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2022 BEIJING OLYMPICS

The Japanese figure skaters who competed in the team event at the Beijing Olympics pose for a photo during a ceremony at the Paris Games on Wednesday.
OLYMPICS / Figure skating
Aug 8, 2024
Japan figure skaters finally get medals two years after team event at Beijing Olympics
Japan earned silver in the team competition in Beijing.
Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee in action at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Results for the figure skating team event were overhauled in light of Valieva testing positive for a banned substance.
OLYMPICS / Figure skating
Feb 27, 2024
Canada and Russia file appeals against 2022 figure skating re-ranking
The Canadians have claimed that they should be bumped up from fourth place to bronze.
The Japanese figure skating team at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The team's bronze medal is to be upgraded to silver after a Russian skater was disqualified over a doping scandal.
OLYMPICS / Figure skating
Jan 31, 2024
Japan's figure skating team medal from 2022 Games upgraded to silver
The news comes after Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance.
Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee competes at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing on Feb. 17, 2022.
OLYMPICS / Figure skating
Jan 30, 2024
Russian skater Valieva suspended for four years over doping
The Kremlin has slammed what it called a "politicized" decision.
Kamila Valieva of the Russian Olympic Committee competes during the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
OLYMPICS / Figure skating
Jan 28, 2024
Russian skater Valieva's future rests on sports court's decision
Valieva's positive doping test ignited a scandal at the 2022 Winter Olympics when she was just 15 years old.
Kamila Valieva's doping case has divided the figure skating community since it first came to light during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
MORE SPORTS / Figure skating
Sep 26, 2023
Top sports court to hear Russian skater Kamila Valieva's doping case
Tuesday's hearing follows Valieva's exoneration by Russia's anti-doping agency, which ruled that she bore "no fault or negligence" for the positive test.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 5, 2023
Beijing’s awkward Olympic legacy shows risk of venue reuse
Big Air Shougang's unusual backdrop thrilled viewers during the 2022 Winter Olympics, but plans to convert the venue into a year-round attraction have fallen by the wayside.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 3, 2023
U.S. team frustrated by delay in awarding Olympic figure skating medals
U.S. Figure Skating on Thursday said it was "deeply frustrated" by the nearly one-year delay in its athletes receiving the medals they won in the team event at the Beijing Olympics as a doping case involving a Russian skater continues to play out.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 28, 2022
Images of 2022: Sports
From the wintry slopes of the Beijing Games to the heat on the pitches of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, Japan has had plenty to celebrate in the world of sports over the past 12 months.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Nov 9, 2022
Kamila Valieva's doping case referred to CAS
WADA had issued a 'formal notice' to Russian anti-doping authorities last month after raising concerns with the ongoing delay in the figure skater's case.
Figure Skating
Jul 19, 2022
Yuzuru Hanyu confirms end to illustrious 12-year senior career
The figure skating legend has ended months of speculation over whether he would contest the upcoming ISU Grand Prix season and begin a quest for a potential fourth Winter Games berth.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Apr 27, 2022
Vladimir Putin defends Kamila Valieva's 'perfection'
Russia's president said the teenager's performances at the Beijing Olympics were free of doping after her positive test from December cast a shadow over the women's singles event.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 3, 2022
China asked Russia to delay war until after Olympics, U.S. officials say
A Western intelligence report indicates that Chinese officials had some level of knowledge about Putin's war plans or intentions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Mar 1, 2022
The Beijing Games — the start of the end of China’s ‘COVID zero’ policy?
With its strict restrictions on people's movements, the country has faced a critical test in staging the Winter Olympics and Paralympics.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 23, 2022
Spanish skater Laura Barquero tests positive for banned substance
The International Testing Agency said the pairs skater returned an adverse analytical finding for a metabolite of Clostebol, which is on the prohibited list of the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 22, 2022
The mixed legacy of the 2022 Beijing Olympics
These Olympics will be remembered for nationalism, a divided global community and a profound deepening of mistrust between China and much of the world.
Mother hopes for reunion with daughter ensnared by Tokyo host clubs
The Kabukicho district in Tokyo, where the daughter of a woman in her 60s fell deeply into the host club culture.
A year after going private, structural reforms bearing fruit for Toshiba
Toshiba's Corporate Senior Executive Vice President Koji Ikeya speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Monday.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.
Curiosity didn’t kill the meme: Why cats still rule Japanese YouTube
A screen shot from YouTube user @lagelda shows the simplicity of going viral in Japan in 2024: A cat dancing to EDM in front of a green screen.
With rare Asia carrier deployment, France seeks greater interoperability
The flight deck of the French Navy's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier during a stop at Changi Naval Base in Singapore in May 2019

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