Saka, 57, is the foreman in charge of the finishing stage of the medals for the Japan Mint, which is commissioned to produce the medals engraved with the 2020 logo. He works alongside Shota ...

The medals of a World War Two hero who helped sink a dreaded Japanese warship while covered in burns have gone on sale for £16,000. Petty Officer Jack 'Spud' Yates, a veteran of Dunkirk ...

The only two nations to earn a medal in all four of them were Japan and the United States. Olympic competitions can be broken up into a few different categories - events, disciplines, and sports. The ...

Japan is backing off a forecast of how many gold medals it will win at the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics that are set to open next month. Predicting performance in Tokyo could be a problem for ...

How does a small provincial city in southern Japan become the site of a world-famous wheelchair marathon that has been attracting the best international athletes since 1981? In More Than Medals, ...