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Jan 8, 2021 Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s declaration of a second state of emergency in Tokyo as well as neighboring Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama prefectures on Thursday could substantially impact sporting events in Japan. The Japan Sumo Association will stick to hosting the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament as scheduled beginning Sunday at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan. After initially limiting ticket sales to 5,000 on each day, the JSA cut off sales on Wednesday with only the first and last days having sold out. The sumo world was rocked by Tuesday’s announcement that yokozuna Haku...

Dec 21, 2020 The Eneos Sunflowers may have extended their All-Japan Championship title streak to eight straight, but that wasn’t the biggest news of the day. What captured more attention was how they secured this latest Empress Cup while playing without star Ramu Tokashiki and a few other core players. The team lost Tokashiki during the quarterfinals Wednesday, with the center/forward suffering an ACL tear — an injury that may also have a major effect on the national team’s pursuit of gold at the Tokyo Olympics next summer. The club, based in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, was alre...

Dec 19, 2020 Ramu Tokashiki, the Japan women’s national basketball team’s top player, has a torn ACL in her right knee her team, Eneos Sunflowers, announced on Saturday. The 193-cm center/forward suffered the injury during Eneos’ 78-59 win over the Fujitsu Red Wave in the quarterfinals of the All-Japan Championship at Yoyogi National Gymnasium No. 2 on Wednesday. The 29-year-old Tokashiki is without question the nation’s best player and had been expected to be a key component of the national team at next summer’s Tokyo Olympics. The injury deals a major blow to Japan’s ch...

Japan, Taiwan, China and Malaysia will play 10 games over a five-day period after most of this years qualifiers were scrapped due to the pandemic.