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CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Sep 22, 2021

How do you deflect a controversy? Keigo Oyamada blames the media.

Musician Keigo Oyamada cries foul over how he was portrayed in a pair of magazine articles that ended up causing him a job at the Tokyo Olympics.
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Aug 30, 2021

Olympic volunteers provided more than just physical support at the Games

Two Olympic volunteers talk about their experiences at the Tokyo Games interacting with and supporting athletes who were without family, friends and fans.
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PARALYMPICS
Aug 22, 2021

Excitement building as Tokyo Paralympics draw near

The 2020 Games will begin with Tuesday's opening ceremony at the National Stadium and competition will start at various venues the following day.
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LIFE / Language
Aug 12, 2021

Giving an overall take on the end of the Olympics in Japanese

What did you like and dislike about the 2020 Tokyo Olympics closing ceremony? Let's practice some terms that help when we want to give our opinion in Japanese.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 10, 2021

Flying the Olympic flag, Paris looks beyond COVID-19 for 2024 Games

Officials are hoping to make the sporting spectacle open to the masses after the pandemic-hit Tokyo Games was held behind closed doors.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 10, 2021

A money-loser, yet a medal-winner: The dichotomy of hosting the Games

Hosting an Olympic Games is an economic disaster, even in nonpandemic times. After more than a century and over 50 installments, there are enough case studies to conclude that the home nation is invariably the biggest loser from the world’s largest sporting event.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 8, 2021

Priceless? Even Olympic medals can be had for the right price

As the Tokyo Games come to a close, collectors will gain a new opportunity to begin adding to their own medal hauls.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 8, 2021

What to watch at the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Games

There will be music and speeches, and a handoff to Paris for the 2024 Games.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2021

At long last, Japan wins gold in Olympic baseball

A nation that has produced superstars like Shohei Ohtani and Yu Darvish and where baseball is one of the national pastimes finally has its Olympic gold medal in the sport.
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.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 6, 2021

At the Tokyo Olympic marathons, all eyes are on the shoes

Interest in runners' shoes is part of a trend that has grown over the last few years with the emergence of thick-soled sneakers with embedded carbon plates.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 6, 2021

Tokyo Games offer field hockey transfer hopefuls limelight to show skills

For hockey players the Olympics are the ultimate stage at which they can showcase their skills in the hope of transferring to a club in a competitive league, such as those in Europe.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 6, 2021

Second best in the world at the Tokyo Games, but still saying sorry

Many Japanese athletes who fell short of gold have wept through interviews and apologized profusely — sometimes, even after winning silver.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2021

Japan's women's basketball team not satisfied with just being Cinderella

The Akatsuki Five are officially in uncharted territory. Can they reach the podium?
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OLYMPICS
Aug 2, 2021

A golden night for Italy: Lamont Marcell Jacobs sprints to 100-meter gold

Jacobs got off to a good start and never let up to beat American Fred Kerley and Canadian Andre de Grasse to claim the title of Fastest Man in the World.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021

Thrills, spills and gravity-defying tricks as BMX freestyle debuts at Tokyo Games

Gold medalist Logan Martin and the rest of the men's and women's fields put the extreme sport on the Olympic map.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021

Tokyo temperatures roast Olympic athletes as fears grow over heatstroke risk

As competitors battled for the podium on the third day of Olympic athletics on Sunday, it was Tokyo's stunning heat that perhaps dished out the most pain.

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