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2024 PARIS OLYMPICS

Japanese sprinter Abdul Hakim Sani Brown checks his time after the men's 100 meters semifinals on Sunday at the Paris Olympics in Saint-Denis, France.
OLYMPICS / Athletics
Aug 5, 2024
Sani Brown ran under 10 seconds in the men's 100. But in 2024, that’s just not enough.
Sani Brown's near-miss showed the high hurdles sprinters face to compete with an ultracompetitive field.
Hideki Matsuyama during his final round of the Olympic men's golf competition on Sunday at Le Golf National in Guyancourt, France.
OLYMPICS / Golf
Aug 5, 2024
Matsuyama avenges Tokyo heartbreak with bronze in Paris
"I aimed for the gold, but I'm extremely happy to have won this one after struggling at the Tokyo Olympics and not being able to get a medal," Matsuyama said.
American Scottie Scheffler celebrates after winning Olympic gold at Le Golf National in Guyancourt, France, on Sunday.
OLYMPICS / Golf
Aug 5, 2024
American Scheffler basks in national pride after Olympic golf triumph
Great Britain's Tommy Fleetwood took silver while former Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama won bronze for Japan.
The United States' 64-year unbeaten run in the men's 4x100-meter medley ended on Sunday as China swept to a seismic win.
OLYMPICS / Swimming
Aug 5, 2024
U.S. swimming on top again, but alarm bells sounding with LA looming
From Michael Phelps to Johnny Weissmuller, the U.S. has rolled out Olympic champions like a gold medal assembly line. But that production slowed at the Paris Games.
Supporters of badmington gold medalists Wang Chi-Lin and Lee Yang at the victory ceremony on Sunday in Paris
OLYMPICS / Badminton
Aug 5, 2024
Taiwan cheers Olympics badminton triumph over China in politically charged contest
Wang Chi-Lin and Lee Yang of Taiwan, the reigning champions from the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, won a three-game thriller against China's Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang.
China's Pan Zhanle celebrates after winning Olympic gold and breaking a world record in the men's 100-meter freestyle final on July 31.
OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2024
China shrugs off doping controversy to win 12 Olympic swimming medals
The team's haul — two gold, three silver and seven bronze — was an improvement on a Tokyo collection of nine.
Noah Lyles celebrates after winning gold in the men's 100-meter final at the Paris Olympics on Sunday.
OLYMPICS / Athletics
Aug 5, 2024
Showman Noah Lyles wins 100-meter gold by five thousandths of a second
Lyles had believed he had left it too late to catch the powerful Kishane Thompson, but he was soon confirmed as the winner in a personal best of 9.79 seconds.
From left to right: Yudai Nagano, Takahiro Shikine, Kyosuke Matsuyama and Kazuki Iimura celebrate after winning in the Olympic men's foil team gold medal bout against Italy at the Grand Palais in Paris on Sunday.
OLYMPICS / Fencing
Aug 5, 2024
Japan wins historic gold in men's foil team event in Paris
It was Japan's fifth fencing medal in Paris, and its eighth medal overall in Olympic fencing.
From left: Gymnastics men's team gold medalists Takaaki Sugino, Kazuma Kaya, Wataru Tanigawa, Shinnosuke Oka (who also won gold in men's all-around) and Daiki Hashimoto at Champions Park in Paris on Thursday. The gymnastics team was one of the highlights of a successful first half of the 2024 Games for Team Japan.
OLYMPICS
Aug 4, 2024
Gymnastics and skateboarding highlight a solid first half of the Paris Olympics for Japan
Japan ended Saturday with eight gold, five silver and nine bronze medals and sat seventh on the medal table.
Simone Biles alongside teammate Sunisa Lee after they finished with gold and bronze, respectively, in the women's all-around competition at the Olympics.
OLYMPICS / Gymnastics
Aug 4, 2024
Simone Biles proves to be unifying figure for sports fans in Paris
Stars from other sports and rabid fans from the U.S. and other countries have turned out in droves to watch Biles, proving her position as a unifying figure.
