Sports gear maker release new football shoes

Sports gear maker release new football shoes

OSAKA, Japan - Major sports gear makers have released new football shoes in time for the 2014 FIFA World Cup competition in Brazil. From top: Mizuno Corp.'s model worn by Japanese star footballer Keisuke Honda, Descente Ltd.'s model by compatriot Yasuhito Endo and Asics Corp.'s new "Menace" brand.

FINA OKs modified swimsuit, but Irie's world mark still in limbo

FINA OKs modified swimsuit, but Irie's world mark still in limbo

TOKYO, Japan - An employee of Descente Ltd., the maker used by top Japanese swimmer Ryosuke Irie, explains in Tokyo on June 22 the company's modified swimsuits that swimming's world governing body FINA approved after the original suits failed to gain approval last month.

FINA OKs modified swimsuit, but Irie's world mark still in limbo

FINA OKs modified swimsuit, but Irie's world mark still in limbo

TOKYO, Japan - An employee of Descente Ltd., the maker used by top Japanese swimmer Ryosuke Irie, explains in Tokyo on June 22 the company's modified swimsuits that swimming's world governing body FINA approved after the original suits failed to gain approval last month. (Kyodo)

Sports gear maker release new football shoes

Sports gear maker release new football shoes

OSAKA, Japan - Major sports gear makers have released new football shoes in time for the 2014 FIFA World Cup competition in Brazil. From top: Mizuno Corp.'s model worn by Japanese star footballer Keisuke Honda, Descente Ltd.'s model by compatriot Yasuhito Endo and Asics Corp.'s new "Menace" brand. (Kyodo)

Sportswear maker Descente

Sportswear maker Descente

Shuichi Koseki, president of Japanese sportswear maker Descente Ltd., speaks at a press conference in Osaka on Nov. 6, 2019. Descente sharply cut its profit outlook for the year to March 2020, hit by a widespread boycott of Japanese products in its mainstay South Korean market. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Descente Director Tsujimoto

Descente Director Tsujimoto

Descente Ltd. Director Kenichi Tsujimoto holds a press conference in Osaka, western Japan, on May 13, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo