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Boxing: Inoue vs. Picasso

Undisputed super bantamweight world champion Naoya Inoue of Japan poses upon arrival at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2025, after beating Mexican challenger Alan Picasso by unanimous decision in his title defense in Riyadh on Dec. 27.

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[Breaking News]Fujii earns lifetime status for Kisei title

Shogi star Sota Fujii poses at a press conference in Nagoya on July 1, 2024, after earning lifetime status for the Kisei title by beating challenger Takayuki Yamasaki 3-0 in a best-of-five defending match in the central Japan city. The 21-year old, who holds six other titles, became the youngest player to get lifetime status for a shogi title.(Kyodo)

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Fujii earns lifetime status for Kisei title

Shogi star Sota Fujii speaks at a press conference in Nagoya on July 2, 2024, a day after earning lifetime status for the Kisei title by beating challenger Takayuki Yamasaki 3-0 in a best-of-five title defense in the central Japan city. The 21-year-old, who holds six other titles, became the youngest player to get lifetime status for a shogi title.

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Fujii earns lifetime status for Kisei title

Shogi star Sota Fujii speaks at a press conference in Nagoya on July 2, 2024, a day after earning lifetime status for the Kisei title by beating challenger Takayuki Yamasaki 3-0 in a best-of-five title defense in the central Japan city. The 21-year-old, who holds six other titles, became the youngest player to get lifetime status for a shogi title.

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Fujii earns lifetime status for Kisei title

Shogi star Sota Fujii speaks at a press conference in Nagoya on July 2, 2024, a day after earning lifetime status for the Kisei title by beating challenger Takayuki Yamasaki 3-0 in a best-of-five title defense in the central Japan city. The 21-year-old, who holds six other titles, became the youngest player to get lifetime status for a shogi title.

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Fujii earns lifetime status for Kisei title

Shogi star Sota Fujii speaks at a press conference in Nagoya on July 2, 2024, a day after earning lifetime status for the Kisei title by beating challenger Takayuki Yamasaki 3-0 in a best-of-five title defense in the central Japan city. The 21-year-old, who holds six other titles, became the youngest player to get lifetime status for a shogi title.

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Fujii earns lifetime status for Kisei title

People in the central Japan city of Seto, shogi star Sota Fujii's hometown, celebrate on July 1, 2024, after he earned lifetime status for the Kisei title by beating challenger Takayuki Yamasaki 3-0 in a best-of-five title defense in Nagoya. The 21-year old, who holds six other titles, became the youngest player to get lifetime status for a shogi title.

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Fujii earns lifetime status for Kisei title

Shogi star Sota Fujii speaks in front of fans in Nagoya on July 1, 2024, after earning lifetime status for the Kisei title by beating challenger Takayuki Yamasaki 3-0 in a best-of-five defending match in the central Japan city. The 21-year old, who holds six other titles, became the youngest player to get lifetime status for a shogi title.

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Fujii earns lifetime status for Kisei title

Shogi star Sota Fujii speaks at a press conference in Nagoya on July 1, 2024, after earning lifetime status for the Kisei title by beating challenger Takayuki Yamasaki 3-0 in a best-of-five defending match in the central Japan city. The 21-year old, who holds six other titles, became the youngest player to get lifetime status for a shogi title.

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Fujii earns lifetime status for Kisei title

Shogi star Sota Fujii speaks at a press conference in Nagoya on July 1, 2024, after earning lifetime status for the Kisei title by beating challenger Takayuki Yamasaki 3-0 in a best-of-five defending match in the central Japan city. The 21-year old, who holds six other titles, became the youngest player to get lifetime status for a shogi title.

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Fujii earns lifetime status for Kisei title

Shogi star Sota Fujii speaks at a press conference in Nagoya on July 1, 2024, after earning lifetime status for the Kisei title by beating challenger Takayuki Yamasaki 3-0 in a best-of-five defending match in the central Japan city. The 21-year old, who holds six other titles, became the youngest player to get lifetime status for a shogi title.

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Fujii earns lifetime status for Kisei title

Shogi star Sota Fujii poses at a press conference in Nagoya on July 1, 2024, after earning lifetime status for the Kisei title by beating challenger Takayuki Yamasaki 3-0 in a best-of-five defending match in the central Japan city. The 21-year old, who holds six other titles, became the youngest player to get lifetime status for a shogi title.

