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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.
Koki Kano celebrates after winning the gold-medal match over France's Yannick Borel in the men's epee event at the Paris Olympics on Sunday.
OLYMPICS / Fencing
Jul 29, 2024

Japan's Kano breaks French hearts in Olympic fencing final

Yannick Borel of France took silver and Mohamed Elsayed of Egypt was awarded bronze.
Brazil's Rayssa Leal listens to music as she competes in the women's street skateboarding final at the Paris Olympics on Sunday.
OLYMPICS / Skateboarding
Jul 29, 2024

Golden oldies? Teen medalists reach podium to '80s and '90s tunes

It was clear that Gen X had control of the playlist on Sunday in Paris, with artists from the 1980s and 1990s that included Tom Petty and Eurythmics.
French fans cheer on their team during an Olympic rugby sevens match on Sunday. Fans are back in force at the Games and providing a lively atmosphere for the competition after COVID-19 forced the Tokyo and Beijing Olympics to be mostly played without spectators.
OLYMPICS
Jul 29, 2024

The Olympic roar is back in Paris after two pandemic-hit Games

The sights and sounds of the Olympics have returned to normal this year, with fans able to attend the Games without restrictions for the first time since 2018.
Japan's Yuto Horigome competes in the Olympic men's street skateboarding final at La Concorde in Paris on Monday.
OLYMPICS / Skateboarding
Jul 30, 2024

Japan's 'savage' Horigome retains Olympic street skateboarding crown

His compatriot Sora Shirai just missed out on the medals, coming in fourth.
Team Japan celebrates after winning gold in the men's team gymnastics event at the Paris Olympics on Monday.
OLYMPICS / Gymnastics
Jul 30, 2024

Japan rallies past China to win gold in men's team gymnastics

Hashimoto completed the comeback in the team event with a golden performance on the horizontal barJapan passed China in the final rotation to win gold.
Novak Djokovic embraces Rafael Nadal at the net following their men's singles match at the Paris Olympics on Monday.
OLYMPICS / Tennis
Jul 30, 2024

Djokovic hopes 'unique' rivalry with Nadal continues

Novak Djokovic said he hoped he would get more chances to play Rafael Nadal after beating his old rival in the second round of the Olympics on Monday.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz eats with members of the German Olympic team at the athletes village on Saturday.
OLYMPICS
Jul 30, 2024

Some top Olympic athletes choose cardboard beds over king-size luxury

Star athletes are divided over whether it's better to be in the Olympic Village in Paris or at one of the city's finest hotels.
Luvsanbaldan Batsukh gets ready to leave his ger, or Mongolian tent, in Khishig-Undur in Bulgan province, Mongolia, on July 5.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jul 30, 2024

Mongolia's urban-rural divide deepens as young women leave the steppe

Many raised in a traditional nomadic lifestyle have rejected a life of physical labor and fighting the elements, seeking education and employment in Ulaanbaatar.
From left to right, Jordan Chiles, Hezly Rivera, Simone Biles, Jade Carey and Sunisa Lee celebrate after winning gold for the U.S. in the women's gymnastics team final at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday.
OLYMPICS / Gymnastics
Jul 31, 2024

Simone Biles leads U.S. women to team gold at Paris Olympics

Japan finished last in the final round.
Takanori Nagase celebrates after winning gold in the men's under-81 kg judo event at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday.
OLYMPICS / Judo
Jul 31, 2024

Japan's Takanori Nagase defends Olympic judo title

Before Paris, Nagase's form was uncertain as the 2015 world champion competed just eight times between his two Olympic titles.
Victor Wembanyama of France battles Japan's Josh Hawkinson (left) and Yuki Kawamura during France's overtime win over Japan at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday in Lille, France.
OLYMPICS / Basketball
Jul 31, 2024

France edges Japan in overtime in Olympic men's basketball after four-point play

The teams were neck-and-neck for nearly the entire four quarters at Pierre Mauroy Stadium.
Two people in Tokyo walk past a poster meant to evoke a cooling feeling the summer heat.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jul 31, 2024

Sunscreen bans, UV-cuts and the language of summer skincare in Japan

Get to know Japanese terms for products that will help you protect your skin in the scorching sun.
Teammates swarm Daiki Hashimoto after his gold medal-clinching performance on the horizontal bar on Monday.
OLYMPICS / Gymnastics
Jul 31, 2024

How Japan's gymnasts picked each other up and toppled China

With hope of a gold medal fading, the Japanese men's gymnastics team rallied around each other and simply refused to give up.
Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, speaks at a campaign rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota, on Saturday. Trump, in an interview broadcast Monday night, repeated his recent assertion that Christians will never have to vote again if they vote for him this November, and brushed aside multiple requests to walk back or clarify the statement.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 31, 2024

Trump again says Christians ‘won’t have to vote anymore’ if they vote for him

Such comment were especially striking given his attempts to overturn the 2020 election and his shattering of other democratic norms.
Hungary, which has increased its birth rate since 2010, has adopted policies that support those who want or have children, including financial incentives, housing subsidies and better work-life balance.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 31, 2024

Why do young people in Hungary want kids more than in Japan?

