Though the Olympic Games are the pinnacle of sport, they have the potential to wreak financial havoc on their host countries.

Alicia Sacramone has 4 World Championships medals on her resumé, including the 2010 World title; a 4th place finish at the ...

After a rollercoaster of a free skate at the 2025 Japan Figure Skating Championships, Yuma Kagiyama and Kaori Sakamoto punch ...

Three-time world champion Kaori Sakamoto and Beijing Olympics silver medallist Yuma Kagiyama will lead Japan's hunt for Milan-Cortina Games figure skating gold after being named in their country's ...

Tokyo, Japan – Japan has announced its figure skating team for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, led by three-time ...

TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- Japan, Central Asian nations ...

If you’re looking to strike gold — silver or bronze, too — look to Ailsa Craig. This uninhabited isle 10 miles off the coast ...

When the leaders of China, Japan, and South Korea last met, in May 2024, observers viewed the meeting with a sense of relief. Japan and South Korea were emerging from one of the darkest periods in ...

Pandas have stood for friendship between China and Japan since 1972. But the last two are about to go, and a dispute over ...

TOKYO/MOSCOW, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Japan has scrambled jets to monitor Russian and Chinese air forces conducting joint patrols around the country, the Japanese defence ministry said late Tuesday, amid ...

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, March 20, 2023. — POOL VIA REUTERS TOKYO/MOSCOW — Japan has scrambled ...