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Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 8, 2017
JOC chief questioned in Olympic bid probe on France’s behalf
Kasumigaseki Country Club, slated to host golf at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, failed to make a decision about offering regular memberships to women at a meeting on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 20, 2017
Alibaba dives into mass marketing with reported $800 million Olympic sponsorship deal
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.'s deal to sponsor the Olympic Games through 2028 is said to be worth $800 million, according to a person familiar with the matter.
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2016
Tokyo Olympic chiefs weigh private-sector venue funding
Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizers are entertaining the idea that venues built for the games could be financed and run by private-sector companies.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / OLYMPIC NOTEBOOK
Nov 5, 2016
Gold in 1964 Tokyo Games set Cassell on life path
From humble roots growing up in a coal mining camp in Wise County, Virginia, Ollan Cassell built a successful, inspiring career in track and field.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 28, 2016
Koike steps back from plan to decide on Olympic venues by end of October
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike on Friday retracted her plan to decide whether to change venues for the 2020 Olympics by the end of October, claiming she has her hands tied.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 21, 2016
WADA chief Reedie calls on Abe to provide more funding to fight doping
World Anti-Doping Agency President Craig Reedie challenged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to put his money where his mouth is and increase Japan's funding in the fight against doping on Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2016
IOC president rejects Koike's calls to expand new Olympic cost-cutting group
Thomas Bach turns aside the Tokyo governor's suggestion to expand a group set up Tuesday to review rising costs for the games.
OLYMPICS
Aug 21, 2016
Russian shot putter Kolodko stripped of London silver
For the third time in a week, Russia was stripped of a track-and-field medal Saturday after another athlete tested positive in a reanalysis of doping samples from previous Olympics.
OLYMPICS
Aug 16, 2016
IOC punishes Egyptian who refusesd to shake Israeli's hand
An Egyptian athlete who refused to shake his Israeli opponent's hand after their judo bout has been reprimanded and sent home from the Rio Olympics, officials said Monday.
OLYMPICS
Aug 9, 2016
Swiss court rejects two Russians' bid to place track ban on hold
Two Russian track and field athletes have failed in a bid to have their ban from the Olympics put on hold.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 5, 2016
Jennings predicts jail time for Blatter
For decades, British investigative reporter Andrew Jennings has exposed corruption at the highest levels in global sports.
Japan Times
SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jul 30, 2016
IOC's decision on Russia a disgrace
The IOC has exposed itself as a toothless tiger. The Olympics' global governing body showed it lacked the moral fortitude and backbone to take a necessary stand against Russia.
In a first, Japan issues cease-and-desist order against Google
The Google logo is seen at the company's Bay View campus in Mountain View, California. Japanese authorities on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order to Google over an alleged violation of the country's anti-monopoly law.
Tokyo hotel operators face possible warnings over suspected price cartel
Foreign tourists gather on a platform at Kyoto Station on Wednesday.
Japan and the U.S. begin tariff talks on good terms, but without breakthroughs
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's chief tariff negotiator, speaks to reporters in Washington on Wednesday.
Magnitude 5.0 earthquake jolts Nagano
A map showing the location of an earthquake that hit Nagano Prefecture on Friday evening, with the numbers indicating the seismic intensity on the shindo scale to 7.
Parts of Yamanote and Keihin-Tohoku lines to be suspended over weekend
Sections of the outer loop of Tokyo's Yamanote Line and the Keihin-Tohoku Line will be shut down all day Saturday, and from the start of service through around noon on Sunday.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.
Tokyo stock picker advises Trump-proofing portfolios with Godzilla-creator Toho
The head of Godzilla, a Japanese monster movie character, is seen on a building of Toho Cinema in Tokyo. Toho is one tariff-defensive stock being recommended by brokers.
LDP and CDP lawmaker groups propose 0% consumption tax on food
A vegetable stand displays prices at a supermarket in Tokyo in 2023. Some lawmakers are proposing lowering the consumption tax on food to 0%, which is expected to result in a loss of up to ¥5 trillion in tax revenue annually.
Tokyo hotel operators face possible warnings over suspected price cartel
Foreign tourists gather on a platform at Kyoto Station on Wednesday.
Kyotographie 2025 opts for laughter and levity in the face of global strife
Palestinian American photographer Adam Rouhana’s exhibition at this year’s Kyotographie festival shows Palestinian life, not death and rubble.

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