Search - figure-skating

 
Menu
Search
 
November 22, 2024
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access
892 results
Sort by: Relevance Newest Oldest
After adjusting your search parameters, press Enter on your keyboard or click on the red magnifying glass to run your query again.
Japan Times
SPORTS
Jan 1, 2019

Top sports stories of 2018

The Japan Times newsroom selected the following sports stories as the most important of 2018.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 4, 2018

Parents at Chinese kindergarten ceremony horrified by pole-dancing act

Parents attending a ceremony at a kindergarten in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen on Monday were horrified when a scantily clad pole dancer took to the stage and proceeded with a well-oiled number in plain view of their children.
MORE SPORTS
Jul 19, 2018

JSF chief Tsuyoshi Aoki disappointed 2020 Olympics won't showcase swimming finals in prime time

The Japan Swimming Federation conceded defeat on Thursday in its effort to have the 2020 Tokyo Olympics swimming finals aired domestically in the evening.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 24, 2018

Abe expresses hope for peace treaty progress as he departs for summit with Putin

The Prime Minister left for Russia on Thursday to hold a meeting with the Russian president and attend an economic forum, with bilateral cooperation high on the agenda.
OLYMPICS
Feb 21, 2018

Who to watch for Day 13, Wednesday Feb. 21

9:30 a.m. Snowboard, men’s big air, preliminary round: Yuri Okubo and Hiroaki Kunitake take part in the new Winter Olympic event. The 17-year-old Okubo won the world junior championships last year. At a World Cup event last December, he finished a career-best second place. Kunitake, 16, won the national...
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 19, 2018

Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics Day 10: Team Japan skates to another gold

Getting a morale boost from Yuzuru Hanyu's dominance of men's figure skating, Nao Kodaira found the will to skate to an Olympic record time of  36.94, only 0.39 seconds ahead of the silver medal winner, Korea’s Lee Sang-hwa, who was trying to win her third straight Olympic gold in the event....
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 18, 2018

Who to watch on Monday, Day 11 of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics

10 a.m., Figure skating, Ice dance, short dance: Kana Muramoto and Chris Reed will perform in the pairs event for the first time at the Olympics. They competed for Japan, which finished fifth in the team competition earlier in this Olympics. Chris skated with his older sister Cathy at the 2014 Sochi...
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Feb 17, 2018

Seven-Eleven's latest creation captures the magic of the Winter Olympics

Everyone has Olympic fever thanks to the ongoing Pyeongchang Winter Games. Yet interest in Korean food — especially the popular dish dak-galbi — was on the rise in Japan well before the athletes got going.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 15, 2018

Who to watch on Friday, Day 8 of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics

10 a.m. Figure skating, men’s short program: Defending Olympic champion and world champion Yuzuru Hanyu takes part in his first competition since he injured his right ankle during an NHK Trophy practice last November. The 23-year-old star holds world records for most points in a short program (112.72),...
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 13, 2018

Who to watch on Wednesday, Day 6 of the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics

10 a.m. Figure skating, pairs short program: The pair of Miu Suzaki and Ryuichi Kihara will compete. Kihara competed at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, pairing with Narumi Takahashi, but has been competing with Suzaki since 2015.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 12, 2018

Japan takes fifth in team event as Canada secures gold

Japan settled for fifth place in the figure skating team event on Monday at Gangneung Ice Arena with a final score of 50 points.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 8, 2018

Olympic diplomacy: VIP seating plan a headache for Pyeongchang's opening party

The neighbors don't get along but you are still obliged to invite them all to the party. So where do they all sit?
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / ICE TIME
Feb 1, 2018

Return to roots helps Akane Hosoyamada realize an Olympic dream

"She is the one I trust the most."
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

Podcast

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

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
By Kathryn Wortley

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

SWCC keeps changing with keyword ‘new challenges’
SWCC keeps changing with keyword ‘new challenges’

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER