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Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2021
Chinese Olympic athletes warned over Mao badges
The IOC said it had issued a warning to the two Chinese cycling medalists who wore badges featuring the head of their country's former leader Mao Zedong at the Tokyo Olympics podium, breaching a rule on political gestures, and that the case was now closed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 7, 2021
Olympics a hit for Japan’s athletes, not for its prime minister
For Prime Minister Suga, the Olympics are more of a letdown and unlikely to improve his chances in a looming general election or provide much of a boost to the economy.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2021
Samurai Blue challenge awaits Japan's young stars after missing Olympic podium
A bawling Takefusa Kubo was all you had to see to understand the impact of Japan's 3-1 loss to Mexico on Friday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2021
Tokyo Games show the pandemic can be beaten, Olympic health adviser says
The Olympics in Tokyo showed that measures such as social distancing, mask wearing, hand sanitizing along with testing and tracing worked when implemented as a package.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2021
Olympic organizers slap COVID-19 rule-breakers with warnings and punishments
The chief of Tokyo 2020's main operation center told reporters the accreditation of eight individuals had been revoked and those of another eight paused over COVID-19 guideline violations.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2021
Paris 2024 presses on with Plan A, but studies Tokyo’s Plan B
The next Summer Olympics are less than three years away. Paris says it's prepared, but so was Tokyo.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2021
To the Olympic victors go the spoils — and for Americans, maybe a tax bill
Medals are not the focus of the IRS. Rather, it's the prize money the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee awards its medalist as well as the lucrative endorsement contracts.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2021
With eye on gold, Japan women's basketball team looks to avenge first loss to U.S.
The previous best Olympic finish for the Japanese women's team, which now sits at No. 10 in the world, was fifth at the 1976 Montreal Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2021
American Nelly Korda takes gold in women's golf; Japan's Mone Inami in playoff for silver
Japan's Mone Inami came up a stroke short in her bid to win gold on home soil, finishing a shot back of world No. 1 Nelly Korda of the U.S. in the final round of the women's golf tournament on Saturday at Kasumigaseki Country Club.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2021
Relay controversy key to Belarusian sprinter's defection
Some athletes say Tsimanouskaya's objection to running in the 4x400-meter relay without having trained for the distance was legitimate.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Aug 7, 2021
In pictures: Day 14 of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
From unexpected upsets to the long-anticipated triumphs, the Tokyo Olympics delivered it all on Day 14.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society / Longform
Aug 7, 2021
Tokyo tomorrow: What comes after the 2020 Games?
Rebuilt from the war and continually building back stronger, the 1964 Olympics gave Tokyo an identity. Will the 2020 Games do the same?
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2021
Fair way: Women slowly become more welcome at Tokyo Olympic golf venue
At the moment, there are just a dozen women among the 1,200 full members at the Kasumigaseki Country Club.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2021
Japan takes silver and bronze in women's sport climbing behind Slovenia’s Janja Ganbret
Slovenia's Janja Ganbret took the women's title in the sport climbing competition, edging out Japanese hopefuls Miho Nonaka, who took silver, and Akiyo Noguchi, who won bronze.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2021
Tokyo was promised glory and riches. It got an Olympics in a bubble.
The Games failed to live up to their economic promise and cast a harsh light on Japan's political culture. Some feel “a hunger for a new system.”
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2021
Day 14 recap: Sun bakes volleyball sands as Belarus feels IOC heat
Italy scorch field in 4x100-meter final to win an unprecedented fifth Olympic track and field gold.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Typhoon to force railway closures as it nears Kanto on Friday
A satellite image from Wednesday afternoon shows Tropical Storm Ampil south of Japan
‘Very strong’ Typhoon Ampil set to approach eastern Japan on Friday
A satellite image shows Typhoon Ampil south of Japan on Thursday afternoon.
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.
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
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’

Longform

Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
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