The Japan Swim 2013 (Niigata City ... After much confusion, Shinri felt the pool calling him. He devoted himself once more to the world of swimming which he had been neglecting.

A truck and its driver have been swallowed by a sinkhole on a busy intersection in Japan, officials say, with a rescue operation under way. The driver was still trapped in the vehicle eight hours ...

The cavity has expanded to 40 metres (130 feet) across, almost the length of an Olympic swimming pool, since opening up in a city just north of Tokyo on Tuesday morning, officials said.

TOKYO -- The education board for the northeast Japan city ... in some places swim classes are being outsourced to private companies. There are also some cases where pool maintenance is reportedly ...

(AP) — Bob Bowman, Michael Phelps' longtime coach, and Carol Capitani were announced Friday as head coaches of the U.S. swimming team for this summer's world championship in Fukuoka, Japan.