These girls expertly throw each other around the ring to help promote high school sumo in Japan.
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Hit anime series continues winning over figures from the world of professional skating.
You too can experience all the joy and wonder of getting punched in the face by a champion, and maybe even get a lot of money.
Bringing the over-the-top soccer moves of Captain Tsubasa to a live stage seems like a crazy idea, but it’s the kind of crazy Ebina has built a career on.
While most of us can’t build our very own Midoriyama, there will soon be a place in Japan where we can unleash our inner ninja.
After some seriously high-profile involvement, Nintendo characters aren’t part of newest promotional push for 2020 event.
Who needs a bouquet of roses when you can get a nod to this season’s biggest sports anime hit?
The funny video, shot by another professional sumo wrestler, shows the lighter side to Japan’s traditional sport.
Join Takkyu Genin Pinpon as he takes us on a whirlwind ride of table tennis themed comedic bits that never have a dull moment.
Amazingly generous arcade makes the diabolically difficult game super easy in celebration of something that had the entire town feeling good.
Handsome 2-D young men twirling and jumping in body-tight sparkly suits? Of course we’re looking forward to it.
A handful of golf courses in Fukuoka Prefecture have refused to add a certain checkbox to their applications for fear of their lives.
The champion player shows off champion poses that set off a trending hashtag on Twitter in Japan.
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