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Doubts about the strength of the conclusions drawn from China’s research add to the mounting questions about how the positive tests were investigated and adjudicated by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
OLYMPICS
Questions emerge about data used by China to defend against doping allegations
By Tariq Panja and Michael S. Schmidt
The finding raises more questions about explanations from China and WADA as to why elite Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned substance.
International Gymnastic Federation Morinari Watanabe is one of seven candidates running to succeed current International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach.
OLYMPICS
IOC presidential hopeful Morinari Watanabe calls for changes in marketing strategy
Watanabe is one of seven candidates running to lead the IOC.
The Eiffel Tower and the Olympics Rings are illuminated during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26.
OLYMPICS
Paris Olympics were the most followed ever, IOC says
In the home market of France, 95% of the potential audience watched an average of 24 hours of coverage of the Olympics.
World Anti-Doping Agency Director-General Olivier Niggli speaks during the agency's symposium in Lausanne, Switzerland, in March.
OLYMPICS
Dec 4, 2024
Anti-doping agency froze out investigators who warned about China
By Tariq Panja and Michael S. Schmidt
The decision by WADA’s leaders to keep its own investigators in the dark raises new questions about WADA's response to possible doping by Chinese athletes.
Peter Westbrook became the first African American and Asian American to win an Olympic medal in fencing at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles.
OLYMPICS / Fencing
Dec 2, 2024
Trailblazing Olympic fencer Peter Westbrook dies at 72
By Jere Longman
Westbrook was the first first African American and Asian American to win a medal in fencing at the Summer Games
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe speaks during an interview on Friday.
OLYMPICS
Nov 27, 2024
World Athletics chief 'very pleased' with India's Olympic interest but warns of hurdles
By Sudipto Ganguly
Coe, 68, a two-time Olympic champion in the 1,500 meters, is one of seven people bidding to be the next president of the International Olympic Committee.
U.S. gymnastics team coach Bela Karolyi watches over a training session in Sydney in September 2000.
OLYMPICS
Nov 17, 2024
Famed gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi dies at 82
Known as a strict disciplinarian, Karolyi was a controversial figure at times.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe is one of seven people running to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee.
OLYMPICS
Nov 14, 2024
Presidential hopeful Sebastian Coe says IOC needs clear stance on gender
Coe believes the IOC is a movement that needs modernizing.
South Korean shooter Kim Ye-ji demonstrates her shooting form at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, on Aug. 7.
OLYMPICS / Shooting
Nov 11, 2024
Paris Olympics star Kim Ye-ji takes break from shooting to spend time with family
The 32-year-old shooter rose to stardom during the Paris Olympics — where she won a silver in the women's 10-meter air pistol.
Australia's Raygun performs during the B-girls round-robin competition at the Paris Olympics
OLYMPICS / Breaking
Nov 7, 2024
Australian breaker Raygun retires from competition after Olympic backlash
Gunn previously spoke out against the "pretty devastating" hatred unleashed towards her after the Olympics.

Ex-PM Miyazawa aired doubts about China's democratization to Clinton in '93
Then-Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (left) and then-U.S. President Bill Clinton meet for talks at the White House on April 16, 1993.
Human error caused JAL jet collision at Haneda Airport: safety board
The wreckage of a Japan Airlines plane after a collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft, at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Jan. 5, three days after the crash.
Osamu Suzuki, who ran Suzuki Motor for five decades, dies at 94
Osamu Suzuki, a former president of Suzuki Motor, in October 2016
Uranium detected in extracted Fukushima nuclear fuel debris
Nuclear fuel debris recovered from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant No. 2 reactor
Chisako Kakehi, sentenced to death for cyanide murders, dies in custody
Death row inmate Chisako Kakehi, who was convicted of murdering three elderly men between 2012 and 2013 with the intent of inheriting their assets, has died, local media reported Thursday.
Human error caused JAL jet collision at Haneda Airport: safety board
The wreckage of a Japan Airlines plane after a collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft, at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Jan. 5, three days after the crash.
Japan and China to continue delicate diplomatic dance in 2025
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba shakes hands with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Nov. 15 during their meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima.
Increasing number of Japanese bears find human dwellings ‘just right’
A bear trap in Hokkaido Prefecture. Bears have recently been found inside homes and shops.
High levels of PFAS found in water from 44 private suppliers across Japan
The Self-Defense Forces facilities are believed to have become sources of PFAS contamination because they used firefighting foam containing the toxic chemicals in the past.
Start the new year not with one temple visit, but seven
At each shrine and temple, priests create festive, decorative go-shuin stamps, and you can collect the marks of all seven of the lucky gods on one piece of paper (called a shikishi) to serve as a good-luck talisman.

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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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Visitors to Kyoto walk along a street near Kiyomizu Temple in April. A popular tourist spot, Kyoto has seen what locals feel to be an overwhelming amount of tourists in 2024.
Is Japan ready for 60 million tourists?
By Kathryn Wortley

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