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Jan 3, 2021
Komazawa University overtakes Soka for dramatic Hakone ekiden victory
Anchor Takuma Ishikawa's final leg helped the Tokyo school seal its first championship in 13 years and seventh overall.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / The week in NPB
Oct 5, 2020
Dragons trying to blaze path to A-Class finish in Central League
It's been a long time since there were Chunichi Dragons games worth getting excited about this late in a season.
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CULTURE / Art / Kateigaho International Japan Edition
Sep 26, 2020
Painting with an airbrush: Meet contemporary ukiyo-e artist Masumi Ishikawa
Woodblock prints collaborations portraying major musicians and films have spurred new interest in ukiyo-e.
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Sep 15, 2020
Japan's table tennis players assemble for first exhibition since pandemic
The T. League hopes the successful event will be a springboard toward the start of its third season in November.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB Preview
Jun 15, 2020
Six players to watch in the Pacific League in 2020
From Hawks outfielder Yuki Yanagita to aspiring Rakuten starter Yuki Matsui, there's plenty of stellar talent to look forward to from the Pa League.
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OLYMPICS
May 2, 2020
Left in limbo: Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls struggle with postponement
Tokyo's Olympic dream is still alive — for now — but many athletes have been left wondering if their hard work will all be for nothing.
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JAPAN
Oct 17, 2019
Two Japanese make BBC's list of world's 100 most influential women
Two Japanese women, one behind a campaign against women being forced to wear high heels at work under corporate rules and the other a collegiate sumo wrestler, were included in British broadcaster the BBC's 2019 list of 100 influential women from around the world released Wednesday.
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JAPAN
Oct 7, 2019
60 rescued after North Korean fishing vessel collides with patrol boat belonging to Japan's Fisheries Agency
The incident took place inside Japan's exclusive economic zone off the coast of the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture.
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CULTURE / Film
Aug 14, 2019
'Aesop's Game': Ueda follow-up is neither tortoise nor hare
Last year, Shinichiro Ueda made Japanese film history with "One Cut of the Dead," a zombie comedy he scripted and directed. Opening in just two Tokyo theaters in June, 2018, the film ended up earning ¥3.21 billion — or more than 1,000 times its ¥3 million budget.

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