Japan

Athletics
Events

The Australian Institute of Sport is to provide funding of more than A$115m ($82.1m/€69.7
Events

A Japanese government-led group has agreed to set up a disease control centre in the athletes village at next year's Tokyo Olympic Games
Badminton
Events

Cricket Australia confirmed the schedule for the Vodafone Test series, Dettol ODI Series and Dettol Twenty20 International Series against India – Cricket Australia G
Athletics
Events

Sunday's NRL grand final in Sydney provided a 12 per cent boost in television ratings from last year, 2.97 million tuned in to free-to-air broadcaster Nine up from the 2
Basketball
Events

The newly built Tokyo Aquatics Centre was unveiled during an event on October 24, marking the completion of all venues built for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics - The Japan Times
Events

US and UK authorities have accused Russia of conducting the “most disruptive and destructive” series of computer attacks ever attributed to a single group in wide-ranging charges that include the 2018 and…
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Covid-19 pandemic has stalled a modernisation of Japanese sport with a lot of domestic teams falling back on private backers and corporations to see them through the crisis. Kevin McCullagh and Tom King report.
Events

China has withdrawn from hosting the Asian Football Confederation's 2022 Under-23 Asian Cup tournament "due to scheduling conflicts, stadium completion timelines ahead of other international events and…
Baseball
Attendance

Japanese authorities will evaluate procedures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 at events with large numbers of spectators using a series of near-capacity professional baseball games later this month
Finance & Law

Japanese marketing firm Dentsu played a deeper role than previously understood in helping Tokyo win the 2020 Olympics hosting rights, according to news agency Reuters, which is reporting on ongoing scrutiny…
Horse Racing
Media

This weekend’s British Champions Day horse-racing event at Ascot will enjoy international broadcast exposure, with US network Fox Sports and sub-Saharan pay-television operator SuperSport among the broadcasters t…
Gymnastics
Events

Tokyo will hold a one-off international gymnastics tournament next month that may serve as a trial event ahead of next year's Olympics
Athletics
Events

Organisers of the Tokyo Marathon, one of the six races that constitute the World Marathon Majors (WMM), have announced that next year’s event will be rescheduled from March until after the city’s staging of …
Events

Against a background of renewed optimism that the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympics will go ahead, Asian sports industry experts share their hopes that the event can bring a new maturity to the Japanese sports sector. Kevin McCullagh and Tom King report.
Multi-sport
Events

The International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee have announced that the streamlining measures outlined for next year’s Games are set to contribute to a saving of ¥30bn (€240m/$280m).
Basketball
Events

National Basketball Association commissioner Adam Silver has said the league is unlikely to take a break for the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics next summer
Motorsport
Business

Japanese automotive manufacturer Honda will conclude its participation in the Formula One motorsport series at the end of the 2021 season, leaving the Red Bull Racing and AlphaTauri teams searching for…
Golf
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Endeavor-owned WME Sports athlete representation agency has signed up leading amateur golfer Takumi Kanaya from Japan