An increasing number of public junior high schools in Japan are abolishing swimming lessons and replacing them with classroom lectures due to aging pool facilities and growing concerns about ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan (Aug. 26, 2019) -- When twins Olivia and Allison Freyer, 5, started their pre-K swim lessons earlier this summer, they were afraid to put their faces in the water. By their second ...

Daichi Suzuki stunned the world when he beat the USA’s David Berkoff at the 1988 Olympic Games in the 100-meter backstroke. While Hall of Famer, David Berkoff is widely credited with “inventing” ...

A professional swimmer set off on Tuesday to swim from Japan to San Francisco.Ben Lecomte wants to become the first person to swim across the Pacific Ocean. Lecomte, 50, left from northeast of Tokyo ...

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.