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Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2021

With eye on gold, Japan women's basketball team looks to avenge first loss to U.S.

The previous best Olympic finish for the Japanese women's team, which now sits at No. 10 in the world, was fifth at the 1976 Montreal Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2021

American Nelly Korda takes gold in women's golf; Japan's Mone Inami in playoff for silver

Japan's Mone Inami came up a stroke short in her bid to win gold on home soil, finishing a shot back of world No. 1 Nelly Korda of the U.S. in the final round of the women's golf tournament on Saturday at Kasumigaseki Country Club.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2021

Relay controversy key to Belarusian sprinter's defection

Some athletes say Tsimanouskaya's objection to running in the 4x400-meter relay without having trained for the distance was legitimate.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2021

Fair way: Women slowly become more welcome at Tokyo Olympic golf venue

At the moment, there are just a dozen women among the 1,200 full members at the Kasumigaseki Country Club.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Aug 7, 2021

Let them eat pancakes: A new film looks at Yoshihide Suga's brand of politicking

Producer Mitsunobu Kawamura hopes that a new political documentary, 'Tasting the Pancake for Poison,' will entice younger voters to take part in the upcoming election.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2021

Day 14 recap: Sun bakes volleyball sands as Belarus feels IOC heat

Italy scorch field in 4x100-meter final to win an unprecedented fifth Olympic track and field gold.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2021

What to watch on Day 15 of the Tokyo Olympics

Samurai Japan will look to give the baseball-mad country its first Olympic gold in the sport, while one of Japan's flagbearers finally gets her chance to leave another mark on the Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 6, 2021

Olympics post-final beer run puts Aussie hockey players in hot water

Australia rugby also on the hook for return-flight rowdiness and damage to the athletes village.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 6, 2021

Mexico shatters Japan's hopes of soccer bronze with 3-1 thrashing

Mexico dominated Japan in the men's soccer bronze-medal game on Friday night, ending the host nation's hope of a first Olympic medal in 53 years with a 3-1 win at Saitama Stadium.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2021

Polish ambassador hopes case of Belarusian sprinter raises human rights awareness

Tokyo-based Ambassador Pawel Milewski stressed that both Poland and Japan went to great lengths to protect the athlete, fearing that sending her home could put her in danger.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2021

'We're expendable': Japan's nurses speak from COVID-19's front line

Each has a different story to tell, but it is common to hear distressing stories that collectively demonstrated how the pandemic has upended virtually every aspect of their lives.
Japan Times
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Aug 6, 2021

Kansai looks to lessons from Olympics for own international events

Political and business leaders are likely to focus on the good and bad points of Tokyo's experience as they look ahead to the World Masters Games Kansai and the 2025 World Expo.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 6, 2021

American Nelly Korda closes in on gold as India's Aditi Ashok eyes surprise medal

Japan's Mone Inami sits five shots off the pace in a four-way tie for third.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Aug 6, 2021

Stand with the people of Myanmar

ASEAN must be reminded that its credibility depends on how it deals with Myanmar's coup. Otherwise it could be seen as an enabler of authoritarianism.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 6, 2021

Silver lining: Japan’s Kiyou Shimizu grateful to have competed in karate's Olympic debut

The Osaka native said that she was grateful that the sport's profile was raised through the Games and that it was a privilege to be able to perform at Nippon Budokan.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 6, 2021

Japan's men's table tennis team tops South Korea for Olympic bronze

Japan's trio of Jun Mizutani, Koki Niwa and Tomokazu Harimoto clinched bronze in the men's team event on Friday after a 3-1 win over South Korea.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 6, 2021

GoFundMe Olympics: Equestrians hustle to survive in the Games' most expensive sport

The Olympic organizers pay to fly in the hundreds of horses competing in the Games, but it's up to the athletes to cough up other expenses for the horses.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 6, 2021

Okinawa native Ryo Kiyuna mesmerizes in men's kata contest

Japan's Ryo Kiyuna looks set to collect gold on Friday as he dominated the men's kata competition with lofty scores that were a cut above the rest.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Aug 6, 2021

Week 2 at the Tokyo Olympics: A marathon in the heat

We take a look back at the second week of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2021

Singapore ready to cash in on Southeast Asia's esports boom

The tiny city-state is emerging as a force in hosting events related to mobile and video games, and is cultivating itself as a hub for the industry.
Japan investigating Amazon for allegedly bullying other businesses
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon warehouse
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Japanese man broke into 1,000 homes to 'relieve stress'
Fukuoka Prefectural Police Headquarters in Fukuoka. Police took a 37-year-old man into custody on Monday on suspicion of trespassing on a property in Dazaifu City.
Wild boar injures six at Himeji child care facility
Hyogo Prefectural Police headquarters. A wild boar attacked children and staff at a child care facility in the prefecture on Tuesday.
Russia says it will respond if U.S. places missiles in Japan
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova at a news conference in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, in June
‘What Divides Us’ producer honors grandfather’s Hiroshima reportage
“What Divides Us" producer Cannon Hersey says his grandfather, who wrote about the aftermath of nuclear destruction in Hiroshima, never spoke about what he had seen while working with Japanese minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto to preserve the stories of survivors.
DPP’s Tamaki leverages new position with energy proposal
DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki in Tokyo on Tuesday
Bluesky is booming in Japan — mainly for reasons other than U.S. politics
According to Similarweb, average monthly user numbers for Bluesky on Android in Japan quintupled in the 12 months to October.
China defense minister being investigated for corruption, report says
Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun attends the opening ceremony of the Xiangshan Forum at the Beijing International Convention Center on Sept. 13. Dong is the third consecutive incumbent or former defense chief to be probed over alleged corruption.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.

Podcast

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

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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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