Japan’s Olympic mixed doubles table tennis team stunned in first round
Paris – Japan’s world No. 2 table tennis mixed doubles team, Hina Hayata and Tomokazu Harimoto, was upset by North Korea’s Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong 4-1 in …
Hina Hayata
Japan loses close women’s final to China at team worlds
BUSAN, South Korea – Japan settled for the silver medal at the world team table tennis championships Saturday after coming agonizingly close to upsetting China in the women’s final. World …
Ohtani ranks No. 1 among male Japanese athletes in ‘image’ survey
MLB two-way star Shohei Ohtani has been ranked No. 1 among male Japanese athletes for both his 2023 performance and for how much is expected of him in 2024, a …