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Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Feb 25, 2022

Teshikaga Extreme Cold Art Festival: ‘A place created by gods and artists’

The annual event, which takes place in Japan's coldest onsen town, finds inspiration in the dramatic natural beauty of Hokkaido winters.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 19, 2022

Organizers scramble as weather disrupts penultimate day of Beijing Games

Team officials and organizers agreed to hold the event, which is only its second edition, on Sunday at 9 a.m. despite several teams being scheduled to fly home.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 15, 2022

Kamila Valieva argued grandfather's medication led to positive test

If Valieva finishes in the top three of the women's single event, the medal ceremony will not be held during the ongoing Winter Games in Beijing.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 15, 2022

Hosting the Olympics is costly. For China, it’s worth every billion.

For many cities, the Games make no economic sense. National pride and an enthusiasm for building transportation infrastructure change the equation for Beijing.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 10, 2022

U.K. police quiz Boris Johnson's staff as new 'party' photo emerges of PM with Champagne bottle

A police announcement that they would contact more than 50 people over gatherings at Downing Street is the latest setback for Johnson over what the media has dubbed 'partygate.'
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 10, 2022

Speedskating's one constant: Friction between China and South Korea

The rivalry between the two countries took another turn when South Korea's Hwang Dae-heon won the men's 1,500-meter race after a Chinese rival was disqualified.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 5, 2022

The top rivalries to watch at the Beijing Olympics

For every big-name athlete or team at the Beijing Games, there is someone standing in the way of victory.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 4, 2022

Beijing welcomes the world to controversial Winter Olympics

Although Beijing was able to begin its edition on schedule — unlike the troubled Tokyo Games — these Winter Olympics have also been marked by the impact of the pandemic.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 26, 2022

Ski jumping: Ryoyu Kobayashi ready to take giant leap for Japan

Kobayashi is bidding to become the first Japanese jumper to win gold on foreign snow.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jan 26, 2022

Winter Olympics to test China’s commitments to climate change

Beyond just proving that it can host a green event, China is also under pressure to show that it's able to employ technologies that can have a lasting impact beyond the Games.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jan 12, 2022

Novak Djokovic confirms error on Australian entry form

The world No. 1 men's player, who is seeking to win a record 21st tennis major at the Australian Open, said his lawyers had provided additional information to the government on Wednesday.
U.S. gymnastics superstar Simone Biles takes part in a training session in Le Bourget, France, on Monday.
OLYMPICS / Gymnastics
Jul 25, 2024

Biles targets 'redemption' as she reenters the spotlight at Paris Olympics

The U.S. gymnastics star is once again eyeing the top of the podium after she prioritized her mental health at the Tokyo Games.
Gold medalist Coco Yoshizawa and silver medalist Liz Akama celebrate after the women's skateboarding street competition at La Concorde in Paris on Sunday.
OLYMPICS / Skateboarding
Jul 28, 2024

Coco Yoshizawa skates to gold for Japan at Paris Olympics

Yoshizawa led after the preliminary round and threw down the highest-scoring trick of the afternoon to rally past teammate Liz Akama and win the gold medal.
Japan's Koki Kano (left) in action with Yannick Borel of France in the men's epee individual final on Sunday in Paris
OLYMPICS / Fencing
Jul 29, 2024

Koki Kano: A gymnast-turned-fencer — and now a two-time Olympic gold medalist

Koki Kano, who was training as a gymnast, found inspiration from watching Olympic fencing on TV as a young boy.
What would the Fuji Rock Festival have looked like if it had been an urban festival? Not like this, that's for sure.
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Aug 2, 2024

The Fuji Rock experience is as much about its natural setting as it is about music

Having attended every edition of Fuji Rock except one, Philip Brasor believes the concert's natural setting is one of its best draws.
The United States' 64-year unbeaten run in the men's 4x100-meter medley ended on Sunday as China swept to a seismic win.
OLYMPICS / Swimming
Aug 5, 2024

U.S. swimming on top again, but alarm bells sounding with LA looming

From Michael Phelps to Johnny Weissmuller, the U.S. has rolled out Olympic champions like a gold medal assembly line. But that production slowed at the Paris Games.
Japanese sprinter Abdul Hakim Sani Brown checks his time after the men's 100 meters semifinals on Sunday at the Paris Olympics in Saint-Denis, France.
OLYMPICS / Athletics
Aug 5, 2024

Sani Brown ran under 10 seconds in the men's 100. But in 2024, that’s just not enough.

