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2018 PYEONGCHANG OLYMPICS

Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 19, 2018
Lindsey Vonn is the downhill favorite, says rival Sofia Goggia
The form book suggests there is little to choose between the world's top two women downhill skiers ahead of Wednesday's Olympic race at the Jeongseon Alpine Centre.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Feb 19, 2018
Daichi Hara wins first medal for Japan in men's moguls
On the fourth day of the Pyeongchang Olympics, Daichi Hara took third place in the men's moguls, bringing the first medal for team Japan.
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
OLYMPICS
Feb 18, 2018
Nao Kodaira sets Olympic record en route to gold in women's 500 meters
Nao Kodaira captured the gold medal in the women's 500 meters in Olympic record time at the Gangneung Oval on Sunday night.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 18, 2018
Frenchman Martin Fourcade victorious in men's 15-km mass start
Martin Fourcade became France's most successful Olympian of all time on Sunday with a brilliant display of shooting and skiing to win the men's 15-km mass start biathlon race at Alpensia Biathlon Centre for his fourth Olympic gold.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 18, 2018
Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo guides Norway to coveted cross-country relay gold
Norway's 4x10-km cross-country relay team did not just have to contend with the other 13 teams in the field in Sunday's race — it also had to ski with its nation demanding an Olympic gold medal that it had not won since 2002.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 18, 2018
Smile Japan triumphs on Ayaka Toko's overtime goal against Sweden
Ayaka Toko's overtime goal gave Smile Japan its second straight victory with a 2-1 triumph over Sweden at the Kwandong Hockey Centre on Sunday night in a 5th-8th classification-round game.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Feb 18, 2018
Yuzuru Hanyu's second Olympic title reaffirms greatness
Yuzuru Hanyu's epic performance in the free skate at Gangneung Ice Arena on Saturday was one for the ages.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 18, 2018
British women continue unlikely dominance
Lizzy Yarnold's second successive gold and a bronze for teammate Laura Deas underlined Britain's extraordinary dominance of Olympic women's skeleton racing on Saturday — made all the more extraordinary as the country does not boast a single track.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 17, 2018
Kamil Stoch defends large hill title
Kamil Stoch retained his large hill ski jump title with a dominant display on Saturday to become Poland's most successful Winter Olympic athlete.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / KONBINI WATCH
Feb 17, 2018
Seven-Eleven's latest creation captures the magic of the Winter Olympics
Everyone has Olympic fever thanks to the ongoing Pyeongchang Winter Games. Yet interest in Korean food — especially the popular dish dak-galbi — was on the rise in Japan well before the athletes got going.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 17, 2018
Norwegian Marit Bjoergen equals Winter Olympics medals record
Marit Bjoergen skied a triumphant final leg to write her name in the Olympic record books, delivering gold for Norway in the women's 4x5-km relay on Saturday and joining countryman Ole Einar Bjoerndalen as the most successful winter Olympian of all time with 13 medals.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.

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