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MIE

Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Sep 24, 2019
Satoko Miyahara's move to Toronto the right decision at this stage of her career
Coming off a disappointing season, Satoko Miyahara is looking to get back on the right track.
Japan Times
CULTURE
Sep 21, 2019
Signs of life: Urban renewal in Nakamachi
The oldest surviving quarter of Toba, Mie Prefecture, pins its hopes on crafts and small businesses to stay afloat.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Sep 20, 2019
Mie city's outreach to struggling residents in public housing pays off
Officials in the city of Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, are working to reduce rent delinquency among low-income residents of municipal housing, by visiting defaulters individually and compiling custom payment plans.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Sep 3, 2019
Shun Sato stellar in Lake Placid JGP victory
Shun Sato's debut on the Junior Grand Prix circuit was a smashing success.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jul 2, 2019
Art of the deal: How Kinoshita Group came to sponsor Vincent Zhou
History was made last week when a Japanese company chose to sponsor a foreign skater and their training expenses for the first time as the Kinoshita Group agreed to back American Vincent Zhou.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 1, 2019
68 restaurants awarded stars in inaugural Michelin Guide to Aichi, Gifu and Mie prefectures
On May 17, Michelin published the Michelin Guide Aichi-Gifu-Mie 2019, the company's inaugural guide to Aichi, Gifu and Mie prefectures in Japan's central Tokai region.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Apr 16, 2019
Productive partnership: Hamada helps Zhou find success
Sometimes in life we meet a person we automatically connect with.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Mar 11, 2019
Have Japan's yuru-kyara reached critical mass? Minds behind the mascots discuss
Over the past few decades, towns, cities and prefectures throughout Japan have been churning out mascots to represent and promote themselves, resulting in an annual contest, the Yuru-kyara Grand Prix, that has come to symbolize their popularity.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Feb 19, 2019
Ayaka Hosoda content with triple axel achievement, but hopes to skate on
Fame has come late for Ayaka Hosoda, but she acknowledges that is better than it never having come at all.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Feb 7, 2019
Ayaka Hosoda very likely to continue competitive career next season
Veteran skater Ayaka Hosoda, who stole the show with her triple axels at the Japan Championships in December, is very likely to continue her skating career, The Japan Times has learned.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jan 21, 2019
Factory night views of Yokkaichi a tourist draw and a bitter legacy of pollution
Factory night view cruises in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, are recently attracting visitors from across the nation. While the city's tourism association hopes the tour will help make the city become a major tourist destination, people who suffered from industrial pollution in the 1960s say they don't want...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Jan 7, 2019
Traffic safety-conscious group of bald men in Mie Prefecture breaks up due to aging
In 1985, about 30 bald men in their 30s who were running businesses in Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture, created a group called Hagetemo Katsura wo Kaburan Kai, which roughly translates to a group of men who won't wear wigs even if they go bald.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Dec 18, 2018
High drama for nationals with return of Daisuke Takahashi
With two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu out of this week's Japan nationals in Osaka due to injury, the focus will be squarely on the battle between the elite women skaters to make the team for the world championships and the return of Daisuke Takahashi after a five-year absence.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Dec 14, 2018
A power spot, tucked away on the Shima Peninsula
Four or five years ago, standing alone in front of the clear, gently bubbling waters of Kiyomasa no Ido, a natural spring secreted in woodland at the far end of the Meiji Shrine's iris garden, I strained to detect any sound, but even the noise from car horns was smothered and muted by the grove. If I...

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