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Horse racing: female jockey wins Japanese Oaks

Seina Imamura (R) steers 3-year-old mare Juryoku Pierrot (R) to victory at the Japanese Oaks horse race at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, western Tokyo, on May 24, 2026, becoming the first female jockey from the Japan Racing Association to win a Grade 1 race.

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Horse racing: female jockey wins Japanese Oaks

Seina Imamura steers 3-year-old mare Juryoku Pierrot (2nd from L) to victory at the Japanese Oaks horse race at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, western Tokyo, on May 24, 2026, becoming the first female jockey from the Japan Racing Association to win a Grade 1 race.

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Horse racing: female jockey wins Japanese Oaks

Seina Imamura is pictured after steering three-year-old mare Juryoku Pierrot to victory at the Japanese Oaks horse race at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, western Tokyo, on May 24, 2026, becoming the first female jockey from the Japan Racing Association to win a Grade 1 race.

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Horse racing: female jockey wins Japanese Oaks

Seina Imamura (top) steers 3-year-old mare Juryoku Pierrot (R) to victory at the Japanese Oaks horse race at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, western Tokyo, on May 24, 2026, becoming the first female jockey from the Japan Racing Association to win a Grade 1 race.

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Horse racing: female jockey wins Japanese Oaks

Seina Imamura celebrates after steering three-year-old mare Juryoku Pierrot to victory at the Japanese Oaks horse race at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, western Tokyo, on May 24, 2026, becoming the first female jockey from the Japan Racing Association to win a Grade 1 race.

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Horse racing: female jockey wins Japanese Oaks

Seina Imamura smiles after steering three-year-old mare Juryoku Pierrot to victory at the Japanese Oaks horse race at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, western Tokyo, on May 24, 2026, becoming the first female jockey from the Japan Racing Association to win a Grade 1 race.

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Japan: Heavy Snowfall in Hokkaido, Flights Disrupted 2

On January 8, heavy snow across Hokkaido caused major travel chaos. At New Chitose Airport, 27 flights were canceled and many delayed due to de-icing operations. JR Hokkaido suspended 29 services, including 25 "Rapid Airport" trains, while multiple expressways were closed. These disruptions led to massive queues at the airport, with travelers lining up across two floors for the train station.

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Japan: Typhoon Nakri Brings Strong Winds to Southern Izu Islands

Typhoon Nakri made its closest approach to the southern Izu Islands on Monday morning, October 13, bringing heavy rain and strong winds.

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US: Unoccupied Homes in Buxton, NC Collapse Amid Rough Seas From Offshore Hurricanes 2

On Tuesday, September 30, at least five unoccupied oceanfront homes in Buxton, North Carolina, collapsed into the Atlantic due to rough surf driven by offshore hurricanes Humberto and Imelda. Another home fell the following morning, bringing the total to six this week and 18 on Hatteras Island since 2020. No injuries were reported, but authorities closed parts of Cape Hatteras National Seashore due to dangerous debris.

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Princess Aiko visits horse park

Japanese Princess Aiko (far R) visits Equestrian Park in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2025, designated horse day by the Japan Racing Association.

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Princess Aiko visits horse park

Japanese Princess Aiko visits Equestrian Park in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2025, designated horse day by the Japan Racing Association.

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Princess Aiko visits horse park

Japanese Princess Aiko visits Equestrian Park in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2025, designated horse day by the Japan Racing Association.

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Horse racing: Japan's top female jockey Fujita quits

Undated file photo shows jockey Nanako Fujita. On Oct. 11, 2024, the Japan Racing Association announced the retirement of its most successful female jockey, Fujita, after her suspension for taking a smartphone inside a restricted area of a racecourse.

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Japan: Lifelike Robot Horse Amazes Crowd At JRA 70th Anniversary Event In Tokyo 2

The Japan Racing Association (JRA), which is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, held a collaborative event with the Daimaru Tokyo, a department store adjacent to Tokyo Station. A lifelike robot horse of 'Sodashi,' a white racehorse that retired last year, was displayed from May 22 to June 4, attracting many visitors.

