LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — That ever-growing bench of Japanese snowboarders runs deep. Jumps very high, too. The country that has steadily been asserting mastery over the halfpipe took that show to the Winter Olympics big air contest Saturday night,

Kira Kimura stunned the top favourites to lead a Japanese one-two and claim men's snowboarding big air gold on Saturday at the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics. Kimura scored a total of 179.

Nozomi Maruyama captured Japan's first medal of the Milan Cortina Winter Games on Saturday, taking bronze in the women's s

• Medal winners: Italy’s Francesca Lollobrigida broke a women’s speed skating record in front of the home crowd, Swiss skier Franjo von Allmen won Milan Cortina’s first gold medal, and Japan’s Kira Kimura wowed the judges in the snowboard big air competition.

Japan have set their sights on a new Winter Games medals record at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics, hoping to top the 18 medals collected in Beijing four years ago, team leader Hidehito Ito says.

The 4th Marine Division and the Army's 7th Infantry Division landed on several islands within the atoll. Four days later, they had killed more than 8,000 Japanese defenders at a cost of 372 American dead.

Japan, a nation known for Olympic success, has never won a shooting medal. This is due to extremely strict gun laws. Civilians face immense difficulty obtaining gun licenses. Even coaches cannot handle athletes' firearms.

The 2026 Winter Olympics are underway. Here's a look at the full schedule for every event at the Milan Cortina Olympic Games, including how to watch.