Marriage and birth rates are plummeting in Japan, while many young people in Hungary want families thanks to measures that support their choices in life and at work.
The front facade at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture. The stadium, widely regarded as the spiritual home of Japanese baseball, turns 100 on Thursday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 31, 2024

Koshien at 100: 'Sacred' dirt, the Hanshin Tigers and a storied high school tourney

For baseball fans across Japan, Koshien Stadium — which celebrates its 100th anniversary on Thursday — is more than just a ballpark. It's a cathedral.
Spain's Rafael Nadal waves goodbye after he and Carlos Alcaraz lost their men's doubles match on Wednesday at the Paris Olympics.
OLYMPICS / Tennis
Aug 1, 2024

Nadal says he may not return to Roland Garros after Olympic exit

Rafael Nadal admitted he may have played at Roland Garros for the final time after he and Carlos Alcaraz were dumped out of the Olympics men's doubles on Wednesday.
France's Leon Marchand competes in the final of the 200-meter breaststroke at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday.
OLYMPICS / Swimming
Aug 1, 2024

Magnifique: Magical Marchand sweeps to Olympic double

The 22-year-old bagged his first gold of the night in the 200 fly, and then showed incredible reserves of stamina to motor home in the 200 breaststroke.
Katie Ledecky with her first gold medal of the Paris Games and eight overall.
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2024

Ledecky admits it is 'not getting easier' after another Olympic masterclass

The 27-year-old was untouchable, surging home in an Olympic record and more than 10 seconds ahead of France's Anastasiia Kirpichnikova in second.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the media in New Delhi on June 7.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 1, 2024

India's state elections to test Modi after budget fails to aid swing voters

Despite talk of relief, the government has raised taxes on gains from retail investments, removed some real estate tax benefits and left income tax rates untouched.
Yuto Horigome defended his Olympic title in men's street skateboarding on Monday to continue Japan's dominant run in the event.
OLYMPICS / Skateboarding
Aug 1, 2024

Why Japan is so dominant in street skateboarding

Skateboarding has only been a part of the Olympics for two editions, but the sight of Japanese skaters on the podium in the street competition is already a familiar one.
Miu Hirano plays a shot against South Korea's Yubin Shin during their women's singles quarterfinal at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.
OLYMPICS / Table tennis
Aug 1, 2024

Miu Hirano's comeback bid falls short in quarterfinal round at Paris Games

Hirano had the crowd on her side but could not get past her opponent.
Canadian teen Summer McIntosh swims to Olympic gold in the women's 200-meter butterfly event on Thursday in Paris.
OLYMPICS / Swimming
Aug 2, 2024

Summer storm hits Paris as McIntosh claims second swimming gold

Three days after a dominant win in the 400-meter individual medley, the 17-year-old delivered another clinical swim that oozed with teenage exuberance.
Hideki Matsuyama in action during the first round of the Olympic men's golf tournament in Guyancourt, France, on Thursday.
OLYMPICS / Golf
Aug 2, 2024

Matsuyama leads Schauffele as golfers hail Olympic experience

Former Masters champion Matsuyama is looking to making the podium after missing out on a bronze medal in a playoff three years ago at the Tokyo Games.
Britain's Andy Murray says goodbye after he and teammate Dan Evans lost their men's doubles quarterfinal on Thursday.
OLYMPICS / Tennis
Aug 2, 2024

'Proud' Murray bows out of tennis with Paris Olympics defeat

The former world No. 1 and three-time Grand Slam title winner slipped into retirement at age 37 when he and Dan Evans lost in the men's doubles quarterfinals.
Algeria's Imane Khelif (left) punches Italy's Angela Carini in the women's 66-kg last 16 bout at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.
OLYMPICS / Boxing
Aug 2, 2024

Italian boxer quits bout, sparking furor over gender at Olympics

The issue has become the latest flashpoint in the politically charged debate over gender and fair play in sports.
Katie Ledecky competes in the women's 4x200-meter freestyle final at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.
OLYMPICS / Swimming
Aug 2, 2024

Ledecky takes medal record but Australia wins 4x200 free

Ledecky now has 13 medals — eight golds, four silvers and a bronze — across four Olympics.
Photographer Gaku Lange says Japan's film photography scene is growing, but it still lags behind overseas communities.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives
Aug 5, 2024

Looking at Japan’s ‘tribal’ photography scene through a new lens

More young people in Tokyo are ditching smartphones for film cameras, but the old guard isn't necessarily pleased about it.
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.

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