When you picture cheerleaders, visions of high school, ponytails and movies like Bring It On probably come to mind. However, in Japan, a dazzling cheerleading troupe called Japan Pom Pom is entirely ...

Cheering is frowned upon at the virus-postponed Olympics, but training continues at a Tokyo gym for an energetic squad of cheerleaders whose average age is 70. To the beat of Taylor Swift"s "Shake It ...

Satoi Mochizuki, 32, laughs with his teammates of Cheer Re-Man's, an all-male cheer-leading team of active businessmen, as they practice for their upcoming performance in Tokyo, Japan, March 16, 2025.

It is a cold, wet morning and frigid air is seeping through the open doors of a college gymnasium in Tokyo. But that does not seem to worry Soichiro Kakimoto and 30 other young businessmen as they ...

(SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) 89-YEAR-OLD FOUNDER OF "JAPAN POM POM", FUMIE TAKINO, SAYING: "I often hear people say they're too old (to start something,) but it doesn't matter how old you are. If someone ...