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2022 BEIJING OLYMPICS

Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 4, 2022
In Beijing, the subject on everybody’s mind but not lips
Political activism has surfaced at many international events, including the Tokyo Olympics last summer, but no other host nation has been as strict as China in policing political dissent.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 4, 2022
Rina Yoshika to return to Japan after crash during Olympic slopestyle training
Snowboarder Rina Yoshika suffered a heavy fall in training on the slopestyle course at the Genting Snow Park on Thursday and will return home, a Team Japan spokesperson said in a statement.
OLYMPICS
Feb 4, 2022
What to watch at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
Catch up on five key storylines to keep an eye on at the Games over the next couple of weeks.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / Beijing 2022
Feb 3, 2022
Japan takes down Sweden in women's ice hockey opener at Beijing 2022
Japan arrived in Beijing hoping to find an answer in their third straight meeting versus Sweden at the Games. Her name, it turns out, was Rui Ukita.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 3, 2022
Cocktails and hazmat suits mix in Beijing Olympic bubble
Scenes likened to dystopian fiction are playing out at Olympic venues as Chinese officials try to minimize the chances of the Beijing Winter Games sparking a fresh coronavirus outbreak.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 3, 2022
Quad axel remains among figure skating's most elusive and sought after prizes
'Maybe a good analogy is it's less scary falling off a cliff backwards than forwards. A lot of skaters are not fans of the axel for that reason.'
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Feb 3, 2022
Entering the Beijing Olympics in the pandemic
OLYMPICS
Feb 3, 2022
Shoma Uno admits to doubts with coach stuck outside China due to positive test
Uno was the silver medalist in South Korea four years ago and is regarded as a strong medal contender at the Beijing Winter Games.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 2, 2022
How China views the Ukraine crisis
The stakes for China are high, but Beijing has been extremely careful about showing its hand over the Ukraine crisis.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 2, 2022
China expected to reap record medal haul at Beijing Games, analysts say
The country is expected to beat its previous best of 11 medals, including five golds, from the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Feb 2, 2022
Beijing 2022 — A second pandemic Olympics
This Friday, the 2022 Winter Olympics kick off in Beijing, the second Olympics to be held during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the first ever to be held on entirely artificial snow.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 2, 2022
Why U.S. is before Austria for Beijing Olympics opening ceremony
At the Tokyo Olympics last summer broadcasters in the U.S. reported some viewers were confused at the order by which the countries entered the opening ceremony.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 1, 2022
Absence of Yuzuru Hanyu fans at Beijing 2022 a relief for Xi’s Pooh-paranoid censors
One of the Games' recent buzzworthy moments, the tossing of hundreds of stuffed bears onto the ice following Hanyu's performances, will be missing from the Olympics this year.
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.'

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