The Japanese government is considering giving the People's Honor Award to speed skater Miho Takagi, who won a record 10 ...

The Milan Cortina 2026 figure skating pairs event delivered two milestone moments that rewrote Olympic history books, with Japan capturing its first-ever pairs gold medal and Georgia claiming the ...

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, ...

Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan pose for a photo after winning the pairs figure skating gold at the Milano Ice Skating Arena on Feb. 16, 2026. Senior Correspondent There’s been a lot of chatter ...

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 ...

Japan's Ami Nakai topped the figure skating women's singles competition at the Milan/Cortina Winter Olympics after the short program on Tuesday. Nakai had a score of 78.71 points to lead ahead of team ...

LIVIGNO, Italy, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Japan's snowboarders put on a jaw-dropping show on the snow-covered slopes of Italy, masterfully jumping, twisting and flipping through the air to earn more medals ...

LIVIGNO, Italy — 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 ...

Young rising stars and dominant snowboarders led the Team Japan charge at the 2026 Milano Cortina Games that concluded Feb.