In a field consisting entirely of teenagers, World No. 1 and No. 2 Coco Yoshizawa and Liz Akama of Japan were going neck and neck to claim the Olympic title in their debut. Fourteen-year-old Yoshizawa ...

The 62-year-old was driven by a sense of responsibility for the pets being abandoned as “it came about because of the ...

After working in the Kanto eastern Japan region, Akama returned to his hometown and joined a TEPCO subcontractor to work at the nuclear plant and other facilities. Later, he set up a ...

PARIS--Coco Yoshizawa and Liz Akama took gold and silver for Japan in women's street skateboarding at the Paris Olympics on Sunday and Rayssa Leal of Brazil got bronze to win her second medal in ...

The final night of the event in Dubai turned out to be a double delight for Japan, with Kairi Netsuke, 20, winning the men’s Street Pro Tour Stop and Liz Akama, 15, winning the women’s division.

Clanuwat initially connected with Akama while researching. Clanuwat arrived in Japan in 2008 as a Japanese government-sponsored international student with the aim of researching classical literature.

Teenagers ruled over the women's skateboard street final. World No. 1 and 2, Coco Yoshizawa and Liz Akama of Japan, repeated their world ranking order on the Olympic podium. Both Japanese women earned ...

On the batting lines of both teams, Han Soo-ho contributed to the blue team’s victory with 2 hits, 1 home run, 3 RBIs, and 1 run in 4 at-bats. On the white team, Lee Byung-hun also stood out with 4 ...