Nippon Sport Science wins Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

Nippon Sport Science wins Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Sport Science University anchor Yuichi Taninaga crosses the finishing line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2013. Nippon Sport Science won the annual collegiate ekiden road relay -- a two-day, 217.9-kilometer round trip between Otemachi and the spa resort of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture -- for the first time in 30 years in a time of 11 hours, 13 minutes, 26 seconds for its 10th overall title.

Nippon Sport Science wins Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

Nippon Sport Science wins Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Sport Science University anchor Yuichi Taninaga celebrates after crossing the finishing line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2013. Nippon Sport Science won the annual collegiate ekiden road relay -- a two-day, 217.9-kilometer round trip between Otemachi and the spa resort of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture -- for the first time in 30 years in a time of 11 hours, 13 minutes, 26 seconds for its 10th overall title.

Nippon Sport Science wins Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

Nippon Sport Science wins Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Sport Science University anchor Yuichi Taninaga celebrates after crossing the finishing line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2013. Nippon Sport Science won the annual collegiate ekiden road relay -- a two-day, 217.9-kilometer round trip between Otemachi and the spa resort of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture -- for the first time in 30 years in a time of 11 hours, 13 minutes, 26 seconds for its 10th overall title.

Nippon Sport Science wins Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

Nippon Sport Science wins Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Sport Science University anchor Yuichi Taninaga crosses the finishing line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2013. Nippon Sport Science won the annual collegiate ekiden road relay -- a two-day, 217.9-kilometer round trip between Otemachi and the spa resort of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture -- for the first time in 30 years in a time of 11 hours, 13 minutes, 26 seconds for its 10th overall title.

Zhang leads China to 5th straight Uber Cup title

Zhang leads China to 5th straight Uber Cup title

TOKYO, Japan - Athens Olympic gold medalist Zhang Ning (3rd from left) edged silver medalist Mia Audina Tjiptawan at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on May 6 as China beat the Netherlands 3-0 for its fifth straight Uber Cup women's world team title and 10th overall .

Zhang leads China to 5th straight Uber Cup title

Zhang leads China to 5th straight Uber Cup title

TOKYO, Japan - Athens Olympic gold medalist Zhang Ning (3rd from left) edged silver medalist Mia Audina Tjiptawan at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on May 6 as China beat the Netherlands 3-0 for its fifth straight Uber Cup women's world team title and 10th overall . (Kyodo)

S. Korea's Kim Kyung Tae celebrates 5th tour win in 2015

S. Korea's Kim Kyung Tae celebrates 5th tour win in 2015

Current JGTO money leader Kim Kyung Tae of South Korea raises the winners trophies after taking the Mynavi ABC Championship tournament at the ABC Golf Club in Kato, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 1, 2015. Kim never lost the lead in the four-day event before grabbing his fifth tour title of the season and 10th overall. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo