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JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
May 2, 2022

Fukuoka woman helps children with developmental disabilities get haircuts

Mika Kuriyama runs a website that offers information on hair salons and barbers where such children can get a haircut and feel comfortable.
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Apr 26, 2022

Australia and New Zealand not sending athletes to Asian Games

The Olympic Council of Asia had invited a quota of around 300 athletes and 150 support staff from Oceania nations to compete at the Sept. 10-25 event in Hangzhou.
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TENNIS
Apr 20, 2022

Wimbledon plans to bar Russian and Belarusian players

The ban, which would make Wimbledon the first tennis event to restrict individual Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing, would exclude a number of highly ranked players.
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Apr 13, 2022

Australia cricket board and players sign deal to issue NFTs

The cricket deal, in partnership with Rario and digital trading company BlockTrust, will pave the way for fans to buy NFTs involving Australian players.
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SOCCER / J. League
Apr 12, 2022

J. League targets Generation Z with TikTok partnership

The league hopes to use the short-form video-sharing platform to offer an unfiltered look behind the scenes and appeal to younger fans.
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BUSINESS / Longform
Apr 4, 2022

Reimagining Japan’s growing glut of empty homes

Entrepreneurs see an opportunity in Japan's abandoned properties as businesses try to change them from liabilities into assets.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 31, 2022

Philanthropist celebrates life with art, music

Japanese philanthropist Haruhisa Handa, who is a professional in many fields, including calligraphy, art, music, noh dramas and literature, as well as business, held a solo exhibition of his artworks, including paintings, pottery and Japanese calligraphy, in Tokyo from March 18 to 21.
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SOCCER / J. League
Mar 29, 2022

Verdy touts defender Pratama Arhan as league’s new bridge to Indonesia

It's not every day that a J. League club unveils its new foreign signing at an ambassador's residence. Yet that's exactly the venue Tokyo Verdy chose to introduce defender Pratama Arhan.
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OLYMPICS
Mar 22, 2022

Paris 2024 hopes to sell 13.4 million tickets for Games

Organizers will make 10 million tickets available for the next Summer Olympics, a figure that could potentially surpass the record 8.2 million sold for London 2012.
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OLYMPICS
Mar 17, 2022

Paris mayor will discuss Russia's participation at 2024 Games at appropriate time

'Vladimir Putin is breaching international law, he does not recognize the existence of international law. We will have to take that into account.'
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Mar 6, 2022

Shocked Australia mourns cricketing great Shane Warne

One of the finest bowlers of all time whose talent and personality transcended cricket, Warne died at 52 on Friday, shortly after arriving on the island of Koh Samui for a vacation.
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Mar 4, 2022

Klitschko brothers say Ukraine will not surrender as Russia continues invasion

'We are not going to surrender. We have nowhere to retreat.'
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Feb 27, 2022

Norway tells Russian athletes to skip upcoming World Cup ski events

'Russia's violations of international law and attacks on the Ukrainian people demand international condemnation and sanctions,' Norway's skiing federation said in a statement.
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OLYMPICS
Feb 10, 2022

Mikaela Shiffrin under same spotlight Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles faced at Tokyo Games

'It's been an OK couple of days but still tough because you feel like this moment is building and building and building and you feel a bit weighed down by it but I'm OK to feel that way.'
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TENNIS
Feb 8, 2022

WTA calls for private meeting with Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai

Peng told the sports daily L'Equipe over the weekend that her November post about Zhang Gaoli had caused a misunderstanding and that she didn't disappear after writing it.
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OLYMPICS
Feb 8, 2022

China gushes over Su Yiming and Eileen Gu, but Zhu Yi mocking rolls on

The 19-year-old fell on the ice and finished last, triggering a fierce backlash on Chinese social media that critiqued her performance.
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OLYMPICS
Feb 6, 2022

Meet the 'fanyus,' the passionate yet chaotic force behind Yuzuru Hanyu

The two-time Olympic champion's fandom, which spans borders, cultures and generations, is one of figure skating's most passionate — and polarizing.
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OLYMPICS
Jan 23, 2022

Indian skier Arif Khan ready for date with destiny in Beijing

The alpine skier is India's sole representative at the Games, and his path to the Olympics from the snowy slopes of conflict-ridden Kashmir was far from straightforward.
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Jan 18, 2022

Yao Ming says he and Peng Shuai 'chatted merrily' at event last month

The former NBA star did not comment on the controversy that flared up last year after Peng appeared to allege that a former vice premier had sexually assaulted her in the past.
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SOCCER
Jan 12, 2022

Saudi-hosted Spanish Super Cup sparks debate as fans 'forgotten'

The issue of Saudi Arabia's human rights record has been discussed widely since the Spanish FA signed a lucrative contract with the West Asian nation through 2029.
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JAPAN
Dec 24, 2021

Japan not planning to send senior officials to Beijing Olympics

In an attempt to strike a diplomatic balance in its relationships with both the U.S. and China, only Olympic officials will represent Japan at the Winter Games.
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SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Dec 22, 2021

Sumo's 2022 storylines promise spectacle, but persistent COVID measures loom

Terunofuji's dominance is unlikely to be seriously challenged in 2022, but given his age and injury history it's possible we could start to see pretenders to his throne.
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TENNIS
Dec 20, 2021

China tennis star Peng Shuai denies she made sexual assault accusation

Peng's remarks on Sunday marked the first time she had addressed the matter on camera in public.
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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 16, 2021

Should Tokyo boycott the Beijing Olympic Games?

The Japanese government reportedly will refrain from sending a Cabinet minister to the Winter Olympics in Beijing. But that decision has yet to be reached.
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JAPAN
Dec 8, 2021

Japan faces delicate balance over Beijing Olympics boycott

Tokyo is reportedly looking to send lower-level officials to the Winter Olympics, a far cry from when then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe traveled to the Pyeongchang Games in 2018.

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