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Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
May 23, 2017
Iwano confirms quad salchow for free skate next season
It is rare for an athlete to make history the first time they embark on a new level in their career. Usually they settle in, bide their time, and work their way up.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Apr 25, 2017
Hanyu looks at raising bar going into Olympic season
Yuzuru Hanyu's greatness is unquestioned.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Apr 4, 2017
Majestic Hanyu rises to occasion with a command performance
"Awesome."
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Mar 28, 2017
Pressure on Hanyu to reclaim title, display dominance
Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu enters this week's world championships in Helsinki needing to get a big monkey off his back.
Japan Times
SOCCER / SOCCER SCENE
Mar 22, 2017
Japan playing for high stakes in World Cup double-header
Only one point separates the top four teams at the halfway stage of Japan's final qualifying group for the 2018 World Cup, and the coming week could make or break the Samurai Blue's bid to reach a sixth successive tournament.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Mar 21, 2017
Flawed system cost Honda second world junior title
Marin Honda saved her best for last.
Figure Skating
Mar 18, 2017
Honda second after short program at world juniors
Russia's Alina Zagitova took the lead after the short program at the world junior championships on Friday night in Taipei. Reigning world junior champion Marin Honda is a close second, while Japan junior champion Kaori Sakamoto is in third.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Mar 14, 2017
Honda primed for defense of world junior crown
Marin Honda's recent trip to the Arctic Edge Ice Arena in Canton, Michigan, to prepare for defense of her world junior title with legendary coach/choreographer Marina Zoueva represented the continuation of a relationship that began two summers ago.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Mar 7, 2017
Honda prepping for world juniors with legend Zoueva
Reigning world junior champion Marin Honda traveled to Canton, Michigan, recently to spend time working with coach and choreographer Marina Zoueva at the Arctic Edge Ice Arena. Honda is tuning up for defense of her title at the world junior championships in Taipei this month.
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Feb 26, 2017
Fowler leads at Honda Classic
American Rickie Fowler set himself up for his first victory in more than a year, grabbing a four-shot lead after the third round at the Honda Classic in Florida on Saturday.

Longform

Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
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