Kosuke Kitajima announced his retirement from the sport of swimming, following his fifth place finish in the 200 breaststroke at the 2016 Japanese Olympic Trials. The most decorated breaststroker of ...

CRANBURY, New Jersey, December 5. LAST week, just before the Asian Games started in Qatar, Norimasa Hirai made a bold prediction. Speaking of his Japanese pupil, Kosuke Kitajima, the veteran coach ...

The 32-year-old from Tokyo not ruling out competing at Rio Games in 2016 Ask anyone from the U.S. to name a famous swimmer and they will probably say Michael Phelps. But put the same question to ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Ken Kitajima, one of Camp Amache’s last survivors and an advocate, died at 91. As an adolescent, he spent around two years at the Amache camp near Granada — ...

This Saturday the world's eyes will be fixed on the Aquatics Centre, and particularly the showdown between Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte in the 400m individual medley final. If Phelps wins, he will ...

BARCELONA, SPAIN - JULY 30: Kosuke Kitajima of Japan prepares to compete during the the Swimming Men’s 50m Breaststroke Semifinal 1 on day eleven of the 15th FINA World Championships at Palau Sant ...

The Japanese photobook is often an art object in itself, merging text, image and design into a unified whole that is often breathtaking in its ambition. Perhaps the most celebrated example is Chizu ...

Ask anyone from the U.S. to name a famous swimmer and they will probably say Michael Phelps. But put the same question to someone in Japan and the name that trips off the tongue is Kosuke Kitajima.

The 32-year-old from Tokyo not ruling out competing at Rio Games in 2016 Ask anyone from the U.S. to name a famous swimmer and they will probably say Michael Phelps. But put the same question to ...