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EDITORIALS
Oct 1, 2000

Life after the Olympics

What do we do now with our evenings and weekends? For two happy, mindless weeks, we have flopped down in front of the TV any spare minute we had, just to get our daily fix of the big show going on in Sydney. Cynicism, the pre-Games attitude du jour, went out the window the second the teams entered the...
JAPAN
Feb 23, 1998

Jury still out on Nagano Olympics

NAGANO -- The pavilions are closed and the Olympic banners have disappeared. The souvenir shops are half-empty and Zenkoji Temple has regained its calm demeanor. The city's infamous traffic jams are back, and the taxis once again form long lines waiting for customers.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
May 23, 2023

'So expensive:' Paris 2024 ticket prices mar image of Games for all

France's sports minster defended the pricing scheme for next year's Summer Olympics but admitted that lower-priced tickets went 'too quickly.'
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 15, 2023

Paris 2024 chief says IOC has 'last word' on Russian inclusion

Tony Estanguet, the head of the Paris Olympics organizing committee, said in an interview to mark 500 days before the start of the 2024 Summer Games that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) would have the "last word" on whether athletes from Russian and Belarus will be allowed to compete next year....
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 14, 2023

Ukrainian athletes push back on Thomas Bach's Russian stance

Current and former competitors say that Russian athletes shouldn't be allowed to compete at next year's Paris Olympics under any circumstances.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 10, 2023

IOC President Thomas Bach responds to Ukraine's call to boycott Paris Games

Bach said Ukraine's efforts in 'pressuring' other countries to boycott the 2024 Games was 'extremely regrettable.'
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 1, 2023

IOC rejects Russian demand that its athletes compete without restrictions

The debate had intensified since the IOC said last week it was examining a 'pathway' for Russians to compete in Paris.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / EXPLAINER
Dec 2, 2022

The Tokyo Games bribery and bid-rigging scandals: What you need to know

Allegations of bid-rigging by leading advertising firms for Games test events have recently surfaced, adding to a scandal over suspected bribes paid for sponsorship contracts.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Nov 29, 2022

Paris 2024 to launch first public ticketing round on Thursday

Organizers will underwrite almost 100,000 tickets in order to give people who ordinarily could not afford them a chance to attend the Games.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media
Sep 10, 2022

Panel determines NHK Olympic documentary violated broadcasting ethics

The committee concluded that the program claimed a man had been paid to participate in an anti-Olympics rally, though in reality the man hadn't participated in such a demonstration.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 25, 2022

Enactment of Title IX 50 years ago led to monumental change in women's sports

Olympians and trailblazers say Title IX in the U.S. has profoundly transformed global sports for women.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 8, 2022

The long-lasting legacy of a short-term prime minister

Yoshihide Suga's time leading Japan was brief, but his accomplishments are surprisingly formidable. It's time to give his reputation another look.
Japan Times
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.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2022

What did Xi know about Ukraine, and when did he know?

Putin's declaration of military action was timed to begin just after the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. Was the Russian leader's “restraint” a way of showing respect?
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 22, 2022

Tracy Stockwell committed to changing Australian swim team culture

The three-time Olympic gold medalist has been tasked with implementing the recommendations of a panel that was established to address accusations of toxicity and misogyny.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 16, 2022

With indoor ski resorts and curling schools, China lifts Xi’s sports dream

China said it succeeded on a vow by Xi Jinping, the country's top leader, to nurture millions of winter sports enthusiasts. But will the interest last after the Winter Games end?
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
OLYMPICS
Feb 13, 2022

Snowboarding judging under fire after Max Parrot's slopestyle gold medal

Ayumu Hirano, who won gold in the men's halfpipe on Friday, also questioned the judging process for snowboarding.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 6, 2022

Japan's star figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu tops Games' mascot in popularity

On Weibo, the phrase 'The time for Hanyu to compete is set' was number one by Sunday evening, with fawning fans pouring out their admiration for the 'Ice Prince.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 4, 2022

Why mountain communities need the Winter Games

“When kids see members from their community qualify for the Olympics, they aim high, bolstered because they see what's possible.”
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 1, 2022

Team Taiwan says it will be at Beijing Games' opening ceremony

Taiwan competes in most sporting events with the title 'Chinese Taipei' at the insistence of Beijing, which sees democratically governed Taiwan as part of 'one China.'
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 26, 2022

Snowboarding prodigies return to Olympic slopes in Beijing

Shaun White, a four-time Olympian with three halfpipe gold medals, will look to defend his legacy in the sport as he faces an ever-younger field of rivals.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Pope Francis, radical leader who broke the papal mold, dies at 88
Pope Francis blesses the faithful during the weekly general audience at the Vatican in August 2023.
Japan mulls reviewing car safety rules to strike deal with Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister and top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to the press upon his arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Friday.
Japan tariff negotiator rules out quick U.S. deal despite push by Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Friday, a day after talks in Washington.
Shohei Ohtani announces birth of daughter
Shohei Ohtani and his wife Mamiko Tanaka attend a Lakers game in Los Angeles on Dec. 8, 2024.
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
The floor is art: Takuro Tamayama transforms mundanity
Takuro Tamayama’s sculpture “Models (Pair, 6 sets, 12 rings)” comes with a mathematical formation that scales it for different spaces.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.
Calling all Potterheads: ‘The Goblet of Fire’ comes to Tokyo
The Tokyo version of the globe-trotting exhibition features a Ministry of Magic set, which includes an imposing replica of the Magic Is Might monument representing magical fascism.
Tokyo stock picker advises Trump-proofing portfolios with Godzilla creator Toho
The head of Godzilla, a Japanese monster movie character, is seen on a building of Toho Cinema in Tokyo. Toho is one tariff-defensive stock being recommended by brokers.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Visitors walk past Sou Fujimoto's Grand Ring, which has been recognized as the largest wooden structure in the world.
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