The three most popular and visible professional sports in Japan are baseball, J-League soccer and sumo. Other popular individual participatory sports, in some cases seasonal, include angling, volleyball, long-distance running, cycling, horse racing, motorsport, athletics, tennis, table tennis, badminton, bush-walking, trekking, mountaineering, ice skating, swimming, skiing, tennis, golf, kendo, kyudo, (archery), judo, boxing, rugby union, basketball, handball and pro wrestling (puroresu). A look at the medals tally of recent Olympics shows at the highest international level Japan is … [Read more...]