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Fujii earns lifetime status for Kisei title

Shogi star Sota Fujii poses at a press conference in Nagoya on July 1, 2024, after earning lifetime status for the Kisei title by beating challenger Takayuki Yamasaki 3-0 in a best-of-five defending match in the central Japan city. The 21-year old, who holds six other titles, became the youngest player to get lifetime status for a shogi title.

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Fujii wins Game 2 of shogi's Kio title series

Challenger Sota Fujii reflects on Game 2 of a best-of-five series for shogi's Kio title after beating defending champion Akira Watanabe in Kanazawa, central Japan, on Feb. 18, 2023, following a victory in Game 1. If the 20-year-old Fujii captures the Kio title from Watanabe, he will have six out of shogi's eight major titles.

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Fujii wins Game 2 of shogi's Kio title series

Challenger Sota Fujii reflects on Game 2 of a best-of-five series for shogi's Kio title after beating defending champion Akira Watanabe in Kanazawa, central Japan, on Feb. 18, 2023, following a victory in Game 1. If the 20-year-old Fujii captures the Kio title from Watanabe, he will have six out of shogi's eight major titles.

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Fujii wins Game 2 of shogi's Kio title series

Challenger Sota Fujii (R) reflects on Game 2 of a best-of-five series for shogi's Kio title after beating defending champion Akira Watanabe in Kanazawa, central Japan, on Feb. 18, 2023, following a victory in Game 1. If the 20-year-old Fujii captures the Kio title from Watanabe, he will have six out of shogi's eight major titles.

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Habu wins Game 4 of shogi's Osho series

Defending champion Sota Fujii (L) and challenger Yoshiharu Habu reflect on Game 4 of a historic best-of-seven series for shogi's Osho title after Habu tied the series 2 to 2 by beating Fujii at a hotel in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on Feb. 10, 2023. If Habu, 52, captures the Osho title from 20-year-old Fujii, holder of four other major titles, it would be his 100th title, an unprecedented achievement. (Pool photo)

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Habu wins Game 4 of shogi's Osho series

Defending champion Sota Fujii (L) and challenger Yoshiharu Habu reflect on Game 4 of a historic best-of-seven series for shogi's Osho title after Habu tied the series 2 to 2 by beating Fujii at a hotel in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on Feb. 10, 2023. If Habu, 52, captures the Osho title from 20-year-old Fujii, holder of four other major titles, it would be his 100th title, an unprecedented achievement. (Pool photo)

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Habu wins Game 2 of shogi's Osho series

Defending champion Sota Fujii (L) and challenger Yoshiharu Habu reflect on Game 2 of a historic best-of-seven series for shogi's Osho title after Habu tied the series by beating Fujii at a Japanese hotel in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, on Jan. 22, 2023. If Habu, 52, captures the Osho title from 20-year-old Fujii, holder of four other major titles, it would be his 100th title, an unprecedented achievement. (Pool photo)

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Habu wins Game 2 of shogi's Osho series

Defending champion Sota Fujii (L) and challenger Yoshiharu Habu reflect on Game 2 of a historic best-of-seven series for shogi's Osho title after Habu tied the series by beating Fujii at a Japanese hotel in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, on Jan. 22, 2023. If Habu, 52, captures the Osho title from 20-year-old Fujii, holder of four other major titles, it would be his 100th title, an unprecedented achievement. (Pool photo)

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Miura defends WBC super featherweight title for 3rd time

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese champion Takashi Miura celebrates after beating top-ranked Mexican challenger Edgar Puerta in their WBC super featherweight title match at Yokohama International Swimming Pool in Yokohama on Nov. 22, 2014. Miura scored a technical knockout victory in the sixth round, defending his title for a third time.

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Miura defends WBC super featherweight title for 3rd time

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese champion Takashi Miura celebrates after beating top-ranked Mexican challenger Edgar Puerta in their WBC super featherweight title match at Yokohama International Swimming Pool in Yokohama on Nov. 22, 2014. Miura scored a technical knockout victory in the sixth round, defending his title for a third time.

