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Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 13, 2021
U.S. marathoners reflect on challenges of Olympic delay ahead of Tokyo Games
Molly Seidel, a Boston-based runner, spent the year learning to 'embrace the chaos.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 13, 2021
How the world's biggest party is going antisocial
While vaccines are being rolled out globally, the COVID-19 pandemic still continues, threatening to severely dampen the Olympic spirit ahead of the Tokyo games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 12, 2021
JOC president Yasuhiro Yamashita no stranger to Olympic frustration
The former judo heavyweight, who missed out on the 1980 Moscow Olympics due to an international boycott, is optimistic that the postponed Tokyo Games will go on this summer.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 12, 2021
Olympic minister says Japan's athletes won't take Chinese vaccine
The announcement by IOC President Thomas Bach that the organization will purchase coronavirus vaccines from China appears to have taken Japan's Olympic officials by surprise.
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BASKETBALL
Mar 12, 2021
USA Basketball adds 15 to pool for Olympic team
USA Basketball added 15 players on Thursday to the list of candidates for the U.S. Olympic basketball team, bringing the total player pool to 57.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 12, 2021
Athletes in limbo as COVID-19 scuppers Tokyo Games qualifiers
Four months remain before the start of the rescheduled Olympics in Tokyo but the cancellation of qualifying events in various disciplines due to COVID-19 restrictions is once again disrupting the run-up to the games.
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JAPAN / Remembering 3/11
Mar 11, 2021
Olympic torchbearer aiming to remind the world of 2011 disaster
Kenichi Kurosawa survived the earthquake and tsunami, and has been constantly encouraging his neighbors to stay strong ever since.
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TENNIS
Mar 10, 2021
Roger Federer sets eyes on Tokyo Olympics as long as knee holds up
Roger Federer is targeting a third Olympic medal at the Tokyo Games this year, after missing out in 2016 due to injury, as he looks to gain momentum when he returns to the court this week following 13 months on the sidelines with a knee problem.
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MORE SPORTS
Mar 9, 2021
Strong is beautiful for Tokyo weightlifting hopeful Sarah Davies
The 2018 Commonwealth Games 69-kg silver medalist and beauty pageant competitor hopes to serve as a role model both in the gym and on the stage.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 7, 2021
China says it's ready to provide vaccines to Olympians and overseas Chinese
China has said it plans to provide 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to global vaccine sharing scheme COVAX.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 6, 2021
Tokyo prevails over Cerezo in five-goal slugfest
Masato Morishige's header off a superbly aimed Leandro free kick capped off a nightmare day for Cerezo goalkeeper Kim Jin-hyeon.
‘Very strong’ Typhoon Ampil set to approach eastern Japan on Friday
A satellite image shows Typhoon Ampil south of Japan on Thursday afternoon.
Typhoon Ampil lashes eastern Japan with heavy rain and wind
Waves crash ashore amid Typhoon Ampil on Tokyo's Hachijojima Island on Friday. The dangerous storm is brushing by the Kanto region but will not make landfall.
Japan lifts megaquake alert after no major seismic activity detected
An electronic signboard at Tokyo Station displays information about a megaquake alert last Saturday. The government lifted the alert on Thursday but urged continued vigilance.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Seoul authorities find toxic substances in Shein and Temu products
The Shein logo adors the company's first pop-up store in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Aug. 2.
Women's sumo takes big step forward with first high school championships
Yuzuki Komiya (left) competes in the first national high school sumo tournament for girls in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on Saturday.
Kishida's out. Who will likely be Japan's next leader?
Digital minister Taro Kono (left), Liberal Democratic Party Secretary-General Toshimitsu Motegi (center) and former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba are among the potential candidates for the ruling party's presidential election next month.
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.
Global mindset crucial for reform of Japan's health care, minister says
In the past 11 months, health minister Keizo Takemi has been charting his own path, seeking to make Japan's health care policies more global and digitalized.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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