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10-man S. Korea beat Japan in shootout in playoff

PALENGBANG, Indonesia - Japan substitute Naotake Hanyu (fore) who failed in his penalty kick sinks on the field in grief as South Korea players celebrate their 6-5 penalty shootout win over archrivals Japan 6-5 at the Asian Cup at Jaka Baring Stadium in Palengbang, Indonesia, on July 28.

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Tachibana, Takeda win World Grand Prix duet

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Miho Takeda (L) and Miya Tachibana are about to jump into the pool at the synchronized swimming World Grand Prix meet Yokohama International swimming pool on Sept. 18. Tachibana and Takeda, who won the duet silver at the Athens Olympics, took advantage of the absence of their Russian archrivals to win the duet final at the meet.

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(4)Japan takes silver in team synchro swimming

ATHENS, Greece - Japanese synchronized swimmers are in action during their team competition at the Olympic Aquatic Center in Athens on Aug. 27. Once again they could not break past the Russians as they took the silver medal behind their archrivals.

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(5)Japan takes silver in team synchro swimming

ATHENS, Greece - Japanese synchronized swimmers give their performance during the team competition at the Olympic Aquatic Center in Athens on Aug. 27. They could not break past the Russians once again as they took the silver medal behind their archrivals.

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(3) Japan takes silver in team synchro swimming

ATHENS, Greece - Japanese synchronized swimmers are in action during their team competition at the Olympic Aquatic Center in Athens on Aug. 27. They could not break past the Russians once again as they took the silver medal behind their archrivals.

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(2) Japan takes silver in team synchro swimming

ATHENS, Greece - Japanese synchronized swimmers are action during the their team competition at the Athens Olympics on Aug. 27. They could not break past the Russians once again as they took the silver medal behind their archrivals.

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Japan beats S. Korea to book Olympic basketball berth

SENDAI, Japan - Japanese basketball team members rejoice after securing a place at this year's Athens Olympics by defeating archrivals South Korea 81-72 in the semifinals of the Asian women's basketball championships in Sendai on Jan. 18.

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Tachibana, Takeda win World Grand Prix duet

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Miho Takeda (L) and Miya Tachibana are about to jump into the pool at the synchronized swimming World Grand Prix meet Yokohama International swimming pool on Sept. 18. Tachibana and Takeda, who won the duet silver at the Athens Olympics, took advantage of the absence of their Russian archrivals to win the duet final at the meet. (Kyodo)

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10-man S. Korea beat Japan in shootout in playoff

PALENGBANG, Indonesia - Japan substitute Naotake Hanyu (fore) who failed in his penalty kick sinks on the field in grief as South Korea players celebrate their 6-5 penalty shootout win over archrivals Japan 6-5 at the Asian Cup at Jaka Baring Stadium in Palengbang, Indonesia, on July 28. (Kyodo)

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(2) Japan takes silver in team synchro swimming

ATHENS, Greece - Japanese synchronized swimmers are action during the their team competition at the Athens Olympics on Aug. 27. They could not break past the Russians once again as they took the silver medal behind their archrivals. (Kyodo)

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(5)Japan takes silver in team synchro swimming

ATHENS, Greece - Japanese synchronized swimmers give their performance during the team competition at the Olympic Aquatic Center in Athens on Aug. 27. They could not break past the Russians once again as they took the silver medal behind their archrivals. (Kyodo)

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(3) Japan takes silver in team synchro swimming

ATHENS, Greece - Japanese synchronized swimmers are in action during their team competition at the Olympic Aquatic Center in Athens on Aug. 27. They could not break past the Russians once again as they took the silver medal behind their archrivals. (Kyodo)

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(4)Japan takes silver in team synchro swimming

ATHENS, Greece - Japanese synchronized swimmers are in action during their team competition at the Olympic Aquatic Center in Athens on Aug. 27. Once again they could not break past the Russians as they took the silver medal behind their archrivals. (Kyodo)

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Japan beats S. Korea to book Olympic basketball berth

SENDAI, Japan - Japanese basketball team members rejoice after securing a place at this year's Athens Olympics by defeating archrivals South Korea 81-72 in the semifinals of the Asian women's basketball championships in Sendai on Jan. 18. (Kyodo)