Defending titlist Regaleira received over 612,700 votes from fans as the horse they most wanted to see compete ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese champion runner Tomomi Bitoh completed a 170-km (106-mile) race in the Himalayas last November, and immediately made a beeline for a Tokyo clinic to begin freezing her eggs, ...

OSAKA, Japan - Spectators cheered when a rickshaw carrying pop culture icon Kyary Pamyu Pamyu appeared on the red carpet at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka. The old-fashioned passenger cart with ...

Japan's government said a Belarus track sprinter was safe Monday after she alleged her Olympic team tried to remove her from Japan in a dispute that led to a standoff at Tokyo’s main airport. An ...

After two days, 10 runners and 216.9 kilometers, all that was left between Natsuki Terada and a victory for his university team in the final stage of the Tokyo-Hakone relay marathon was one city block ...

This just in! According to the Wall Street Journal's Japan Real Time blog, a Japanese company is offering an insurance plan just for runners. Also! The Wall Street Journal has a blog called Japan Real ...

Gun Runner , the 2017 Horse of the Year in the United States, sired his first Japanese winner June 20 when Gran Aplauso, a Kentucky-bred 2-year-old colt, won a newcomers race over 1,200 meters (about ...

The first reported foal by 2017 Horse of the Year Gun Runner arrived Jan. 17 at Teruya Yoshida's Shadai Farm in Japan. "The filly is a beautiful and well-balanced foal. She looks just like her father, ...

On Sunday, May 12, a familiar face in the running scene came charging through Central Park: former high school phenom Mary Cain, who broke the tape at the New York Road Runners’ Japan Four Mile in ...