PARIS--Years of efforts by the Japanese Fencing Federation to groom top-flight competitors, including enlisting coaches from France and Ukraine, paid off big at the Paris Olympics. Japanese ...

Japanese fencer Koki Kano didn't let a massive ... who claimed Japan's first gold medal ever in an Olympic fencing individual event. Kazuyasu Minobe and Masaru Yamada, who won team gold with ...

kendo (Japanese fencing), sumo, naginata (Japanese halberd) and kyudo (Japanese archery), which represent a broader element of Japanese culture.