Unlike previous Olympics, the Tokyo softball tournament is contested over just two rounds, a preliminary round-robin and the medal games. Both Australia and Japan will play the remaining four teams in ...

Softball returned to the Games for the first time since the Beijing Olympics in 2008. But it's not on the program for Paris in 2024. The six-team tournament featured defending Olympic champion Japan ...

Softball pitcher Yukiko ... was most likely the final Olympic game in her long career. But for younger players of the Japanese team, they also may never again play in an Olympics.

Akihiro Ono was wandering around the town of Tomioka in Fukushima Prefecture when the first Olympic ... of the Japanese team, said, “I’m glad that we were able to play softball in Fukushima.” ...

The first-of-its-kind event in the United States featured four Japan National Team softball legends, including Olympic and World ... able to see international play and a different type of softball ...