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Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 29, 2021

Japan's basketball team on the ropes after lopsided loss to Slovenia

Now Japan needs to defeat Argentina, the 2004 Olympic gold medalists, in their final Group B game on Sunday in order to give themselves a chance of advancing to the knockout stage.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 29, 2021

Pole vaulters Sam Kendricks and German Chiaraviglio contract COVID-19, sending chill through Games

Kendricks, a double world champion, has been ruled out of the Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19, leading to members of the Australian team being put into isolation on Thursday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language
Jul 29, 2021

The many views of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony

Use Japanese words such as 'suki' or 'yoi' to tell people that you liked or didn't like the opening ceremony for this year's Olympics.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2021

Surprising stocks see windfall as Japan tops Olympic medal table

The nation's haul of 11 gold medals is lifting everything from real estate stocks to the shares of seafood vendors with the most tenuous of links to the medalists.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 27, 2021

Japanese surfer Kanoa Igarashi earns silver as Amuro Tsuzuki takes bronze on stormy day in Chiba

Kanoa Igarashi came up just short in his bid for gold in men's surfing, falling to Italo Ferreira in the gold-medal contest.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 27, 2021

Japan's women's basketball team off to flying start with 72-68 win over France

The hosts and the French squad went toe-to-toe — while employing completely different styles — throughout a seesaw affair that saw 17 lead changes.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 27, 2021

Japan women shock undefeated U.S. in Olympic 3x3 basketball pool round

The U.S. team, which has already secured its spot in the semifinals on Wednesday, is packed with WNBA players.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 27, 2021

Who can fill the track void left by Usain Bolt's retirement?

The two 2020 athletes of the year were Swedish pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis and Venezuelan triple jumper Yulimar Rojas, but their names remain largely unknown to the general public.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 26, 2021

Japanese men grab silver in gymnastics team competition

While Japan briefly moved into first place, ROC athlete Nikita Nagornyy did just enough in his final floor routine to give his team the gold.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 26, 2021

Olympic champion at 13: Momiji Nishiya becomes Japan's youngest gold medalist

Many sports including skateboarding are children's games at their cores, you just don't always see kids rising up quite like this on the world stage.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 26, 2021

'Sooo sick': Japan skate champ wins fans as TV commentator

Ryo Sejiri, a TV commentator for NHK, was in his element, giving the kind of move-by-move analysis that's all too common in sports, but with his distinctive flair.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 26, 2021

Australia's Ariarne Titmus tops American star Katie Ledecky

The American was 0.66 seconds ahead at the halfway point but Titmus grabbed the lead at the 350-meter mark and never looked back.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 26, 2021

German gymnasts opt for full-body suits to promote freedom of choice

The move is aimed at countering the sexualization of the sport, and the athletes are hoping the trend catches on.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 26, 2021

A surfer's biggest challenge? Picking the perfect wave

The waves in Chiba are getting bigger and more powerful by the day, but finding the right one on which to surf into gold medal contention is proving to be the biggest challenge.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 26, 2021

Olympic medalists allowed to remove masks for 30 seconds on podium

The relaxed 'playbook' protocols took effect Sunday and 'will continue to be put into practice in all venues over the coming days.'
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 25, 2021

Japan's Yui Ohashi swims to gold in women's 400-meter individual medley

Yui Ohashi was coming off a 40th place finish at the national championships and thought about giving up swimming altogether in 2015. Now she's an Olympic champion.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 25, 2021

IOC would back schedule changes at Tokyo Games if needed due to heat

High humidity has added to discomfort, and athletes have failed to find much relief from ice bags and hoses blowing cool air.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 25, 2021

In U.S., the Tokyo Olympics opening drew 16.7 million TV viewers — a 33-year low

NBC's audience declined 37% from 2016, when 26.5 million people watched the Rio de Janeiro opener, and 59% from 2012, when 40.7 million people watched the London ceremony.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 25, 2021

Fellow tennis stars happy to see Naomi Osaka light cauldron during opening ceremony

“It cannot be better for our sport, you are representing yourself, your country but also your sport,' said men's No. 1 Novak Djokovic.'
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 24, 2021

Tennis players struggle under Tokyo's scorching summer sun

The 'mild and sunny weather' Tokyo's bid for the Summer Olympics promised in 2013 was nowhere to be seen on the first day of the Olympic tennis competition.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2021

IOC's Bach draws ire in Japan over long opening ceremony speech

Olympic boss Thomas Bach spoke for 13 minutes, about twice as long as his Japanese female host, Seiko Hashimoto, prompting a flood of criticism on social media.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 24, 2021

China blasts NBC for using ‘incomplete’ map on Olympic broadcast

The condemnation came a day after an announcer for public broadcaster NHK raised eyebrows by referring to the Taiwanese team as 'Taiwan' rather than 'Chinese Taipei.'
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 24, 2021

Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine suspended and sent home for withdrawing to avoid Israeli

Nourine's withdrawal was 'in total opposition to the philosophy of the International Judo Federation,' the federation said.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 24, 2021

South Korean TV network apologizes over Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony broadcast

Broadcaster MBC used images of pizza to describe Italy, upheaval for Haiti and Chernobyl for Ukraine when athletes from those countries entered the stadium for the opening ceremony.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 23, 2021

As the Games begin, how is Japan dealing with COVID-19?

Although Japan is catching up to Western nations in the vaccine rollout, the more contagious delta variant and increased foot traffic is being blamed for driving up the number of new cases.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Totopa in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward was picked by consultants TTNE as the best sauna of the year.
Japan’s sauna movement: Relax, refresh, repeat
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