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Japan: Lifelike Robot Horse Amazes Crowd At JRA 70th Anniversary Event In Tokyo

The Japan Racing Association (JRA), which is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, held a collaborative event with the Daimaru Tokyo, a department store adjacent to Tokyo Station. A lifelike robot horse of 'Sodashi,' a white racehorse that retired last year, was displayed from May 22 to June 4, attracting many visitors.

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Injured racehorse in rehab swim

An injured thoroughbred racehorse takes a therapeutic swim at the Japan Racing Association's rehabilitation center in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 24, 2023.

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Injured racehorse in rehab swim

An injured thoroughbred racehorse takes a therapeutic swim at the Japan Racing Association's rehabilitation center in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 24, 2023.

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Injured racehorse in rehab swim

An injured thoroughbred racehorse takes a therapeutic swim at the Japan Racing Association's rehabilitation center in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on May 24, 2023.

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JRA cancels weekend races due to increase of horse flu cases

RITTO, Japan - The Japan Racing Association said Aug. 17 racehorses at its training center in Ritto (shown in photo), Shiga Prefecture, along with the training center in Miho, Ibaraki Prefecture, had caught horse flu. JRA said it decided to cancel horse races on Aug. 18 and Aug. 19 to prevent equine influenza from further spreading among racehorses.

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JRA cancels weekend races due to increase of horse flu cases

RITTO, Japan - Disinfection work is carried out at the Japan Racing Association training center in Ritto, Shiga Prefecture, on Aug. 17 after racehorses there were found to have come down with horse flu.

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Gentildonna ends race career with Arima Kinen victory

FUNABASHI, Japan - Fourth pick Gentildonna (4) ridden by Keita Tosaki scores a crowning victory in the Arima Kinen race, the last race of her career, at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 28, 2014. She became the fifth horse in Japan Racing Association history to win seven G1 titles.

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Osaka police, JRA warn against con artists

OSAKA, Japan - An Osaka prefectural policeman and the Japan Racing Association's mascot character Turfy hand out leaflets warning against con artists' tempting offers at an off-track betting site in Osaka on April 27, 2014.

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Japanese jockey Fukunaga wins JRA best rider award

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese jockey Yuichi Fukunaga, winner of the 2013 JRA Awards for Best Jockey for both races won and money earned, speaks while holding his trophy during the Japan Racing Association's annual prize presentation ceremony at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 27, 2014. He also became the inaugural winner of the JRA's Most Valuable Jockey Award.

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JRA Horse of Year honor given to Lord Kanaloa

TOKYO, Japan - People associated with a racing stable for Japanese horse Lord Kanaloa pose with 2013 JRA award trophies during the Japan Racing Association's annual award ceremony at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 27, 2014. Lord Kanaloa won the most prestigious Horse of the Year Award as well as the JRA Award for Best Sprinter for an outstanding season, including a repeat win in the Hong Kong Sprint.

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Take wins record 3,500th career race

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese jockey Yutaka Take acknowledges cheers from spectators after steering Curren Che Carina to victory in the fifth race of a meet at Kyoto Racecourse in Kyoto on Jan. 13, 2013, winning a record 3,500th Japan Racing Association career race.

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Take wins record 3,500th career race

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese jockey Yutaka Take holds flowers after steering Curren Che Carina to victory in the fifth race of a meet at Kyoto Racecourse in Kyoto on Jan. 13, 2013, winning a record 3,500th Japan Racing Association career race.

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Take wins record 3,500th career race

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese jockey Yutaka Take acknowledges cheers from spectators after steering Curren Che Carina to victory in the fifth race of a meet at Kyoto Racecourse in Kyoto on Jan. 13, 2013, winning a record 3,500th Japan Racing Association career race.

