The Winter Cup is Japan’s biggest high school basketball tournament, but the 2020 edition is facing an unprecedented crisis amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Saturday, the Kaishi Kokusai High School boys team became the seventh squad to withdraw from the tournament since it kicked off on Wednesday.
Unlike in the other cases, however, no one from the school, which is located in Niigata Prefecture, tested positive for the virus or recorded a fever. The school was told to pull out because its players were deemed as close contacts due to a Thursday game against Tokyo’s Senshu University High School, which reported a positive case within its team.
Dec 27
The Winter Cup is Japan’s biggest high school basketball tournament, but the 2020 edition is facing an unprecedented crisis amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Japan Times)
Dec 26
Japan’s two-time Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu made a stylish return to competition Friday after skipping the Grand Prix season over fears of coronavirus infection. (Japan Times)
Dec 26
Tokyo 2020 organizers said Thursday that all 68 domestic sponsors for the Summer Olympics have agreed in principle to extend their contracts for the delayed games, even as growing coronavirus infections in Japan overshadow the event. (Japan Times)
Dec 26
日本は言わずと知れたギャンブル大国。 (newsonjapan.com)
Dec 23
The coronavirus-delayed Tokyo Games will cost at least ¥1.64 trillion ($15.9 billion), organizers said Tuesday, unveiling a final budget swollen by the unprecedented postponement and a raft of pandemic measures. (Japan Times)
Dec 20
Tokushima Vortis lifted the J-League second-division championship trophy Sunday following a 1-0 loss to second-place Avispa Fukuoka in the final round of the season.(Kyodo)
Dec 20
Japan forward Takumi Minamino recorded his long-awaited first goal in the English Premier League on Saturday by opening the scoring in Liverpool’s 7-0 victory over Crystal Palace.(Kyodo)
Dec 20
The J-League first division brought down the curtain Saturday on a 2020 season marked by unprecedented challenges stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, and a record-breaking march to the title by three-time champions Kawasaki Frontale. (Kyodo)
Dec 20
World champion karateka Ryo Kiyuna, who is among Japan’s leading hopes for gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, has contracted coronavirus. (insidethegames.biz)
Dec 19
Japan’s Kei Nishikori married 29-year-old former model Mai Yamauchi last week, the former world No. 4 men’s singles player announced Friday on his personal app.(Kyodo)
Dec 18
Japan has very strict gambling laws; gambling was banned in the entire country under the criminal code ACT. (newsonjapan.com)
Dec 17
Japan will have a driver in Formula One for the first time in seven years after AlphaTauri confirmed Wednesday that Yuki Tsunoda will replace Daniil Kvyat at the team in 2021.(Japan Today)
Dec 17
The international Olympics committee and the Japanese govt determinant to host the Tokyo Olympics but public support for the games is waning in Japan. (WION)
Dec 12
With just eight months until the Olympics, Japanese sports leagues are carrying out high-tech experiments to learn how COVID-19 spreads in stadiums. ()
Dec 10
Mongolian-born sumo wrestler Kakuryu has obtained Japanese citizenship.(NHK)
Dec 10
The Japanese government is considering a scheme to exclude celebrities from running in next year’s Olympic torch relay in order to reduce the risk of coronavirus infection from roadside crowds coming to see them, a source with knowledge of the matter said Wednesday.(Japan Times)
Dec 10
Japanese rugby star Goromaru Ayumu is set to retire after the coming season.(NHK)
Dec 09
Athletes competing at next year’s Tokyo Olympics will have a shorter than usual stay at the world’s biggest multi-sports event due to tight COVID-19 health protocols.(yahoo.com)
Dec 09
The more things change, the more things stay the same. That holds true with casino games. While new games have come onto the scene lately and old games have evolved, in many cases you can play the same game at the casino today that you did 50 years ago. (newsonjapan.com)
Dec 07
Yuya Yoshida won the Fukuoka International Marathon held in southwestern Japan on Sunday to earn his first career victory over the 42.195-kilometer distance. (Kyodo)
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