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Miura defends WBC super featherweight title for 3rd time

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese champion Takashi Miura celebrates after beating top-ranked Mexican challenger Edgar Puerta in their WBC super featherweight title match at Yokohama International Swimming Pool in Yokohama on Nov. 22, 2014. Miura scored a technical knockout victory in the sixth round, defending his title for a third time.

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Miura defends WBC super featherweight title for 3rd time

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese champion Takashi Miura celebrates after beating top-ranked Mexican challenger Edgar Puerta in their WBC super featherweight title match at Yokohama International Swimming Pool in Yokohama on Nov. 22, 2014. Miura scored a technical knockout victory in the sixth round, defending his title for a third time.

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Okinawa governor reelected

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (R) receives a kiss from his daughter Chisato at his election office in Naha on Nov. 28, 2010, after he won reelection, beating strong challenger former Ginowan Mayor Yoichi Iha.

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Kameda beats champion Naito to win WBC flyweight title

SAITAMA, Japan - Challenger Koki Kameda celebrates after beating WBC flyweight champion Daisuke Naito by a unanimous decision in their bout at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama on Nov. 29, 2009.

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Kameda beats champion Naito to win WBC flyweight title

SAITAMA, Japan - Challenger Koki Kameda holds up the WBC flyweight championship belt after beating champion and compatriot Daisuke Naito by a unanimous decision in their bout at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama on Nov. 29, 2009.

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Linares loses WBA title

TOKYO, Japan - Mexican challenger Juan Carlos Salgado (L) sends WBA super featherweight champion Jorge Linares to the canvas in the first round of their match at Yoyogi national gymnasium annex in Tokyo on Oct. 10, 2009. Salgado clinched the crown, beating the Japan-based Venezuelan boxer in the first round by technical knockout.

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Linares loses WBA title

TOKYO, Japan - Mexican challenger Juan Carlos Salgado lands a punch on WBA super featherweight champion Jorge Linares in the first round of their match at Yoyogi national gymnasium annex in Tokyo on Oct. 10, 2009. Salgado clinched the crown, beating the Japan-based Venezuelan boxer in the first round by technical knockout.

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Nishioka defends WBC crown

TOKYO, Japan - WBC super bantamweight champion Toshiaki Nishioka of Japan celebrates after defending his title by beating Mexican challenger Ivan Hernandez at Yoyogi national gymnasium annex in Tokyo on Oct. 10, 2009.

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Japan's Tada defends WBA women's minimumweight title

OSAKA, Japan - WBA women's minimumweight champion Etsuko Tada of Japan poses with her trophies after beating challenger Yani Kokietgym of Thailand in their title match in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 23. Tada won a unanimous decision over Yanai in the first defense of her title.

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WBC champion Hasegawa defends bantamweight title for 9th time

KOBE, Japan - WBC bantamweight champion Hozumi Hasegawa of Japan (top) celebrates after beating challenger Nestor Rocha of the United States with a technical knockout in the first round of their bout at Kobe World Memorial Hall in Kobe on July 14.

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Koseki defends WBC atomweight title

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese champion Momo Koseki celebrates after beating her compatriot challenger Nao Ikeyama in the women's WBC atomweight title match in Tokyo on May 2. Koseki retained her title by a 3-0 decision.

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Japan's Togashi defends WBC light flyweight title

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese champion Naomi Togashi celebrates after beating Thai challenger Oa Kokietgym in their women's WBC light flyweight title match in Tokyo on May 2. Togashi retained her title with a 3-0 decision.

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Kameda defends WBA light flyweight title against Landaeta

TOKYO, Japan - Champion Koki Kameda of Japan celebrates after beating challenger Juan Landaeta of Venezuela in their WBA light flyweight title match in Tokyo on Dec. 20. Kameda defended his title with a 3-0 decision.

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Rudy Lopez of Mexico becomes WBC featherweight champion

FUKUOKA, Japan - Challenger Rudy Lopez of Mexico poses after beating WBC featherweight champion Takashi Koshimoto of Japan by technical knockout in the seventh round of the championship match at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka on July 30.

