Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee, the 18-year-old who is already an early favorite to medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, has been diagnosed with leukemia. Ikee announced the news via Twitter on ...

TOKYO, Japan, April 2. THE Japan Swim kicked off in fine fashion today in Tokyo with some blazing fast efforts by those in assemblance. The meet is serving as part of Japan's Olympic qualification ...

TOKYO, Japan, April 7. DURING the penultimate day of Olympic qualifying at the Japan Swim in Tokyo, three finals featured top-five times in the world rankings this year. According to Swimming World ...

A French man’s attempt to swim across the Pacific Ocean may be over for now, but his campaign to warn the world about the dangers of plastic pollution in the ocean continues. Benoît “Ben” Lecomte ...

Ben Lecomte, a 50-year old Frenchman turned Texan, will slip into the water Sunday off the coast of Choshi, Japan, and start swimming. If all goes as planned, he won’t set foot on land for six months.

After a decade in the Bay Area teaching at Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics, it’s time for Kohei Asano to return to his native Japan. Much has changed since he arrived in fall of 2007. For one, he didn’t ...