Sani Brown's near-miss showed the high hurdles sprinters face to compete with an ultracompetitive field.
British Ambassador to Japan Julia Longbottom in Hiroshima on Tuesday
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 7, 2024

British envoy worried about Nagasaki's decision over not inviting Israel to ceremony

British Ambassador to Japan Julia Longbottom has expressed concern that her Israeli counterpart was not invited to a key Nagasaki ceremony.
Critics say excluding Israel from the Nagasaki bombing anniversary while inviting representatives from countries with human rights violations, such as Iran, which is pursuing its own nuclear weapons, undermines the ceremony's message of peace.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 7, 2024

Nagasaki bombing ceremony misses an important invitation: Israel's

Nagasaki’s Mayor Shiro Suzuki explicitly disinvited Israeli Ambassador to Japan Gilad Cohen to the 79th anniversary of the bombing of the city, citing security concerns.
The Nagasaki Municipal Government, which is hosting the city's annual peace ceremony, said it did not extend an invitation to the Israeli ambassador due to security concerns.
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2024

Nagasaki peace ceremony overshadowed by diplomatic wrangling

Ambassadors of Group of Seven countries are set to skip Friday’s ceremony after the city’s decision not to invite the Israeli envoy to Japan.
The Nagasaki peace ceremony on Friday at the city's Peace Park
JAPAN
Aug 9, 2024

Nagasaki marks 79 years since atomic bombing as top envoys pay respects in Tokyo

The ambassadors from the U.S., the U.K. and other Group of Seven nations skipped the Nagasaki ceremony due to Israel being left out.
A man makes his way along an earthquake-damaged street in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in January. With last week's tremors in Kyushu and the nature of the Nankai Trough, some experts believe that the omens of a disaster can be seen.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 11, 2024

Japan is living in the shadow of the megaquake

People tend to view the quake threat in the abstract. It’s kind of like thinking about death — I know I’ll die someday, but I hope it won’t be today.
France President Emmanuel Macron and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach before the closing ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics on Sunday.
OLYMPICS
Aug 13, 2024

Paris Olympics average 30.6 million U.S. viewers, a 82% bump from Tokyo

The BBC said the Games were streamed 218 million times on its platforms, more than doubling Tokyo's figures.
Following the Paris Olympics, two swimming pools, the climbing wall and the skateboard parks are set to be dug out and moved — most of them to the poverty-stricken Seine-Saint-Denis suburb northeast of Paris.
OLYMPICS
Aug 14, 2024

Olympics infrastructure and equipment heads for 'second life' post-Games

Over decades, the world's biggest sporting event has forged a reputation for monumental waste, but Paris organizers are hoping to change that.
Keiichi Kimura stands on the podium after winning the men's men's 50-meter freestyle S11 final at the Paris Paralympics on Saturday.
PARALYMPICS / Swimming
Sep 1, 2024

Keiichi Kimura swims to gold for Japan in 50-meter freestyle at Paralympics

Kimura captured Japan's second gold medal in Paris.
Maestro Seiji Ozawa (center) lays flowers at the cenotaph for atomic bomb victims at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in October 2005.
JAPAN / History / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Sep 9, 2024

Maestro Seiji Ozawa’s prayer for peace lives on in Hiroshima

His musical roots — and passion — can be traced back to the city where the first atomic bomb was detonated.
Passersby outside Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on July 29. A new analysis has found that Japan's extreme heat in July would have been "almost impossible" without climate change.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change / Boiling Point
Sep 4, 2024

Japan's record heat in July 'almost impossible' without climate change

Heavy rainfall that caused severe floods the same month was also exacerbated by global warming, according to a new analysis.
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.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Saitama court bans demonstrations over anti-Kurd hate speech
Kurdish people in Japan in 2015. A court injunction has banned acts that defame the Japan Kurdish Cultural Association and are disrespectful, such as putting up banner flags or handing out fliers with hate speech like “Refugees should go back to their home countries.”
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
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.
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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