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Take wins record 3,500th career race

KYOTO, Japan - Curren Che Carina (L), ridden by Japanese jockey Yutaka Take, gallops in the fifth race of a meet at Kyoto Racecourse in Kyoto on Jan. 13, 2013. Take steered the horse to victory in the race, winning a record 3,500th Japan Racing Association career race.

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Take wins record 3,500th career race

OSAKA, Japan - File photo shows Japanese jockey Yutaka Take. Take steered Curren Che Carina to victory in the fifth race of a meet at Kyoto Racecourse in Kyoto on Jan. 13, 2013, winning a record 3,500th Japan Racing Association career race.

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Racehorse Symboli Rudolf dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Symboli Rudolf (10) and jockey Yukio Okabe winning the Japanese Derby in Tokyo in 1984. The seven-time Grade One winner in Japan died on Oct. 4, 2011, in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, at the age of 30. The thoroughbred was inducted into the Japan Racing Association Hall of Fame in 1987.

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Horse undergoes rehabilitation

IWAKI, Japan - Racing horse Seiun Wonder, winner of the 2008 Asahi Cup Futurity Stakes, swims in a pool at a facility of the Japan Racing Association in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 210, 2011. The JRA has postponed the beginning of swimming practice for horses undergoing rehabilitation by about a month this year due to the March quake and tsunami.

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Victoire Pisa wins JRA's Arima Kinen

FUNABASHI, Japan - Jockey Mirco Demuro (R) poses for photos near his mount Victoire Pisa after winning the Japan Racing Association's Arima Kinen at Nakayama Racecourse in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Dec. 26, 2010.

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Pony 'stationmaster' promotes horseracing

OSAKA, Japan - A toddler looks at a pony dressed as a station master at Keihan Railway Temmabashi Station in Osaka on Nov. 19, 2010. The pony was brought from Japan Racing Association's Kyoto Race Course to promote an upcoming horse race at the course and will be taken to Yodo Station on Nov. 27 when the race starts.

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Joint winners in horseracing

TOKYO, Japan - Top favorite Apapane (front) and fifth-pick Saint Emilion finish in a dead-heat in the Japanese Oaks race for 3-year-old fillies at the Tokyo Racecourse turf track on May 23, 2010. After a photo review, the race produced joint winners for the first time in Japan Racing Association Grade One race history.

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Teenage jockey Miura fastest to reach 100 wins

TOKYO, Japan - Teenager jockey Kosei Miura celebrates after picking up his 100th career win at Tokyo Racecourse on Feb. 4 to become the fastest jockey in Japan Racing Association history to reach the mark. Miura's victory on Infinite Air in the day's fourth race came 11 months and seven days since his JRA debut on March 1, 2008.

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Jockey Take reaches 3,000 career wins

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese jockey Yutaka Take marked an all-time career wins record of 3,000 in races organized by the Japan Racing Association on Nov. 3 when he and his mount Sky Beauty won the first of the 12 races at Kyoto Racecourse.

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Jockey Take reaches 3,000 career wins

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese jockey Yutaka Take stretched his all-time career wins record to 3,000 in races organized by the Japan Racing Association on Nov. 3. He marked the memorable win when he and his mount Sky Beauty (in this photo) won the first of 12 races scheduled for the same day at Kyoto Racecourse.

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Jockey Take reaches 3,000 career wins

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese jockey Yutaka Take (L) stretched his all-time career wins record to 3,000 in races organized by the Japan Racing Association on Nov. 3. It took 20 years and eight months and 14,288 starts for Take to reach the new milestone since his debut in 1987.

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Horse Racing: Take sets new JRA all-time record

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Top jockey Yutaka Take holds a commemorative saddle after he set an all-time record in Japanese horse racing when he rode to three victories at the Kokura Racecourse in Fukuoka Prefecture on July 21, increasing his career total to 2,944 wins in races organized by the Japan Racing Association.

