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News On Japan - Jul 06
The theme song for the Basketball World Cup, which opens next month, has been chosen as "Workin’Hard," written by Kaze Fujii, who is currently exciting the world with his first overseas performance and Asian tour.

newsonjapan.com - Jul 04
In cricket, the term "wicket" refers to three different but interrelated things.

Dumb Data - Jul 01
Competitive skateboarding is in its infancy given the initial commercial boom in the U.S., but Japanese men and women particularly in street contests in the last three years have shown more growth than any other country in terms of the percentage of total earnings won.

NHK - Jun 29
The hometown of Ohtani Shohei has honored the baseball star by creating an image of him in a paddy field.

Japan Today - Jun 23
The Japan Boxing Commission has revealed that boxer Kazuto Ioka's urine sample taken on Dec 31 showed traces of cannabis.

planetrugby.com - Jun 23
History will be made on June 22 next year when England and Japan face off in an international on Japanese soil, it has been announced.

morningexpress.in - Jun 23
Last Tuesday, the Japanese team received its counterpart from Peru at the Suita Stadium in Osaka, to play a friendly match. The match ended with a score of 4-1 in favor of the Japanese eleventh and at the end of the commitment there was a small controversy with a Japanese player.

newsonjapan.com - Jun 23
Imbued with an antiquity that resounds across millennia, the culture of the Land of the Rising Sun, Japan, reverberates with the echoes of its ancient customs.

Kyodo - Jun 21
The streets of Tokyo will host Japan's first ever race event in the all-electric Formula E world championship in March next year, the metropolitan government said Wednesday.

NHK - Jun 19
Japanese two-way star Ohtani Shohei of the Los Angeles Angels has belted his 23rd home run of the season in a game against the Royals, putting him in the lead for home runs in Major League Baseball.

Kyodo - Jun 16
French Open mixed doubles champion Miyu Kato said Thursday an appeal to have her prize money and tour points reinstated was rejected by tournament organizers following a controversial incident in which she was defaulted for accidentally hitting a ball kid with a ball.

South China Morning Post - Jun 16
Japanese wrestler Shogo Uozumi moved to Senegal to try his hand at the western African nation’s style of wrestling. Laamb combines physical combat with some acrobatics.

Dino DC - Jun 15
The monthly Okutama Sunday cars and coffee, is by far one of the countries most underrated and best regular gatherings! Everything from Bosozoku, classic Porsches, GTR's, Hakosuka's, Silvia's, AE86's and more!

volleyballworld.com - Jun 12
Kento Miyaura was Japan’s golden substitution in their fourth Volleyball Nations League 2023 victory.

NHK - Jun 12
Seventeen-year-old Japanese tennis player Oda Tokito has won the French Open men's wheelchair singles title, becoming the youngest winner of a Grand Slam tournament in the category.

NHK - Jun 09
Japanese tennis player Kato Miyu has claimed the mixed doubles title at the French Open. The win comes just days after she was controversially disqualified from the women's doubles.