For only the second time since 1992, a country besides China has claimed gold in an Olympic table tennis event. Japan's Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito interrupted China’s decades-long run of dominance in ...

Ito Mima of Japan serves during the women's singles 3rd place final between Ito Mima of Japan and Han Ying of Germany at the 2020 ITTF women's world cup in Weihai, east China's Shandong Province, Nov.

TOKYO－Japanese table tennis star Mima Ito said she's ready to play without fans at the Tokyo Olympics, as long as it means the Games can go ahead. Organizers of the virus-postponed 2020 Games, denying ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s dynamic duo of Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito narrowly defeated long-invincible Chinese pair Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen to give the host country their first Olympic table tennis gold in ...

Japan's Mima Ito advanced to the women’s singles fourth round of the World Table Tennis Championships after overcoming compatriot Saki Shibata in a seven-game match in Houston. Tokyo 2020 Olympic ...

TOKYO — Yu Mingyu's quest for an Olympic medal in the table tennis women's singles event ended on Thursday (Jul 29) evening, after the Singaporean went down to Japan's Mima Ito in the bronze medal ...

July 14 (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 ...

TOKYO, July 25 (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 ...