Japan

Multi-sport
Events

The total cost of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo was $1.8bn (€1.6
Rugby Union
Events

The Japan Rugby Football Union is preparing to usher in a new, more professional era of Japanese rugby union with the launch of the NTT League One on January 7
Basketball
Events

Japanese agency Xross Sports Marketing will become the first private entity to operate a team in the International Basketball Federation’s (Fiba’s) 3x3 Women’s Series, the sport’s world governing body ha…
Basketball
Business

The East Asia Super League is aiming to take the packaging, presentation and on-court quality of club basketball in the region to a new level.
Multi-sport
Events

The total cost of the postponed 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo could be lower than ¥1.5tn (€11.7bn/$13.3bn) as the absence of spectators helped to cut costs, according to a new report.
Ice Skating
Events

The International Skating Union Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final will not take place in Osaka next week as originally planned due to Japan closing its borders as part of measures to address the new Omicron…
Basketball
Events

The first edition of the ambitious new East Asian Super League basketball competition will tip off in October 2022, with teams from Japan, Korea, the Philippines and Chinese Taipei taking part under agreements…
Olympic Games
Events

Sapporo has confirmed a revised budget plan for its bid to host the 2030 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, with the Japanese city set to hold a public survey on the matter next year
Rugby Union
Media

Commercial broadcaster TV Asahi has acquired rights to French rugby union’s Top 14 until the end of the season.
Golf
Events

The DP World Tour, formerly the European Tour, will host a tournament in Japan for the first time next year, the ISPS Handa Championship at PGM Ishioka Golf Club in Omitama, taking place April 21-24
Boxing
Media

Boxing promoters Top Rank and Teiken Promotions have unveiled a partnership with Amazon Prime Video Japan to livestream multiple events in 2021 and 2022.
Olympic Games
Events

The Japanese city of Sapporo is reportedly planning on reducing costs involved with its bid for the 2030 winter Olympic Games by up to 20 per cent
Multi-sport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Sports marketing consultant and former IOC marketing director Michael Payne argues political opposition to Tokyo 2020 failed to extinguish the event’s symbolism. In this extended piece, he also asks what commercial lessons can be learned from the event
Multiple Sports
Events

Authorities in Japan have removed a 10,000-spectator limit for attendances at sports events, imposed due to the pandemic
Football
Media

Media group Network4, the new Bundesliga rights-holder in Hungary, will this weekend become the first broadcaster in Europe to make use of the German league’s new interactive feed service.
Tennis
Media

Japanese pay-television broadcaster Wowow has renewed its rights for the Australian Open tennis grand slam in a multi-year deal beginning in 2022
Rugby Union
Events

Venues in France and Spain will host HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series events for the first time in 2022, but events in Australia and New Zealand have dropped out due to pandemic-related logistics difficulties
Football
Events

Fifa, football’s global governing body, is considering postponing its Club World Cup until 2022 amid ongoing challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.