Every October, Japan celebrates Sports Day, a public holiday established to commemorate the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games and Japan's longstanding commitment to sport as a national priority.

Sports Day is one of Japan’s 16 national holidays and is usually observed on the second Monday in October, the same time as the Indigenous People’s Day/Columbus Day holiday is observed in the U.S.

Human Rights Watch is a non-governmental organization that monitors and reports on human rights in over 100 countries around the world, including Japan. In 2020, we published the research report “‘I ...

Ahead of the Motul Grand Prix of Japan, MotoGP Deputy CEO Carlos Ezpeleta and Japanese MotoGP star Ai Ogura, of the SuperFile Trackhouse MotoGP Team, were invited to the Japan Sports Agency in Tokyo ...

Jacob Bridgeman has enjoyed a memorable 2026 season, with multiple PGA Tour victories and a recent Presidents Cup debut. The American is now back in action at the BayCurrent Classic in Japan, where he ...