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Eagle Kyowa retains WBC minimumweight title

TOKYO, Japan - Thai champion Eagle Kyowa is lifted up by Japanese sumo ozeki (champion) Chiyotaikai after retaining his WBC minimumweight title by beating previously undefeated Filipino challenger Rodel Mayol at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on May 6.

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Niida retains WBA minimumweight title by decision

TOKYO, Japan - Champion Yutaka Niida of Japan celebrates after beating Columbian challenger Ronald Barrera of Colombia in the WBA minimumweight title match at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall on March 4. Niida won by a unanimous decision.

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Niida wins decision to claim WBA minimum weight title

TOKYO, Japan - Challenger Yutaka Niida of Japan reacts after beating Venezuelan Noel Arambulet by a unanimous decision to claim the WBA minimum weight title at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on July 3.

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Niida wins over Chana, wrests WBA minimumweight crown

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japan's Yutaka Niida holds the World Boxing Association minimumweight champion's belt Aug. 25 at Pacifico Yokohama after beating Thai champion Chana Porpaion with a unanimous decision. The ninth-ranked challenger scored with his left hook during a 12-rounder to edge the 35-year-old champion. Niida, 22, is unbeaten in 17 fights, winning 14 with seven knockouts and drawing three. Chana slipped to 44-2-2 with 16 knockouts.

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Pongsaklek TKOs Asai in WBC flyweight title match

NAGOYA, Japan - Thai champion Pongsaklek Singwangcha celebrates after beating Japanese challenger Hayato Asai with a fifth-round technical knockout at Aichi Budokan in Nagoya on July 15 to retain the World Boxing Council (WBC) flyweight title.

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Niida retains WBA minimumweight title by decision

TOKYO, Japan - Champion Yutaka Niida of Japan celebrates after beating Columbian challenger Ronald Barrera of Colombia in the WBA minimumweight title match at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall on March 4. Niida won by a unanimous decision. (Kyodo)

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Eagle Kyowa retains WBC minimumweight title

TOKYO, Japan - Thai champion Eagle Kyowa is lifted up by Japanese sumo ozeki (champion) Chiyotaikai after retaining his WBC minimumweight title by beating previously undefeated Filipino challenger Rodel Mayol at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on May 6. (Kyodo)

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Rudy Lopez of Mexico becomes WBC featherweight champion

FUKUOKA, Japan - Challenger Rudy Lopez of Mexico poses after beating WBC featherweight champion Takashi Koshimoto of Japan by technical knockout in the seventh round of the championship match at Marine Messe Fukuoka in Fukuoka on July 30. (Kyodo)

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Kameda defends WBA light flyweight title against Landaeta

TOKYO, Japan - Champion Koki Kameda of Japan celebrates after beating challenger Juan Landaeta of Venezuela in their WBA light flyweight title match in Tokyo on Dec. 20. Kameda defended his title with a 3-0 decision. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Togashi defends WBC light flyweight title

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese champion Naomi Togashi celebrates after beating Thai challenger Oa Kokietgym in their women's WBC light flyweight title match in Tokyo on May 2. Togashi retained her title with a 3-0 decision. (Kyodo)

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Koseki defends WBC atomweight title

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese champion Momo Koseki celebrates after beating her compatriot challenger Nao Ikeyama in the women's WBC atomweight title match in Tokyo on May 2. Koseki retained her title by a 3-0 decision. (Kyodo)

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Niida wins decision to claim WBA minimum weight title

TOKYO, Japan - Challenger Yutaka Niida of Japan reacts after beating Venezuelan Noel Arambulet by a unanimous decision to claim the WBA minimum weight title at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on July 3. (Kyodo)

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Female 'go' game master wins eighth straight title

Taiwanese "go" game master Hsieh Yi-min, shown in this undated photo, won the title for the eighth consecutive time by beating challenger Ayumi Suzuki in the best-of-three series in Kyoto on March 11, 2015. She is the 27th Women's Meijin (master). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Taguchi elated by retaining WBA light flyweight title

Japan's WBA light flyweight champion Ryoichi Taguchi thrusts his fist in Tokyo on May 6, 2015, after successfully defending his title for the first time by beating Thai challenger Kwanthai Sithmorseng with an eighth-round TKO. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo