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Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 19, 2018

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir lead ice dance after setting world record in short dance

Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir have the lead in ice dance following the short dance at Gangneung Ice Arena on Monday afternoon.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 8, 2018

Thaw won't warm South Koreans to unity

Younger South Koreans are either apathetic about or hostile toward North Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jan 17, 2018

Koreas mull Olympic-sized question: Who represents Kim Jong Un?

The third meeting between North Korea and South Korea may answer a question with big implications for talks going forward: Who will represent Kim Jong Un at the Winter Games?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 3, 2018

U.S. warns Pyongyang against new missile test and plays down Kim-proposed talks with Seoul

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, warned North Korea on Tuesday against staging another missile test and said Washington would not take any talks between North and South Korea seriously if they did not do something to get Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 20, 2017

South Korea may delay military drills to after Winter Olympics — if the North behaves

Any delay in joint military drills with the United States would depend on North Korea's behavior during the 2018 Winter Olympics, officials in Seoul said on Wednesday, while a halt to group tours from China suggested Beijing is still wary.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Nov 18, 2017

Dikembe Mutombo spreads positive message as Special Olympics ambassador

As a player, Dikembe Mutombo made a big difference for his teams with his signature shot-blocking skills.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2017

Couch surfers should compete in Olympics

While the idea of handing out medals for pushing buttons may sound ludicrous to many, it's an overdue development.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 29, 2017

Okuhara ready to shift focus to greater challenges at 2020 Olympics

Nozomi Okuhara said that she wanted to measure where she is on the global badminton map right now.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 26, 2017

New honor for Olympic legend Mills

Legendary distance runner Billy Mills, whose performance at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics catapulted him to global fame, is receiving a special honor close to home.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 17, 2017

Japan sprinters hungry for greater success

Another medal-earning feat by the Japan men's 4x100-meter relay team at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in London was certainly an encouraging sign, and now it hopes to achieve its ultimate goal: winning a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jul 22, 2017

Cavs' Irving fired up about 2020 Games

Kyrie Irving made his first trip to Japan this week, and the Cleveland Cavaliers point guard already has plans to come back.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jul 12, 2017

Japan gears up for Olympic push while awaiting new coach Lamas

The Japanese men's national basketball team needs to prove it can be more competitive in order to secure a spot at the Olympics in Tokyo, and there's no time to waste.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jun 27, 2017

Olympic champion Kristi Yamaguchi speaks on greatness of Hanyu, Mao, Takahashi

One of the benefits of covering skating for many years has been the high caliber of people I have continually come in contact with. Skaters, coaches, choreographers, executives and parents, they almost always seem to be open and approachable.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 7, 2017

Harimoto striving to boost ranking after sensational debut

Sensational junior high school student Tomokazu Harimoto is now setting his sights on playing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after becoming the youngest quarterfinalist ever at the recent world table tennis championships.
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.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
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.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
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.”

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

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