Teenager leads Japan women's figure skating team that could sweep Olympics podium

Only USA's Alysa Liu broke up Japan's trio of Ami Nakai, Kaori Sakamoto and Mone Chiba, who finished first, second and fourth after the short program.

Japan wins women's team pursuit speed skating bronze at Winter Olympics

Japan won the bronze medal in the women's team pursuit event in the speed skating competition at the Milano Cortina 2026 ...

Figure skating Olympics pairs results: Japan wins first gold, USA top 10

The Olympic figure skating pairs competition ended with Japan taking gold and Team USA getting two top 10 finishes. See full ...

Japan’s Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara Are the Olympic Pairs Skating Champions

Most of the pairs in the competition struggled with mistakes—until Japan’s Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara took to the ice and drew the only standing ovation of the evening.

OLYMPICS/ Figure Skating-’Not here for medals’, Nakai says after leading Japanese charge at Olympics

MILAN--Ami Nakai entered her first Olympics insisting she was not here for medals — but after the short program ‌at the Milano Cortina Games, the 17-year-old figure skater found herself ⁠at the top, ...

Alysa Liu Celebrates Gold with Japanese Skaters at 2026 Olympics: A Heartwarming Moment

Alysa Liu had more than a few memorable moments during the recently concluded 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Her most ...
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Japan's surge on the Olympic halfpipe leaves the US with some catching up to do

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — 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 ...

Japan Leads in a Tight Race for the Women’s Figure Skating Podium

The race for the podium in the women’s event is a tight one, with a crowded field including U.S. and Japanese skaters, as ...

Winter Olympics 2026: Japan's Kira Kimura flies to gold in men's snowboard big air

Japan’s Kira Kimura won the men’s snowboard big air gold medal on Saturday, dethroning defending champion Yu Siming of China who could not cleanly land his final run. Siming’s score of 80.25 on an ...
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Japan's Dr. Fauci tells fans to watch Olympics at home

TOKYO — Japan’s version of Dr. Anthony Fauci had some sobering advice Friday for those who plan to watch the Tokyo Olympics at a favorite watering hole or eatery: Do it at home. “Normally, we ...
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Frustration mounts as Japanese Prime Minister pushes Olympics despite pandemic

TOKYO (AP) - A full-page newspaper ad says Japanese will be "killed by politics" because the government is forcing them to endure the pandemic without vaccines. More than 300,000 people have signed ...

Trouble for Shoei Ohtani: Olympic Games 2028 in jeopardy after Japan's defeat to Venezuela

Shohei Ohtani's Olympic dream has suffered an unexpected blow. After Japan's historic defeat to Venezuela (8-5) in the quarter-finals of the World Baseball Classic, the Japanese te ...