Football: Japan national team's record scorer Kamamoto dies at 81

Football: Japan national team's record scorer Kamamoto dies at 81

File photo shows Japan striker Kunishige Kamamoto (L) scoring in a football match against France at the Mexico City Olympics in October 1968. Kamamoto, widely regarded as the best striker in Japanese football history after scoring an all-time men's record 75 goals in 76 games, died on Aug. 10, 2025, aged 81.

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Kimihara, Hayata discuss memories of 1964 Tokyo Olympics

Kimihara, Hayata discuss memories of 1964 Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Takuji Hayata (L), a gold medalist in gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, and marathoner Kenji Kimihara (C), who won silver at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, discuss their memories of the sporting events during a talk show on Oct. 7, 2014, held in Tokyo to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Tokyo Olympics.

JOC head Takeda speaks on IOC decision

JOC head Takeda speaks on IOC decision

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) president Tsunekazu Takeda speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 30 after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) put off a vote over a proposal that baseball, softball and modern pentathlon be dropped from the Olympic program. The IOC decided at a general assembly meeting in Mexico City on Nov. 29 to put off any vote over the issue until after the 2004 Athens Olympics.

IOC president speaks on baseball

IOC president speaks on baseball

HAVANA, Cuba - IOC president Jacques Rogge speaks at a news conference in Havana on Nov. 20. Rogge said that whether baseball should be retained as an Olympics event will be discussed at an IOC meeting in Mexico City on Nov. 28-29.

National Sports Festival gets under way in Miyagi

National Sports Festival gets under way in Miyagi

RIFU, Japan - Yoshinobu Miyake, a weightlifting gold medalist in the 1964 Tokyo and 1968 Mexico City Olympics, lit the symbolic flame of the 56th annual National Sports Festival at Miyagi Stadium on Oct. 13. Miyake holds 8-year-old Shizuka Ando at the opening ceremony held under clear skies with about 31,000 spectators. Competition in the five-day meet begins Sunday.

JOC head Takeda speaks on IOC decision

JOC head Takeda speaks on IOC decision

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) president Tsunekazu Takeda speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 30 after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) put off a vote over a proposal that baseball, softball and modern pentathlon be dropped from the Olympic program. The IOC decided at a general assembly meeting in Mexico City on Nov. 29 to put off any vote over the issue until after the 2004 Athens Olympics.(Kyodo)

IOC president speaks on baseball

IOC president speaks on baseball

HAVANA, Cuba - IOC president Jacques Rogge speaks at a news conference in Havana on Nov. 20. Rogge said that whether baseball should be retained as an Olympics event will be discussed at an IOC meeting in Mexico City on Nov. 28-29. (Kyodo)

Hamada qualifies for Olympics in taekwondo

Hamada qualifies for Olympics in taekwondo

Japanese taekwondo fighter Mayu Hamada (L) competes against Sweden's Nikita Glasnovic in the first round of the women's 57-kilogram category of the WTF World Grand Prix Final in Mexico City on Dec. 6, 2015. Although Hamada lost, she met the qualifying criteria for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro by placing fourth in the world rankings. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kimihara, Hayata discuss memories of 1964 Tokyo Olympics

Kimihara, Hayata discuss memories of 1964 Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Takuji Hayata (L), a gold medalist in gymnastics at the 1964 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, and marathoner Kenji Kimihara (C), who won silver at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, discuss their memories of the sporting events during a talk show on Oct. 7, 2014, held in Tokyo to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo)

Exhibition on gymnast Vera Caslavska

Exhibition on gymnast Vera Caslavska

Radka Caslavska (2nd from R), daughter of Vera Caslavska, attends an event in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2019, marking the opening of an exhibition looking back on the life of the late Czechoslovak gymnast, who won three golds in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and four golds in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Exhibition on gymnast Vera Caslavska

Exhibition on gymnast Vera Caslavska

A exhibition looking back on the life of the late Czechoslovak gymnast Vera Caslavska, who won three golds in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and four golds in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, opens at Czech Centre Tokyo in the Japanese capital on Dec. 2, 2019, and runs through Jan. 31, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Exhibition on gymnast Vera Caslavska

Exhibition on gymnast Vera Caslavska

Photo taken in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2019, shows Vera Caslavska's leotard and medals on display in an exhibition looking back on the life of the late Czechoslovak gymnast, who won three golds in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and four golds in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

National Sports Festival gets under way in Miyagi

National Sports Festival gets under way in Miyagi

RIFU, Japan - Yoshinobu Miyake, a weightlifting gold medalist in the 1964 Tokyo and 1968 Mexico City Olympics, lit the symbolic flame of the 56th annual National Sports Festival at Miyagi Stadium on Oct. 13. Miyake holds 8-year-old Shizuka Ando at the opening ceremony held under clear skies with about 31,000 spectators. Competition in the five-day meet begins Sunday.