As Japan is experiencing extreme heat, a spate of water accidents has been reported across the country, and many foreigners are recently gett･･･ ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The next swimming world championships were formally postponed for a second time Tuesday because of the COVID-19 pandemic and will now take place in 2023 in Japan ...

In 2011, Japan experienced the strongest earthquake ever recorded in its history with more than 15,000 casualties.The great Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami disabled the power supply and cooling of three ...

TOKYO (AP) World champion Kosuke Hagino of Japan will not compete at the swimming worlds after breaking his right elbow in training. Hagino was injured when he fell off a bike at the national team ...

Ikee, Japan’s premier female swimmer in 2017 and 2018, was discharged after a 10-month hospitalization in December. “I’m aiming for 2024,” Ikee said in July, according to Kyodo. “I’m hoping to build a ...

Japan’s swimmer Rikako Ikee reacts after comepeting in the 100m butterfly women final of the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 2018 in Tokyo, on August 11, 2018. (Photo by Martin BUREAU / AFP) (Photo ...

Japan’s rapid population shrinkage is primarily caused by persistently low fertility. Japan’s fertility rate has been declining since the mid-1970s, reaching a total fertility rate (TFR) of around 1.3 ...

Japanese swim star Daiya Seto has set his sights on claiming one of Michael Phelps' world records at the upcoming Tokyo Games, after winning at his country's Olympic trials on Saturday.

The next swimming world championships were formally postponed for a second time Tuesday because of the COVID-19 pandemic and will now take place in 2023 in Japan. World swim body FINA said Fukuoka ...