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Pink Cameo takes NHK Mile Cup, largest payout for JRA

TOKYO, Japan - Long-shot Pink Cameo (14) makes a last-ditch charge down the final stretch to win the NHK Mile Cup at Tokyo Racecourse on May 6, producing the largest payout in a major race of the Japan Racing Association. Pink Cameo, the No. 17th pick, beat out favorite Laurel Guerreiro (10) by a half length. Least-favorite Muramasano Yoto (far right) came third. The winning trifecta of 14-10-18 paid out 9,739,870 yen in the mile championship for 3 year olds. (Pool photo)

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Pink Cameo takes NHK Mile Cup, largest payout for JRA

TOKYO, Japan - Long-shot Pink Cameo (14) makes a last-ditch charge down the final stretch to win the NHK Mile Cup at Tokyo Racecourse on May 6, producing the largest payout in a major race of the Japan Racing Association. Pink Cameo, the No. 17th pick, beat out favorite Laurel Guerreiro (10) by a half length. The winning trifecta of 14-10-18 paid out 9,739,870 yen in the mile championship for 3 year olds.

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Deep Impact tests positive for doping

TOKYO, Japan - Top Japanese racehorse Deep Impact, last year's triple crown winner who finished third at the recent Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, has tested positive for banned substances, the Japan Racing Association said on Oct. 19. Photo shows Deep Impact after training at Tokyo Race Course the same day.

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Jockey Take rewrites single-season win record

TAKARAZUKA, Japan - Star jockey Yutaka Take poses for photos after picking up two wins Dec. 24 to set a single-season Japan Racing Association record with 212 wins, exceeding the mark he set last year.

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(1)Veteran jockey Okabe calls it a day

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Racing Association (JRA) jockey Yukio Okabe, who has won a record 2,943 races, announced his retirement from horse racing at a press conference in Tokyo on March 10. Okabe, at 56 the oldest active JRA jockey, debuted in 1967 and quickly stole the limelight with 54 victories the following year. ''I'm no longer able to move my body the way I want to when I'm racing,'' Okabe said.

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(2)Veteran jockey Okabe calls it a day

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Racing Association (JRA) veteran jockey Yukio Okabe, who has won a record 2,943 races, poses with Taiki Shuttle after winning the Prix Jacques le Marois Grade-One race in France in August 1998. The 56-year-old Okabe said March 10 he will retire from horse racing after 38 years.

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Veteran jockey Okabe is set to retire

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Racing Association jockey Yukio Okabe, who has won a record 2,943 races, is set to announce his retirement, sources close to him said March 9. Photo shows Okabe jockeying Symbolirudolf (10) in the 51st Japan Derby at Tokyo Race Course in May 1984.

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Okabe makes history with 2,900th win in JRA

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran Yukio Okabe (file photo) won a race in Fukushima on Pione on June 19 to become the first Japan Racing Association jockey in history to earn his 2,900th career victory.

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JRA pays highest cash prize

NIIGATA, Japan - In the 11th race at Niigata Racecourse on May 15, the Japan Racing Association paid out the highest-ever cash prize of 1,555,450 yen for a 100 yen slip betting game for the three horses likely to come in first, second and third. A total of 158 100 yen slips for the right three-horse combination had been sold, and one player cashed in the winning slip. The winner's identity is unknown.

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(1)Take wins record 200th race this year

TAKARAZUKA, Japan - Japanese jockey Yutaka Take (6) places first on Win Progress on Dec. 27 at Hanshin Racecourse in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, in his 200th race this year. The races were hosted by the Japan Racing Association.

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(2)Take wins record 200th race this year

TAKARAZUKA, Japan - Japanese jockey Yutaka Take (R) is congratulated by Japanese professional baseball player Norihiro Nakamura of the Kintetsu Buffaloes (L) after marking his 200th race this year in races hosted by the Japan Racing Association.