the women’s 100-meter breaststroke offered a tight finish on the second night of the Japan Swim in Tokyo. Clocking a time of 1:06.21, Satomi Suzuki emerged victorious, with Reona Aoki taking ...

More than 1,100 carp streamers are on display across a local river in this east Japan city during an annual spring festival, ...

Reigning Olympic silver medalist Tomoyuki Matsushita led three athletes under the 4:10 barrier in the 400-meter individual medley on the final night of the Japan Swim in Tokyo. Coming off a ...

Japanese swimming superstar Rikako Ikee looked at home again in the pool and atop the medal podium, with her sights now set on the world championships after a long absence. Ikee claimed four ...

OSAKA, Japan—The Japanese have been drinking sake since the eighth century. Back then, it was believed the rice-based liquor warded off ghosts. Today, it has a stronger spirit to contend with ...

A woman in her 20s has been rescued 37 hours after drifting out to sea in a rubber ring after going swimming at a beach in Japan. On Monday, July 8, at around 7:30 p.m. local time, the woman ...

After the company began to sell them at the end of April, the Japan Swimming Club Association recommended that swimming instructors should wear the Pool Mask Man in its guidelines for swimming ...