Japan

Multiple Sports
Media

Sports streaming service DAZN will be offered as an add-on subscription channel on Amazon's Prime Video service around the world under a new distribution deal between the two companies
Skateboarding
Events

Rakuten Sports has announced the launch of Uprising Tokyo, a new international skateboarding event in the Japanese capital
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

Japan's revamped rugby union league, Rugby League One, has reported revenue of 3.3bn yen ($25m/€23m) and a surplus of 270m yen ($2m/€1.9m) in its first financial year. Sponsorship revenue generated 2.1bn
Golf
Sponsorship & Marketing

Taiga Semikawa, who finished his amateur career as the No.1 ranked amateur golfer in the world, has signed with the Sportfive agency for management and marketing representation as he turns professional
Olympic Games
Events

A report by Japan’s audit board has revealed that the cost of staging last year’s Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games has jumped to ¥1.7tn (€12.2bn/$12.9bn) – around 20 per cent more than the ¥1.423.8tn annou
Multi-sport
Finance & Law

Hironori Aoki, founder of Aoki Holdings, along with two other former executives today (Thursday) pleaded guilty to bribing a former member of the organising committee for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as…
Basketball
Finance & Law

American-Australian investment company Crest Sports and Entertainment will be the lead investor in a new $40m (€38m) Series C fundraising round by nascent Asian basketball league the East Asia Super L…
Olympic Games
Events

The ongoing corruption scandal surrounding the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has prompted the city of Sapporo and the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) to pause promotion of their bid to host the 2030 Winter Games
Olympic Games
Events

Naomichi Suzuki, governor of Japan’s Hokkaido prefecture, has admitted that the ongoing corruption scandal surrounding the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has had a negative impact on Sapporo’s bid to host the 203…
Football
Governance

Japanese football's J.League 1 is reported to be set to increase from 18 to 20 clubs, as part of major changes being considered to strengthen the top division
Horse Racing
Media

Horse racing organisation the Japan Racing Association (JRA) has announced it will begin providing a live streaming service for all races under its jurisdiction
Golf
Media

New media rights agreements have been agreed in Japan for PGA Tour golf following the shutdown yesterday of GolfTV, the Warner Bros
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU) and the top-tier Japan Rugby League One (JRLO) have teamed up with conglomerate Sony to establish a new marketing company
Basketball
Events

New pan-regional club basketball competition the East Asia Super League will run a five-day competition in Japan next March as it prepares for its first full season in 2023-24
Basketball
Fan Engagement

The B.League, operating body of the top two divisions of club basketball in Japan, has furthered its outreach efforts to international fans by launching an English-language website
Baseball
Industry Moves

Sadayuki Sakakibara has been appointed as the new commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), the sport’s top-tier competition in Japan.
Golf
Events

The world's two biggest men's golf tours, the DP World Tour and the PGA Tour, have agreed a new alliance with Japan's professional tour under which the top Japanese men's golfers each season can join the…
Football
Governance

The Japanese Football Association (JFA) has signed a renewed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the English Football Association (FA), with the new agreement to cover areas such as women’s football, g…