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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 5, 2021

Rakuten soars after winning contract for next-generation network

The e-commerce behemoth shook up Japan's wireless market in 2020, and now they'll sell the know-how overseas.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 4, 2021

Japan wins thriller over Belgium to move into women's basketball semis for the first time

Saki Hayashi was the hero on the day, sinking a clutch 3-pointer with just 15 seconds left in the fourth quarter to put Japan ahead for good.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 4, 2021

After loss to Spain, Japan still wondering how to close gap with world soccer powers

In the end it was Real Madrid star Marco Asensio's game-winning goal that stood out the most when contrasted with Japan's failure to capitalize on any of its chances in the penalty area.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 4, 2021

Sweden's Madelene Sagstrom takes one-shot lead as women's golf tees off

Japanese golfers Nasa Hataoka and Mone Inami both shot opening-round 70s to sit four shots off the pace.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 3, 2021

Make it a double: Jamaica's Thompson-Herah wins women's 200-meter final

Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah completed a second successive Olympic sprint double when she won the 200-meter gold medal in a blistering 21.53 seconds on Tuesday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 3, 2021

Australian athletes damage rooms, while mascots vanish and reappear

The athletes had damaged beds and put a hole in a wall, but no disciplinary action will be taken after they apologized, the Australian team's chief said.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 2, 2021

Japan’s women’s basketball team drains 19 3-pointers in 102-83 win over Nigeria

The Akatsuki Five will now advance to the quarterfinals for the second consecutive Summer Olympics.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 31, 2021

Xander Schauffele clings to gold medal position in Olympic golf as Hideki Matsuyama lurks

Matsuyama drained a clutch putt for par on 18 to finish with a four-under 67, keeping him a stroke off the pace heading into the final round.
Japan Times
CARTOONS / DAHL'S JAPAN
Jul 31, 2021

Roger Dahl on athletes' ambitions at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 31, 2021

The risk of vote-splitting makes casinos more likely in Yokohama

Press outlets begin to speculate on the true intentions of the Yokohama mayoral race's many independent candidates.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 31, 2021

Delta variant as contagious as chickenpox, warns U.S. health authority

The Centers for Disease Control recommends a return to universal wearing of face masks to reduce transmission.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 30, 2021

Tennis chief says sport needs to do more for players' mental health

Tennis governing bodies take mental health issues extremely seriously but are aware that more needs to be done to support players in that area, David Haggerty said.
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
OLYMPICS
Jul 29, 2021

Gone in 60 seconds: Olympic dreams dashed for Japan's Sae Hatakeyama after crash

Hatakeyama's exit will prove to be particularly painful for hometown fans, who also saw her male counterpart fail to qualify for the semifinals.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 28, 2021

Seeing's not believing — how doping has tainted athletics

Advances have tilted the balance back toward clean athletes but it is a never-ending war, with each Olympics merely the highest-profile battleground.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 27, 2021

U.S. Olympic gymnast Simone Biles out of team event, can still get medal

The International Gymnastics Federation confirmed she would play no further part in the team event
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 27, 2021

Chloe Dygert seeks cycling gold 10 months after horror crash

Had it not been for her horrific crash at the world championships at Imola 10 months ago, the obvious question ahead of Wednesday's women's Olympic cycling time trial would have been who will come second behind American Chloe Dygert.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 26, 2021

How to watch the Olympics if you’re in Japan (without a TV)

With rights distributed to different broadcasters across the world, finding an easy way to follow along with the TV coverage of the Olympics can be a tricky business, especially if you don’t have a television.
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

Dutch Olympic rowing team agrees to isolation after positive COVID-19 tests

An athlete, a coach and a staff member have all tested positive, and World Rowing and Games organizers have accepted requests from some delegations to isolate the squad.
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 24, 2021

Japanese gold medal hopeful Daiya Seto misses 400-meter medley final

The 27-year-old Seto, the world champion and top ranked in the event, was the bronze medallist in Rio five years ago.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 23, 2021

You read it here first (maybe): Who will light the Olympic cauldron

Some surprising names have been mentioned as leading candidates to perform one of the highest honors in sport.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
MUFG fires worker over ¥2 billion theft from clients’ safe deposit boxes
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is investigating the incident and consulting with the police.
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
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.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
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.

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