PARIS--Japan can walk away from the Paris Games with their head held high after meeting their lofty goal of 20 gold medals ...

The period between the 2022 Olympics and the 2026 Olympics might have been some of the best years yet for the Japanese women's hockey team. In 2022, the team secured a fifth-place finish at the IIHF ...

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — A generation ago, the sight of an Olympic halfpipe podium drenched in red, white and blue was as common as fresh powder on the mountain — a fitting and expected celebration for a ...

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Japan is back in Olympic women’s fours curling, with a new team for tens of millions of near-fanatical fans to follow. Sayaka Yoshimura’s Sapporo crew defeated Norway’s Marianne Roervik 6-5 in the ...

SEOUL--South Korea’s Olympic committee said Saturday it has removed banners at the Olympic athletes’ village in Tokyo that ...

Japan did not win an Olympic figure skating medal until 1992 but it is now among the sport's world powers, with kids dreaming of becoming the next Yuzuru Hanyu or Mao Asada. The country produces a ...

Recapping the most essential highlights from Olympic judo history, from the event's origin and timeline to all the most ...

TOKYO - The world needs to see that Japan can stage a safe Olympics, the country’s prime minister told sports officials Tuesday ahead of the Tokyo Games. Tens of thousands of athletes, officials, ...