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”I was startled by the size of Godzilla’s thighs,” says Olympic coach as team officially adopts Godzilla Japan nickname.
With midwinter-level cold and rain at the outdoor Tokyo Marathon awards ceremony, Yuriko Koike wanted to warm her hands, but started a firestorm.
Why settle for protein bar flavors like chocolate or peanut butter when you can enjoy the performance-boosting nutritional goodness of compacted fish paste?
Despite winning with a total of 16,187 votes, the remaining 126,980,511 aren’t overly enthused about the chosen nickname.
People in Japan slam the reporter’s request and rush to the tennis pro’s defence.
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Tennis star makes first comment regarding Cup Noodle ad that’s drawn accusations of whitewashing.
Half-Haitian, half-Japanese tennis star’s real-world complexion is far darker than how she appears as Prince of Tennis character.
Football is a team sport, so what better way to celebrate a score than with an anime technique to combine two heroes?
The Japanese media is under criticism for its lack of interest in the actual sport of tennis.
P.K. Sanjun takes a look at some of the common criteria used to define what makes a person “Japanese,” and whether they’ll still be used in the future.
Three-on-three league for young ladies sounds like the plot of an anime series itself, but it’s a real-life sports organization.
Scientists from Tokyo and Ibaraki discover there’s a cutoff point where kicking actually starts to slow you down.
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