BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine

COVID-19 infection and return-to-play outcomes of elite athletes in Japan: a retrospective descriptive study

Objectives To describe the characteristics of COVID-19 among elite Japanese athletes and their return-to-play (RTP) ...
The New York Times

Japan finally has another yokozuna atop nation’s beloved sport of sumo

Sumo is Japan’s beloved sport. Yokozuna is the sport’s most prestigious title. And after 20 years of near-total dominance by Mongolian giants, a Japanese man once again holds the highest title in the ...
CNN

From Oh to Ohtani: How Japan developed a generation of baseball superstars (again)

In 1934, an American team featuring the best baseball players in the world – Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx and more – went on a barnstorming tour around Japan. More than half a million Japanese ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Big surprise in sumo. The sport has a new champion — and he's Japanese

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he's Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 191 kilograms (421 pounds) and he is the first Japanese ...
WTOP News

Big surprise in sumo. The sport has a new champion — and he’s Japanese

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has a new sumo grand champion — or yokozuna — and the big news is he’s Japanese. Onosato, the new grand champion, weighs 191 kilograms (421 pounds) and he is the first Japanese ...