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CHAMPIONSHIP

Japan Times
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Apr 1, 2019
With first-ever MMA event, ONE CEO hopes to secure foothold in Japan
It was only one event. And there was no guarantee of continued success for a long time into the future.
Japan Times
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Mar 31, 2019
ONE Championship makes debut in Japan
Before coming down the ramp for her fight, Mei Yamaguchi, in a nod to her surroundings at Ryogoku Kokugikan, did a brief shiko (where a sumo wrestler lifts his leg high and straight before stamping it down on the ground).
Japan Times
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Mar 28, 2019
ONE Championship gears up for first-ever event in Japan
Three days before its first-ever event in Japan, the fast-growing ONE Championship fighting organization held a gorgeous news conference at a luxury Tokyo hotel on Thursday night.
Japan Times
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Jan 28, 2019
ONE Championship's focus on fighting helped attract Eddie Alvarez, Demetrious Johnson
Eddie Alvarez is here to fight. That's it. "The Underground King" isn't interested in playing a character or engaging in over-the-top WWE-style promotion.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 12, 2019
Jets cap comeback against Alvark in final second, book spot in Emperor's Cup final
The Chiba Jets Funabashi are returning to the Emperor's Cup final.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 10, 2019
Jets, Hannaryz, Brex, Alvark reach Emperor's Cup semifinals
Four B. League teams advanced to the Emperor's Cup semifinals after posting victories on Thursday at Saitama Super Arena.
Japan Times
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Dec 20, 2018
Demetrious 'Mighty Mouse' Johnson set to make ONE Championship debut against Yuya Wakamatsu
Mixed martial arts superstar Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson will make his ONE Championship debut in Japan against Yuya Wakamatsu, the organization announced on Thursday.
Japan Times
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Dec 19, 2018
One Championship raises U.S. profile
One Championship CEO Chatri Sityodtong expects the company's recently-announced deal with U.S. broadcaster Turner Sports will go a long way toward raising the martial arts organization's profile in the U.S.
Japan Times
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Dec 12, 2018
Media-savvy One Championship attracting fighters
Martial arts promotion One Championship is perhaps one of the most rapidly-growing sports properties in the world and hopes one day to become the biggest sports property on the planet past the NFL.
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.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
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.

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