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JAPAN
Jan 16, 2009

Support cracks 70% in survey on running a Tokyo-hosted Olympics in 2016

A survey shows that more than 70 percent of the public wants Tokyo to host the 2016 Olympics, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2008

Artist puts a happy face on Olympics

Pictured on umbrellas paraded at the event, the happy faces of more than 1,000 children from around the world adorned Friday's opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics at the Beijing National Stadium, otherwise known as the Bird's Nest.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jul 26, 2008

Darvish poised for spotlight at Olympics

Cuba beat Japan 4-0 in the final of the 2004 World Junior Baseball Championships, resulting in the Japanese starter that day ending the tournament 0-1 with a 7.11 ERA.
Reader Mail
Jul 24, 2008

Critical spirit at the Olympics

Academic and former Australian diplomat Gregory Clark has done a fine job over the years of exposing the shallow historical contrivances of Japanese rightwingers, including the notion that comfort women were volunteers and that the 1937 Nanjing Massacre was just the invention of Chinese propagandists....
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2008

Tokyo makes final round for Olympics

Tokyo has been picked as one of the four candidate cities to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, receiving the top rating in the preliminary selection round, the International Olympic Committee announced Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2006

Tokyo, Fukuoka apply for '16 Olympics

is all smiles Friday with Tsunekazu Takeda, chairman of the Japanese Olympic Committee, at the JOC secretariat in Shibuya Ward as he submits the capital's proposal to host the 2016 Olympic Games. KYODO PHOTO
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Apr 29, 2006

Tokyo enters race for 2016 Summer Olympics

Tokyo presented its formal proposal Friday to the Japanese Olympic Committee in a bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.
OLYMPICS
Jan 31, 2006

Blogs by Olympics participants to be banned

The Japanese Olympic Committee is telling athletes competing at the Turin Winter Olympic Games not to open web logs because the Olympic Charter bans athletes' journalist activities when the games are on, and violators will be disqualified.
JAPAN
Oct 15, 2005

Ishihara names Olympics panelists

Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara on Friday announced the members of a metropolitan government panel set up to discuss ideas for the city's bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.
OLYMPICS
May 25, 2005

Japan aiming for five medals in Turin Winter Olympics

The newly appointed head of Japan's delegation for next year's Winter Olympics, Kenichi Chizuka, said Tuesday that winning five medals is an attainable goal for the country's athletes at the Turin Games.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Aug 14, 2004

Optimists head out to sea, next Olympics in view

You must forgive the fact I am not straying far from the ocean side this summer, but interesting people just keeping falling into my lap within kilometers of my home. Take this week, for example. . . .
BUSINESS
Jun 5, 2004

Olympics buying boom anticipated

The Athens Olympic Games are likely to create 885.7 billion yen worth of demand in the Japanese economy by inducing purchases of such goods and services as digital flat-panel TVs, Dentsu Inc. said Friday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 9, 2004

Olympics green light for Nagashima

Shigeo Nagashima, who has been hospitalized since last Thursday after suffering a stroke, will manage Japan's baseball team as scheduled at this summer's Athens Olympics, a Japanese baseball official said Monday.
OLYMPICS
Sep 16, 2000

Fire and glory open 2000 Olympics

SYDNEY-- Carrying the hopes of her nation both in sport and racial reconciliation, 400-meter world champion Cathy Freeman ran a guard of honor the length of the stadium before lowering the Olympic torch into a pool of water Friday to light a submerged cauldron to open the biggest and last Olympic Games...
JAPAN
May 10, 1999

Osaka touts guidelines for a greener Olympics

OSAKA -- As part of efforts to be named host city of the 2008 Summer Olympics, Osaka unveiled draft guidelines Monday for reducing environmental burdens from the large-scale event.
JAPAN
Jan 21, 1999

Osaka's Olympics bid outlays probed

As the bribery scandal smolders around the International Olympic Committee, the heat is increasing for Osaka Olympic officials over allocations of city funds to various Games-related functions, including meetings with IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch and payments to intermediaries for Osaka and various...
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Jun 22, 2023

Gamers to receive education about doping rules during Olympic Esports Week

WADA said last month that the Global Esport Federation (GEF) approached it about putting together an education program, a potential first step toward embracing the global anti-doping code.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jun 8, 2023

Tahitian Vahine Fierro boosts French hopes of Olympic medal in surfing

Host nation France's chances of a first Olympic medal in surfing got a massive boost with the qualification of Vahine Fierro, a Tahitian local among the best at riding the challenging tubes of Teahupo'o, the venue for the 2024 Games, on Tuesday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
May 24, 2023

'Hundreds of thousands' of free tickets pledged for Games opening ceremony

Athletes are set to sail down the river in a flotilla of 115 boats, the first time the opening ceremony for the Olympics has taken place outside of the athletics stadium.
Japan Times
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May 17, 2023

Former Japan volleyball star Tadayoshi Yokota dies at 75

The Kagawa Prefecture native was known for his powerful cross-court spikes, achieved with his 193-centimeter height.

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