South Korea's Lim Si-hyeon has three gold medals from the 2024 Paris Games. Archers from the country have all been given cars by team sponsor Hyundai.
OLYMPICS
Aug 4, 2024
Diamonds, meatballs and motors: How Olympians can win more than medals
Many rewards are financial, but they can also be more eclectic.
Carlos Yulo of the Philippines cries after winning gold in the men's floor exercise on Saturday at the Paris Olympics.
OLYMPICS / Gymnastics
Aug 4, 2024
'Overwhelmed' Yulo wins historic Olympic gymnastics gold for Philippines
The 24-year-old broke down in tears after matching the achievement of weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, who won gold at the Tokyo Games three years ago.
Fuka Nagano (left) and Hinata Miyazawa after Japan was eliminated from the Olympic soccer tournament by the U.S. on Saturday in Paris.
OLYMPICS
Aug 4, 2024
For Nadeshiko Japan, the quarterfinals prove to be a stumbling block — again
The team fell 1-0 to the U.S. after also losing in the last eight at the Tokyo Games in 2021 and at the Women’s World Cup in 2023.
Summer McIntosh celebrates after winning the women's 200-meter individual medley for her third gold medal of the Paris Olympics.
OLYMPICS / Swimming
Aug 4, 2024
McIntosh makes Canadian history with third gold
The 17-year-old swimmer did it in an Olympic record time of 2 minutes, 6.56 seconds, taking down the 2016 record of 2:06.58 set by Hungary's Katinka Hosszu.
American Katie Ledecky celebrates after winning the final of the women's 800-meter freestyle at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
OLYMPICS / Swimming
Aug 4, 2024
History-making Ledecky eyes Los Angeles after ninth Olympic gold
The 27-year-old superstar hit the wall in 8 minutes, 11.04 seconds, ahead of Australia's Ariarne Titmus (8:12.29) and fellow American Paige Madden (8:13.00).
Japan's Tatsuru Saito (above) is dismayed after losing to France's Teddy Riner in the gold-medal bout of the judo mixed team event on Saturday at the Paris Olympics.
OLYMPICS / Judo
Aug 4, 2024
Judo legend Riner leads France to team title over Japan for fifth gold medal
Three years after leading France to victory over Japan at the Budokan in Tokyo, Riner again led the way as France fought back from 3-1 down to retain the title.
St. Lucia's Julien Alfred celebrates after winning the women's 100-meter final at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
OLYMPICS / Athletics
Aug 4, 2024
St. Lucia's Alfred overcomes obstacles to be crowned Olympic sprint queen
American Sha'Carri Richardson earned silver, with another American, Melissa Jefferson, taking bronze.
Algeria's Imane Khelif celebrates her victory in the quarterfinals of the women's 66-kg weight class at the Paris Games on Saturday.
OLYMPICS / Boxing
Aug 4, 2024
Algerian boxer at center of Olympic eligibility fight clinches medal
Imane Khelif, the boxer at the center of a controversy that has made the women’s boxing tournament in Paris a cultural flashpoint, advanced to the semifinals.
Hina Hayata reacts after a point during the women's table tennis bronze medal match against South Korea's Shin Yubin at South Paris Arena on Saturday.
OLYMPICS / Table tennis
Aug 3, 2024
Hina Hayata fights through pain to capture first Olympic medal
Hina Hayata beat South Korea's Shin Yubin 4-2.
Gold medal-winning judoka Teddy Riner of France celebrates his victory at the Paris Olympics in the French capital on Friday.
OLYMPICS / Judo
Aug 3, 2024
France's Teddy Riner reigns supreme with record fourth gold
The judoka now has three individual titles — a record shared with Japan's Tadahiro Nomura, who won three consecutive titles in the -60kg category in 1996, 2000 and 2004.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
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Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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