a bone-chilling penultimate day of ...
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Japanese ship carrying luxury cars ablaze in Atlantic; crew safe

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., the operator of the Felicity Ace, said all 22 crew members aboard the ship have been safely evacuated to a nearby ...
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Japan nearing target of averaging 1 million COVID booster shots per day

In order to achieve the goal, the Prime Minister's Office is using a carrot-and-stick approach to urge local governments to accelerate their vaccine rollouts.
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Japan student admits to leaking university entrance exam questions two years in a row

The woman said that she contacted a man online before last year's unified exams and used a smartphone during the tests to capture images of ...

Japan’s curling success a win-win for the sport and the Hokkaido town they represent

Since the team won bronze at the Pyeongchang Olympics in 2018, Tokoro, with a population of 3,400, was thrown into the national spotlight as the ...