Feb 3, 2021
Naoya Inoue, Takashi Uchiyama and other current and former boxing stars will come together at Yoyogi National Gymnasium on Feb. 11 for an unprecedented charity fight card to show appreciation for the medical professionals who have been working hard during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The event has been named “Legend.”
In addition to the professional fighters, a couple of amateurs who have already secured berths for the Tokyo Olympics will also participate.
Organizers revealed six bouts for the event on Wednesday at a Tokyo hotel. Among them is a matchup of retired former triple-division champ Akira Yaegashi and WBA light flyweight title holder Hiroto Kyoguchi.
An “anti-infection” machine sprays disinfectant at the entrance of Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo in November. (Pool)
Reporters, athletes and spectators stood in front of an antiseptic-spray machine as an odorless mist softly stroked their faces and hands and possibly poisoned their bodies.
The push-button equipment was set up at the entrance of Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo in November, when an international gymnastics event was held.
Although the spray, released from four points, was intended to kill the novel coronavirus, it may have done more harm than good.
“Chemicals that are effective for viruses may also have an impact on people’s bodies,” said Itsuko Horiguchi, a professor of risk communication and public health at Tokyo University of Science. “Mist in the atmosphere could result in people ingesting chemicals without eliminating the dangers.”
Dec 21, 2020
The Eneos Sunflowers may have extended their All-Japan Championship title streak to eight straight, but that wasn’t the biggest news of the day.
What captured more attention was how they secured this latest Empress Cup while playing without star Ramu Tokashiki and a few other core players.
The team lost Tokashiki during the quarterfinals Wednesday, with the center/forward suffering an ACL tear an injury that may also have a major effect on the national team’s pursuit of gold at the Tokyo Olympics next summer.
The club, based in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, was already without key members such as Saki Hayashi and Kadysha Juna Umezawa. Both are also national team members and missing due to injuries.
Dec 20, 2020
The Eneos Sunflowers overcame the loss of their star player Ramu Tokashiki to successfully extend their title streak to eight at the annual single-elimination All-Japan Championship with an 87-80 win over the Toyota Antelopes at Tokyo’s Yoyogi National Gymnasium No. 2 on Sunday.
It was the 25th Empress’ Cup that the Sunflowers hoisted, the most of all time. With eight straight titles, the Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture-based club has also drawn even with Nichibo Hirano, whose record started in 1965, for the tournament’s longest championship streak.
It was an emotion victory for the Sunflowers, who competed without ace forward/center Tokashiki. The team announced on Saturday that the 29-year-old, considered a key part of Japan’s hopes of medaling at next year’s Tokyo Olympics, had torn her right ACL.
Dec 19, 2020
Ramu Tokashiki, the Japan women’s national basketball team’s top player, has a torn ACL in her right knee her team, Eneos Sunflowers, announced on Saturday.
The 193-cm center/forward suffered the injury during Eneos’ 78-59 win over the Fujitsu Red Wave in the quarterfinals of the All-Japan Championship at Yoyogi National Gymnasium No. 2 on Wednesday.
The 29-year-old Tokashiki is without question the nation’s best player and had been expected to be a key component of the national team at next summer’s Tokyo Olympics.
The injury deals a major blow to Japan’s chances of winning gold on home soil next year. The Akatsuki Five was already without another key player as Haneda Vickies point guard Nako Motohashi injured her ACL during a training camp in November.