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JAPAN ASSOCIATION OF ATHLETICS FEDERATIONS

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Jul 19, 2022
Four new COVID cases reported in Japan's worlds delegation
As a precaution, the remaining members of the Japanese delegation are not sharing common spaces with other delegations.
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Jul 17, 2022
Japan's world athletics team rocked by COVID-19 outbreak
A joint statement from World Athletics, the Japan Association of Athletics Federations and local organizers said the outbreak had hit endurance athletes and staff.
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Jan 22, 2021
Runner Hitomi Niiya named track association's top athlete of 2020
The Japan Association of Athletics Federations honored the 32-year-old after she set a national record in the 10,000 during last month's distance championships in Osaka.
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Dec 16, 2019
Race walker Yusuke Suzuki named JAAF's Athlete of the Year
Race walk gold medalist Yusuke Suzuki was named the Athlete of the Year at the annual Athletics Award of the Japan Association of Athletics Federations on Monday in Tokyo.
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Apr 6, 2018
Track mentors developing ambitious plans for Japan's runners before 2020 Olympics
Japan's track and field athletes have enjoyed some notable achievements in recent years, including medal-winning feats by the men's 4x100-meter relay team and Yuta Shitara's recent national marathon record-breaking performance.
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Dec 19, 2017
JAAF recognizes top athletes at annual awards banquet
Post-Olympic years are usually considered down years. But it wasn't necessarily the case for Japan's track and field scene, which was highlighted by some notable feats and accomplishments in 2017.
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Apr 7, 2017
JAAF looking to raise bar for nation's male sprinters
The Japan men's 4x100-meter relay team stunned the world by capturing the silver medal at last summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics. And that feat made its compatriots think the future is bright for the nation's sprinters for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and beyond.
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Dec 19, 2016
Olympic silver medal-winning relay team picks up Athlete of the Year award
The team of Aska Cambridge, Yoshihide Kiryu, Ryota Yamagata and Shota Iizuka, which stunned the world by capturing the silver medal in the men's 4x100-meter relay at this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics, received the Athlete of the Year award at the annual Athletic Award ceremony hosted by the Japan...
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Nov 10, 2016
Star sprinter Sani Brown decides to attend University of Florida
Sprint phenom Abdul Hakim Sani Brown is set to enroll at the University of Florida, the Japan Association of Athletics Federations announced on Thursday.
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Jul 15, 2016
After one-medal showing in London, Japan track team aims for better performance in Rio
With less than a month until the track and field competition begins at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the Japanese delegation for the sport assembled at Tokyo's National Training Center for a send-off event hosted by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations on Friday.
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Jun 30, 2016
Sprinter Yamagata aims for success at Rio Games
Despite coming up short in the national championships, Olympic-bound sprinter Ryota Yamagata has high expectations for himself at the upcoming Rio de Janeiro Games.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.

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