Japan and South Korea won their respective semi-finals in the Asian Handball Federation Asian Women's Handball Championship to set up an intriguing final against one another.

Defending champions South Korea and 2019 silver medallists Japan expectedly finished top of their groups at the Asian Women's Handball Championship in the capital of Jordan, Amman.

Brazil has emerged as the second bidder to replace Japan as the host nation for this year's FIFA Club World Cup.

Hosts Japan are among the sides through to the semi-finals at the Asian Men’s Volleyball Championship.

South Africa is hoping to replace Japan as hosts of this year's Club World Cup after the Olympic and Paralympic host country withdrew from staging the tournament because of COVID-19.

Spectators will be permitted to attend the Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Kitakyushu under current plans, just weeks after the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games were held largely behind closed doors.

The final World Rally Championship (WRC) event of the season will no longer take place in Japan this November because of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a new host to be announced.

Japanese pair Jun Matsuda and Yoshihisa Baba stunned Russians Boris Koltsov and Evgenii Izotov on their Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) World Cup of Darts debut in Jena.

FIFA is searching for a new venue for this year's Club World Cup after Japan confirmed it had withdrawn as hosts of the tournament due to COVID-19.

Japan is reportedly set to withdraw as hosts of this year's FIFA Club World Cup due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Japan's Chef de Mission for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games has hailed the host country's performance at the event after the nation produced its best medal result since Athens 2004.

The United States recovered from a five-point deficit in the fourth quarter to defeat Japan 64-60 to retain the men’s wheelchair basketball crown at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics here.

Nobuyuki Asai, the vice-president of the Japan Sambo Federation, has cast doubt on the country’s involvement at November’s World Sambo Championships, in comments made after the annual Japanese Sambo Championships.

The Russian Football Union (RFU) has been crowned champions of the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup after an impressive 5-2 victory over Japan in Moscow in Russia.