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Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jul 18, 2019

The inclusivity of quidditch produces pure magic on the field

The players kneel at the ready, six to a side, staring down their opponents from across a verdant field.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Jan 5, 2019

Takehiko Nakamura: Kicking around the U.S. for a career in soccer

A U.S. education, says sports fan Nakamura, helped him score a goal in life.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 26, 2018

For Nigel Farage and a Brexit pollster, a world of gamblers and gambling

Behind the luxury hotels lining London's Park Lane, just across from a service entrance, Nigel Farage stood outside a squat office building streaked with soot. Britain's famous anti-European Union campaigner was flanked by a couple of minor sports celebrities and two young women in matching dresses who...
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 14, 2018

Japanese tech CEO behind popular 'Monster Strike' in search of new hit

Five years ago, Koki Kimura pulled off an unthinkable turnaround to save his company. Now, he's trying to do it again.
Japan Times
SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Jul 12, 2016

Time for the analytics crowd to take a chill pill and get a grip on reality

TSSSSSSSUP!
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Oct 6, 2015

Baseball legend Berra made unforgettable impression

One of the cool things about being an elder statesman (i.e. old coot) in the sports columnist/ TV announcer biz is that, over time, you get to conduct a ton of interviews with prominent figures in the toy department of life.
Japan Times
SPORTS
Oct 4, 2015

Biracial athletes making strides in changing Japanese society

This summer, a pair of young biracial Japanese athletes drew widespread attention, an indication that the nation's sports scene has entered a new era.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 24, 2013

A look back at when Tokyo was awarded 1964 Olympics

It's been more than 50 years since Tokyo was awarded the 1964 Summer Olympics, and it was done before several landmark events that shaped the second half of the 20th century.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / ANALYSIS
Jun 29, 2013

Tokyo 2020's chances looking good

The much-anticipated IOC 2020 Evaluation Commission Report, which was made public on Tuesday, shines the spotlight on the strengths and weaknesses of the three candidate cities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 13, 2006

Student athletes looking to win job-hunting race

Whether you are a university senior looking for your first "real job" or a company veteran looking for a change, the most important thing to include on your resume is a concise summary of specific skills you can provide, whether that be system engineering, knowledge of corporate law or a flair for foreign...
BASKETBALL
Mar 8, 2006

Kimura thinks outside the box as chairman of new hoop circuit

As the bj-league representative and president of Invoice inc., Ikuo Kimura draws a clear line from the conventional sports chairpeople and directors.
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Aug 23, 2001

Look, mum, what I got playing for my country

Maybe it was the passing of yet another birthday; maybe it was the fact that I had just become the proud father of a healthy son and heir but the last few weeks have seen me getting more and more nostalgic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Feb 5, 2023

The Winter Olympics have a climate problem. Could Sapporo be part of the solution?

Sapporo is touting a study showing that among all past hosts, it will be the most climate resilient as the planet warms. But residents are less than enthusiastic about hosting.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 27, 2022

A ‘landmark’ as women will coach against each other in men’s soccer

Data published by the U.S. Department of Education shows that only about 5% of all men's college teams are coached by women.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Aug 29, 2022

One year on, Tohoku searching for legacy of ‘reconstruction Olympics’

Disaster-hit areas had welcomed the Olympics as an opportunity to express gratitude for global support after the 2011 quake, but the Tokyo 2020 Games were heavily affected by the pandemic.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 20, 2022

FINA votes to effectively ban transgender swimmers from women's events

FINA's decision is the strictest by any Olympic sports body.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
May 3, 2022

Figure skating federation proposes raising minimum age to compete

The proposal seems to have broad support around the sport, which has increasingly become dominated by teenage girls capable of performing dazzling, acrobatic jumps.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 19, 2022

After a disturbing night, concern rises for teenage skaters

Would raising the minimum competition age save young athletes from abuse and humiliation?
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 14, 2022

In the Kamila Valieva story, echoes of a dark era of doping

Decades after East Germany gave steroids to its athletes and just a few years after Russia's doping program was exposed, the Olympic Games are again roiled by scandal.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS
Aug 23, 2021

2020 Tokyo Paralympics offer an opportunity for everyone to find their inner sportsperson

If the Olympics are typically celebrated for their athletic achievements, the Paralympics are no less deserving when it comes to the inspirational performances on display.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 13, 2021

LGBTQ stars grabbed spotlight at Olympics, but Japanese athletes remained hidden

If LGBTQ athletes at the Tokyo Olympics were their own country, they would have ranked seventh in the world, but no Japanese athletes would have been among them.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 22, 2021

For karateka at the Games, the goal is gold. For karate the sport, the goal is inclusion.

Karate is getting its moment to shine at the Olympics, but are the Games simply catching up to something a lot of us already know?
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 16, 2021

In rare move, athletes and coaches speak out against Olympic planners

With support for the Tokyo Games still low, hopeful participants are taking to social media to push back against public perceptions that they are united with the event's organizers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 28, 2021

K-12 education will never be the same after COVID-19

The pandemic has emphasized that families want very different things from their children's schools. And new models of education have popped up to serve them.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 20, 2021

Japan’s media join forces in rare show of solidarity to attack Mori over sexist remarks

Domestic reporters don't pull any punches in the fallout from the former Tokyo Olympic chief's cluelessness.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 21, 2020

Museum showcases global, Japanese timekeeping history

At the grand opening of The Seiko Museum Ginza in that district on Aug. 19, one wonders whether company founder Kintaro Hattori, who initially established K. Hattori in Ginza back in 1881, was watching proceedings from above.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 29, 2020

A letter to Lionel Messi: Stop, please!

The great soccer player and humanitarian is making it hard on writers to come with new ways to compliment him.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 27, 2020

Wheelchairs developed by former Japanese Paralympian gaining attention ahead of Tokyo Games

Sports wheelchairs developed by a former Paralympian are drawing attention ahead of the Tokyo Games.
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.

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?
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