World No 1 Dustin Johnson validated on Saturday he did not place his name onward for an area on the UNITED STATE group for this summer season’s Tokyo Olympics and also will certainly rather concentrate on the PGATour
Johnson, that stated he had actually not provided the Olympics much idea, did not subscribe to be consisted of in the swimming pool of golf players looking for among 4 feasible berths.
Up to 4 gamers from a nation can get approved for the Summer Games supplied all 4 remain in the leading 15 of the globe positions after the UNITED STATE Open in June.
There are presently 11 Americans, consisting of Johnson, in the leading 15. – Japan Times
Mar 15
Grand champ Hakuho, defending the very first time given that July 30 because of injury and also ailment, opened up the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament with a win onSunday (Kyodo)
Mar 15
World No 1 Dustin Johnson validated on Saturday he did not place his name onward for an area on the UNITED STATE group for this summer season’s Tokyo Olympics and also will certainly rather concentrate on the PGATour(Japan Times)
Mar 14
The Japan Sumo Association stated Saturday an overall of 28 wrestlers, all from outside the leading 2 departments, will certainly miss out on the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament beginning this weekend break after a set of instructors evaluated favorable for the coronavirus.(Japan Today)
Mar 13
Japan midfielder Yuki Kobayashi has actually asked forgiveness to Qatar authorities for a “misunderstanding”, after he implicated an umpire of endangering to eliminate him.(Japan Today)
Mar 13
The Azumazeki secure, sumo’s very first to be opened up by a foreign sumo older, previous sekiwake Takamiyama, and also house to the sporting activity’s very first international yokozuna, Akebono, will certainly shut its doors and also combine with the Hakkaku secure, the Japan Sumo Association revealedFriday (Kyodo)
Mar 12
Japanese professional athletes at the Summer Olympics will certainly not be qualified for coronavirus inoculations supplied by China given that Japan has actually not accepted the injections, Olympics Minister Tamayo Marukawa stated onFriday(Japan Today)
Mar 12
Tokyo Metropolitan Police have actually apprehended a previous sumo wrestler over the supposed belongings of cannabis in Toshima Ward, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Mar 11). ( tokyoreporter.com)
Mar 10
The Japanese federal government has actually made a decision to omit abroad viewers from attending this summer season’s Tokyo Olympics and also Paralympics, as component of initiatives to stop the spread of the unique coronavirus, authorities with expertise of the issue statedTuesday(Japan Times)
Mar 06
Japan’s COVID-19 situations are dropping many thanks to, or probably regardless of, loosened limitations on financial task. But with absolutely no hr coming close to for a choice on the destiny of the Tokyo Olympics, the federal government is taking no possibilities and also prolonged the state of emergency situation in the funding Friday night. (Nikkei)
Mar 06
A sign of riches and also social standing in Japan 40 years earlier, golf experienced a deep drop-off in its appeal after the country’s financial bubble ruptured in the very early 1990s. ( dw.com)
Mar 03
The Tokyo Olympics arranging board on Tuesday stated it would certainly select 12 brand-new women participants to boost females’s depiction on the board to 40%.(Nikkei)
Mar 01
Japan’s Kengo Suzuki came to be the very first jogger from East Asia to run a guys’s marathon in under 2 hrs and also 5 mins, as he declared the 76th and also last Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon onSunday (Japan Times)
Mar 01
Tamayo Marukawa, Japan’s brand-new priest for the Tokyo Olympic and also Paralympic Games, has actually come under attack for signing up with a war a discerning double last name system for couples. (Japan Times)
Mar 01
Cesario, that won Grade 1 races on 2 continents and also has the difference of creating 3 stallion boys at stud in Japan, passed away at Northern Farm on Saturday aged 19. ( racingpost.com)
Feb 28
Athletes taking part in this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo can start getting in Japan after it raises its emergency situation statement order following month, the Nikkei paper reported onFriday(Japan Today)
Feb 25
Japan’s Olympics priest stated Wednesday that coronavirus inoculations would certainly not be a requirement for involvement at this summer season’s Olympics and also Paralympics, regardless of a World Anti-Doping Agency allure that professional athletes be inoculated. (Kyodo)
Feb 25
Roughly 1,000 volunteers that were to assist at this summer season’s Tokyo Olympics and also Paralympics have actually given up following sexist remarks by previous arranging board head of state Yoshiro Mori, the board statedWednesday (Kyodok)
Feb 24
Travel practically throughout Japan and also it will not be lengthy prior to you listen to the distinct cacophony of a pachinko parlour calling out. ( newsonjapan.com)
Feb 23
Mongolian- birthed yokozuna Hakuho on Monday mentioned his irritation at missing out on the January Grand Sumo Tournament after getting the unique coronavirus, while staying hopeful of a remarkable return at the upcoming March fulfill.(Kyodo)
Feb 22
The Japan Sumo Association enforced the 2nd most serious penalty on stablemaster Tokitsukaze on Monday, suggesting he retire for breaking coronavirus methods when he made nonurgent, inessential trips throughout a basho.(Kyodo)