Think of cheerleaders, and the usual image that springs to mind is that of pom-pom-wielding young women pulling off acrobatic flips and spins in colourful costumes. However, in Japan, an entirely new ...

TOKYO, May 5 (Reuters) - Pompoms rustle and silver shoes flash as "Japan Pom Pom" practices, moving to a lively cheer dance beat. With members ages 60 to 89, they're no ordinary squad. But don't you ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -It's a cold, wet morning and frigid air is seeping through the open doors of a college gymnasium in Tokyo. But that doesn't seem to worry Soichiro Kakimoto and 30 other young ...

For the third consecutive year, the Chuo University Song Leading Club (nicknamed the Garnet Girls, or GG) won the POM Section (University Teams) of the All Japan Cheer Dance Championships. Moreover, ...

Softbank’s Pepper and Boston Dynamic’s Spot cheer on the Hawks in Fukuoka’s PayPal Dome. Screenshot/Softbank With fans still unable to cheer on their favorite teams from inside the stadium, Japanese ...

Japanese 'salarymen' inspire with cheerleading acrobatics Members of Cheer Re-Man's, an all-male cheer-leading team of active businessmen, performing at "Cheer Up Japan" in Tokyo. - Reuters TOKYO: ...