Japan

Basketball
Events

The National Basketball Association is to stage two preseason games in Japan later this year
Multiple Sports
Stadia

The Japanese government is set to remove limits on the number of spectators allowed to attend large-scale sports events following a decrease in Covid-19 cases, according to the Kyodo news agency
Football
Licensing & Merchandising

Japanese ecommerce company Rakuten has signed a licensing agreement with the J.League, the top division of Japanese football, to produce a range of non-fungible tokens (NFTs)
Football
Media

Hong Kong pay-television broadcaster i-Cable has secured exclusive rights to the J2 League, the second-tier Japanese professional football league
Basketball
Events

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has unveiled 13 destinations for this year’s Fiba 3x3 World Tour, the three-a-side basketball series for city-based professional teams.
Golf
Events

The DP World Tour has added two new tournaments carrying a $2m (€1.8
Multiple Sports
Fan Engagement

DAZN, the OTT subscription broadcaster, has announced a joint venture with Japanese social media network Mixi to create a sports-themed non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace
Aquatic Sports
Events

Fina, the global governing body of aquatic sports, has today (Tuesday) confirmed that Fukuoka’s staging of its World Championships has been postponed to next year due to Covid-19, with Doha’s 2023 Wor…
Rugby Union
Events

Hajime Shoji, the COO of Japan's domestic rugby union league, explains how the competition has been extensively remodelled to capitalise on a surge of interest in rugby in Japan following the country's hosting of the 2019 World Cup.
Table Tennis
Industry Moves

World Table Tennis, the commercial and events arm of the International Table Tennis Federation, has appointed Ai Fukuhara to the newly created role of Japan general manager
Football
Media

Eclat Media Group has acquired English Premier League media rights in Japan and South Korea for the next cycle, beginning 2022-23, SportBusiness understands
Football
Media

DAZN Group has introduced sizeable price increases in Germany and Japan, two of the OTT subscription broadcaster’s major markets, following high-profile football rights additions and sports rights renewals i…
Aquatic Sports
Events

Fukuoka’s staging of the Fina World Championships has been postponed once again by the global governing body of aquatic sports amid ongoing concern over the Covid-19 situation in Japan.
Parkour
Events

The inaugural Parkour World Championship in Hiroshima, organised by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG), has again been postponed due to the Covid-19 situation in Japan
Football
Media

Bids are due today (Thursday) for English Premier League media rights for 2022-23 onwards in 14 Asian markets. Would-be bidders have been mulling the opportunity since the tender was released in mid-December
Para Sport
Events

The Kobe World Para Athletics Championships, due to be staged this August, has been postponed until 2024 following a request from local officials to move the event
Basketball
Events

The opening fixture of the inaugural Japan Rugby League One competition and the B.League all-star basketball game have been cancelled due to Covid-19 outbreaks
Rugby Union
Governance

The Japan Rugby Football Union is in talks with the Rugby Championship and Six Nations about potentially joining the national team tournaments