Japan received its first gold medal in table tennis mixed doubles as the host country’s team smashed China’s winning streak. A surprising turn of events: Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito bested China’s Xu ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese medal favourite Mima Ito outplayed her Portuguese rival on Tuesday to move into the final 16 of the Olympic women's singles table tennis competition. The world number two, ...

TOKYO (AP) — The host country knocked off a heavyweight for Olympic gold in table tennis on Monday. Japanese pair Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito ended China's recent dominance in the sport by beating Xu ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -China's Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen and Japan's Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito won their mixed doubles semi-finals on Sunday to reach the event's first Olympic final. World number two Xu, 31, ...

Japan's Mizutani Jun and Ito Mima rallied after losing the first two sets to China's Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen, taking the next three sets by close margins (11-8, 11-9, 11-9) to move one set away from the ...

SINGAPORE – Singapore’s Zeng Jian registered the biggest win of her career when she stunned Japan’s world No. 9 Mima Ito 3-2 (6-11, 12-10, 5-11, 14-12, 11-9) in the round of 32 at the World Table ...

(Reuters) – Japan’s Mima Ito is not intimidated by China’s formidable table tennis reputation in Olympics and the 15-year-old paddler will head to next month’s Rio Games determined to make her mark.

So let's start with the outlier, as Japan won mixed doubles behind Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito, winners of three other medals on home soil. China won the first two sets in the best-of-seven series but ...

TAIPEI (AFP) – Twelve-year-old Japanese table tennis prodigy Mima Ito has set her sights on challenging China's hegemony at the next Olympics after once again wowing audiences in Taiwan. Ito won the ...