Olympics News and Info

Nishioka keeps WBC title with TKO win over Garcia

Toshiaki Nishioka of Japan beat Genaro Garcia of Mexico on a technical knockout in the 12th round Saturday to retain his WBC super bantamweight interim champion title.
It was Nishioka’s first successful defense of the belt he won against Napapol Kiatisakchokchai of Thailand last September.
With his sharp left hand, Nishioka was a comfortable winner over [...]

Eri Yoshida to Become the First Female Pro Baseball Player in Japan

A Japanese schoolgirl is making headlines across the world today as the first woman to play pro baseball in Japan.
A 16-year-old schoolgirl with a mean knuckleball has been selected as the first woman ever to play alongside the men in Japanese professional baseball.
Eri Yoshida was drafted for a new independent league that will launch [...]

Obama city residents delighted over presidential victory

from: http://jappone.blogspot.com/
Residents of the Japanese city of Obama in Fukui Prefecture expressed delight Wednesday over Illinois Sen Barack Obama winning the U.S. presidential election Tuesday. About 200 citizens, U.S. students and Obama supporters gathered at a rally at a culture center in the city on the Sea of Japan coast chanting Obama’s name and [...]

Tokyo 2016 Olympic Bid Logo

No to capital punishment
No death by Hanging
No Tokyo Olympics

Tokyo Olympic Logo ?
Tokyo is bidding for the 2016 Olympic Games but Japan should look at basic Human Rights Issues and only then after international events!
Amnesty International argues that the Japanese justice system tends to place great reliance on confessions and it has been claimed that [...]

Lewis Hamilton composed ahead of Japan GP

A bubbling Lewis Hamilton was keen to keep his composure after claiming pole for Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix, knowing that he is close to becoming Formula One’s youngest champion.
The Briton — seven points ahead of nearest rival Felipe Massa with three races remaining — beamed with delight after grabbing his sixth pole position of the [...]

Tokyo 2016 try to Gain some Knowledge From Tennis Championships

The AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships were held in Tokyo September 29 to October 5 at the Ariake Colosseum and Ariake Tennis Forest Park, one of the proposed venues of Tokyo’s 2016 Summer Olympic Games bid. But even living in Japan i didn’t hear anything about this event.
The venue is positioned next to the [...]

American Jackson wins 400 hurdles in Japan

KAWASAKI, Japan: Olympic bronze medalist Bershawn Jackson of the United States won the 400-meter hurdles Tuesday at the Super Track and Field meet.
Jackson got off to a slow start but recovered to surge ahead of Kenji Narisako of Japan down the stretch in 49.33 seconds. Narisako finished in 49.68.
American Miriam Barnes won the women’s [...]

Fewer events may mean fewer chances for Japan

The Japanese team is aiming to win 39 medals at the Beijing Paralympic Games–11 golds and 14 silver and bronze medals.
It will be difficult for the Japanese team to top the number of medals it won in Athens in 2004 because events at the Paralympics have decreased.
Japanese athletes won a record 52 medals in [...]

Japan brided Olympic Games?

Japan is well known for bribery in getting international events. If they can’t do it then they will try to bribe someone to get things going. For the Beijing Olympic Games in Beijing it wasn’t all that clear what was going on.
Keirin is a cycling sport popular in Japan. However, it is virually unknown [...]

Japan’s medal-winning Olympic wrestlers back Tokyo 2016 - with bribes from the japanese goverment?

As support for Tokyo 2016 continues to rise across all sections of Japanese society, the country’s Beijing 2008 Olympic medal-winning wrestlers today threw their considerable strength behind Japan’s Bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
At an official meeting with Tokyo Governor and President of Tokyo 2016, extremist right-wing Shintaro Ishihara, and Tokyo 2016 Chairman [...]