Tokyo, March 24 (Jiji Press)--Morinari Watanabe said Monday his bid for the president of the International Olympic Committee was meaningful albeit unsuccessful. "There was a world that I was able ...

Watanabe was elected FIG president in 2016 after serving as managing director of the Japan Gymnastics Association and in other stints. He is currently the only one Japanese to lead an ...

Toshizo “Tom” Watanabe ’73 has given his alma mater $10 million for a scholarship program that will allow undergraduate and graduate students from Japan to attend Brandeis. This is the largest single ...

Morinari Watanabe said Monday that his bid to be president ... Meanwhile, he showed concern over a possible decline in Japan's influence over the IOC after 2029, when he is set to retire from ...

National Basketball Association player Yuta Watanabe announced April 20 he will return to Japan next year to play in the professional B. League. Watanabe, 29, played for the Memphis Grizzlies ...

The Toshizo Watanabe International Scholarship Program (TWISP) provides undergraduate and graduate students from Japan with opportunities to study at Brandeis University on full-tuition scholarships.

After a tumultuous year with the Suns and Grizzlies, Watanabe will return to his native Japan to continue his basketball career. The six-year NBA veteran announced his decision in a video streamed ...

Costa Navarino, Greece, March 20 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Morinari Watanabe on Thursday failed in his bid to become the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee, with the position going ...

Mixed doubles shuttlers Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei kept alive their hopes of reaching the last four of the World Tour Finals with a stunning win over Japan's world No. 2 Yuta Watanabe-Arisa Higashino.

The official website for Lazarus (Lazaro in Japanese), the new original anime for Toonami with Shinichirō Watanabe (Cowboy ... show's April 6 debut on TV in Japan. The series will air on TV ...