Japanese figure skater Rika Kihira says she is truly happy to have won this year's women's title at the Grand Prix Final in Vancouver, Canada, in her debut season.
The 16-year-old star spoke to reporters on Sunday, the day after besting PyeongChang Olympic champion Alina Zagitova of Russia and other competitors.
Japanese figure skater Rika Kihira has won the women's event at the Grand Prix final in Vancouver, Canada, in her debut season.
16-year-old Kihira defeated PyeongChang Olympic champion Alina Zagitova of Russia on Saturday.
Japanese figure skater Rika Kihira has won the women's event at the Grand Prix final in Vancouver, Canada, in her debut season.
16-year-old Kihira defeated PyeongChang Olympic champion Alina Zagitova of Russia on Saturday.
A professional sumo wrestler has retired from the sport after admitting to assaulting his attendant, a 23-year-old junior wrestler from the same stable.
The Japan Sumo Association said on Friday that it has accepted Takanoiwa's resignation.
Sources say that top-division sumo wrestler Takanoiwa is likely to retire from sumo for his act of violence against an attendant.
Takanoiwa admitted that he committed the violence to a Japan Sumo Association inquiry on Wednesday. The wrestler told the association that he hit the attendant several times with his open hand and with his fist in a hotel room in the city of Yukuhashi in southwestern Japan on Tuesday night. He was staying at the hotel for a regional tour match. Takanoiwa did not take part in the tour after that.
Officials preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics say they will change the starting time for 2 sports, one of the cycling and rugby events, to avoid the peak daytime temperatures.
Japanese organizing committee president Yoshiro Mori and chair of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission John Coates announced the changes on Wednesday at the end of their 3-day talks.
Officials preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics say they will change the starting time for 2 sports, one of the cycling and rugby events, to avoid the peak daytime temperatures.
Japanese organizing committee president Yoshiro Mori and chair of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission John Coates announced the changes on Wednesday at the end of their 3-day talks.
The Japanese government and the organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have formed a plan to make 2 cauldrons of the same design to hold the Olympic flame during the Games.
Attention is focused on where the flame will burn during the Games, as the main stadium now under construction lacks a permanent site for a cauldron.
The Japan Sumo Association says a top division wrestler has used violence against an attendant, resulting in an injury.
Association officials said on Wednesday that Takanoiwa hit his attendant several times with his open hand and fist at a hotel room in the city of Yukuhashi, southwestern Japan on Tuesday night. Takanoiwa stayed at the hotel with other wrestlers ahead of matches the following day as part of a regional tour.
Officials preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics say they will change the starting time for 2 sports, one of the cycling and rugby events, to avoid the peak daytime temperatures.
Japanese organizing committee president Yoshiro Mori and chair of the International Olympic Committee's Coordination Commission John Coates announced the changes on Wednesday at the end of their 3-day talks.
The Japanese government and the organizers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have formed a plan to make 2 cauldrons of the same design to hold the Olympic flame during the Games.
Attention is focused on where the flame will burn during the Games, as the main stadium now under construction lacks a permanent site for a cauldron.
16-year-old Japanese figure skater Rika Kihira has secured her place at the Grand Prix final after winning her second gold at a qualifier on Saturday in Grenoble, France.
Kihira was placed second following the short program at the Internationaux de France on Friday.
Tokyo Olympic officials are likely to move the starting time of the Olympic marathon to around 6 in the morning to avoid the expected severe heat during the day.
The organizers had decided to start the marathon at 7 AM. They were calling for daylight savings time to be introduced for the 2020 summer when the Games will be held.
NHK has learned that a member of a college football team may have lied in a statement that led to the recognition that former coaches instructed a player to commit a dangerous tackle during a game.
A Nihon University player injured a Kwansei Gakuin University quarterback in a tackle long after the ball was passed during an inter-college game in May.