The Japan, Taekwondo and Tokyo share multiple design traits. The first were originally made for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, with ...

Children’s shoes were disappearing in droves from a local kindergarten — and it worried parents and teachers so much that the police were called. At the scene of the crime, in southwest Japan ...

Major Japanese sporting goods maker Asics unveiled a new model of running shoes in Tokyo last month. The unique feature is that it's recyclable. It took three years and seven months to develop the ...

At $350 USD, the updated classic is offered in untreated full-grain leather sourced from a local Japanese tannery.

Top Japanese sprinter Yoshihide Kiryu scoffed when he first saw Asics Corp.'s spikeless track shoes, featuring a honeycombed carbon fiber outer sole, eschewing metal spikes. “Did you really ...