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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

(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.

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 ...

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 ...

Mima Ito, seen in action during a tournament in Shanghai, on May 24, 2012. Twelve-year-old Japanese table tennis prodigy has set her sights on challenging China's hegemony at the next Olympics after ...

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 ...