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Ai Fukuhara was crowned champion of the Women’s singles event on Sunday 23rd June at the 2013 Japan Open ITTF World Tour in Yokohama, the young Japanese player shone on home soil appearing to be on top of her game. Ai Fukuhara - Photo by: ITTF Facebook Page IT has been recognised that Ai...

Wow! What a World Tour, the 2013 Japan Open ITTF World Tour displayed an extreme amount of surprises making this one of the most unpredicted table tennis events ever! Seeds were dropping out left, right and center, for example Jun Mizutani, Wang Liqin and Koki Niwa all crashed out at the...

Remember the name 'Masato Shiono'! Today on the 22nd June, more unexpected results took place at the 2013 Japan Open ITTF World Tour making this the most unpredictable event of the year as Jun Mizutani, Wang Liqin and Koki Niwa were all eliminated at the quarter final stages. Masato Shiono -...

Today on the 21st June the number 1 seed of the 2013 Japan Open ITTF World Tour stumbled out of the Men's Singles first round to host nation's Masato Shiono. More unexpected wins took place throughout the first 2 rounds of the main draw. Chuang Chih Yuan - Photo by: ITTF Facebook Page The...

Hi guys, The 2013 Japan Open World Tour has now commenced! We can use this discussion as a means to display all the videos from youtube and other media sources from the China Open! Photo by ITTF Facebook Page Join in on TableTennisDaily's full Japan Open World Tour discussion here

2013 ITTF World Tour, Japan Open, Super Series 19 Jun 2013 - 23 Jun 2013, Yokohama, Japan The China Open World Tour has come to an end and now we all move onto the Japan Open which is the seventh World Tour of the year. The Japan Open will take place in the city of Yokohama from Wednesday 19th...

Today Thursday 16th May we saw one of the biggest upsets so far in the 2013 World Table Tennis Championships as Japans Kenta Matsudaira managed to defeat Chinas Ma Lin in five sets. Kenta Matsudaira - photo by International Table Tennis Federation Facebook Page This match was set to be...

The Japanese team have suffered the loss of two of their star players in the second day of the 2013 World Table Tennis Championships in Paris; the highest ranking player of their team Jun Mizutani was defeated in the first round of the men’s singles. Jun Mizutani - Photo by: Feng Li/Getty...

The semi-final of the 2013 Times Property World Team Classic on 30th March in Guangzhou was a close and intense battle between China and Japan and for the first time Japan were able to put a great amount of pressure on the indestructible Chinese Team. Japan’s team of Jun Mizutani, Koki Niwa...

The Chinese women’s team which consisted of DING Ning, LI Xiaoxia and WU Yang demonstrated their sheer class and talent at the Times Property World Team Classic final in the city of Guangzhou on the afternoon of Sunday 31st of March. It was to be a repeat of the 2012 London Olympics Women’s...

Hi All, I would like to know if anyone has an idea why the Xiom Vega Japan rubber is missing on the official Xiom Website.(it is www.xiomtt.com unless I am wrong). Cheers

2013 World Team Classic, 28 Mar 2013 - 31 Mar 2013, Guangzhou, China So far the 2013 season has been spectacular, with many great events such as the top Chinese clashing in world tours, China Trials, Japan Top 12, National Championships, Champions League and sensational table tennis shots. We...

The 2013 Japan's Top 12 was held last weekend from the 23rd and 24th February. The tournament had two stages: group phase and main draw. Let's use this discussion to display all the latest information and matches from the Japanese Top 12, 2013. Koki Niwa vs Chan Kazuhiro (Group Match) Jun...

Ai Fukuhara who has recently recovered from having elbow surgery has received her second National title after taking the title of Champion at the 2013 Japan National Championships. With the defending champion Maharu Yoshimura being defeated in the early rounds it was Kasumi Ishikawa who she...

Today on the 20th January 2013 18 year old Koki Niwa was crowned the Japan National Men's Singles Champion defeating compatriot Jun Mizutani in the final. The Japan National Championships Final saw Koki Niwa take on the title holder with a record win of five times National Champion Jun Mizutani...

Draw&Results Men Singles Doubles Junior Singles No Name No Name No Name 1st Koki Niwa 2nd Jun Mizutani 3rd Kenta Matudaira 3rd Hideotoshi Oya 1st Matsudaira Kenta/Koki Niwa 2nd Ryusuke Sakamoto/Hiromitsu Sakamoto 3rd Jun Mizutani/Seiya Kishikawa 3rd Taku Takakiwa/Kazuhiro...

Today, on the historic date of the 12/12/12 China become the World Junior Team Champions defeating Japan in the final hurdle. Lin Gaoyuan - Photo by: Remy Gros Results and Videos below: Final positions: 1. China 2. Japan 3. Korea 3. France 4. Chinese Taipei 5. Poland 6. Germany 7. Hong...

I just stumbled across a ball being auctioned from the London 2012 Olympics on their memorabilia website! :) Check it out here Photo by: memorabilia.london2012.com Theres 9 days to go. An official ball used in the Women's Team Table Tennis semifinals match 1 between Singapore and Japan at the...

China captured their third gold medal at the London 2012 Olympics yesterday on the 7th August 2012 overcoming Japan! For Japan it was an honour to receive a silver medal as this was Japan's first time at any Olympic Games. China's trio of Ding Ning, Li Xiaoxia and Guo Yue defeated Japan's...