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OLYMPICS

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Mar 30, 2013
Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid committee failing to meet private funding goals
The managing director for Tokyo's bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics said earlier this week that private funding for the bid effort was falling far short of its target.
Japan Times
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Mar 27, 2013
Track legends moved by interaction with athletes in Tohoku
Nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis came to Japan hoping to boost the spirits of young athletes from the Tohoku region, but the track legend says it was he who came away inspired in the end.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 7, 2013
Wrestling icons Yoshida, Icho promote Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid
The International Olympic Committee Evaluation Commission continued its tour of venues for Tokyo's bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics on Wednesday with a visit to Tokyo Big Sight.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 6, 2013
Tokyo support for 2020 Olympics now at 70 percent: IOC
Support is rising nationwide for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid, according to International Olympic Committee officials, and support is now at 70 percent in Tokyo, it was announced.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 5, 2013
IOC team starts crucial Tokyo evaluation tour
The International Olympic Committee's Evaluation Commission began its four-day inspection tour of Tokyo on Monday, with metropolitan officials expressing confidence about the capital's ability to host the 2020 Summer Games.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2013
Inose welcomes IOC inspectors to Tokyo
The head of the International Olympic Committee's evaluation commission arrived Friday for an on-site inspection this week of Tokyo's bid for the 2020 Games.
OLYMPICS
Feb 26, 2013
Japan launches petition to save Olympic wrestling
The Japan Wrestling Federation launched an online petition site to keep wrestling in the Olympics on Monday with the aim of submitting 100,000 signatures to the International Olympic Committee.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 17, 2013
Judo scandal casts doubt on Olympic bid
News stories don't exist in a vacuum. What often makes them "news" is a confluence of factors that provide a context of interest. Though the public thinks the current story about 15 female judo athletes (jūdōka) demanding fundamental changes to the way the national team is structured and run is a self-contained...
OLYMPICS
Feb 16, 2013
JOC taking steps to address crises
After a series of scandals that have rocked the sports world in recent weeks, the Japanese Olympic Committee is working to improve how it handles its societal duties.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 14, 2013
Japan wrestling head not ready to give up fight
Japan Wrestling Federation President Tomiaki Fukuda on Wednesday called into question the International Olympic Committee's decision to drop wrestling from the 2020 Games, saying the sport's governing body has failed to give "clear reasons" for why wrestling is being removed.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 14, 2013
IOC set to drop wrestling for 2020
The IOC's decision stuns Japan, which collected six wrestling medals at the 2012 London Games.
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Feb 3, 2013
Olympic boxing gold medalist Murata mulls turning pro
Middleweight Ryota Murata, who became Japan's first Olympic boxing champion in 48 years last summer at the London Games, revealed Saturday he is thinking of turning pro.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Feb 1, 2013
Six months on, U.K. schools are losing the Olympic legacy
Near the entrance of York High School in northern England, painted in large letters, are the words of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." It is not a bad motto, particularly for a school that prides itself on its sporting prowess. Along all the corridors and outside...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Jan 25, 2013
A howler for Tokyo's bid for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games
On Jan. 7, Tokyo put in its bid to host the 2020 summer Olympic Games. So did Madrid and Istanbul. Who wins the coveted bid will not be known until September. But consider some of the barriers to Tokyo winning. First, Tokyo needs to garner more public support, meaning they'll need to get the population...
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Jan 19, 2013
Nagano Games gold medalist Satoya announces retirement
Freestyle mogul skier Tae Satoya, whose gold medal at the 1998 Nagano Olympics made her the first Japanese woman to win Winter Games gold, will retire at the end of this season, her company, Fuji Television Network Inc., said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jan 15, 2013
Tokyo hopes this Olympics bid wins
Tokyo's quest to host the 2020 Olympics entered a new stage last week when it presented its candidature file to the International Olympic Committee in Switzerland.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Aug 4, 2012
Today's J-blip: Tokyo train gets the Olympic treatment
Tokyo riders get the gold in commuting with Asics' train-jacking ad campaign.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Jul 15, 2012
Better late than never for Japan's first, "slowest" Olympian
Have you heard the one about the Japanese runner who took 54 years to finish the Olympic marathon?
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 30, 2011
The end of mutually assured destruction?
Two years ago in Prague, U.S. President Barack Obama put forward his visionary idea of a world free of nuclear weapons. A year ago, a new strategic arms treaty between Russia and the United States was signed in the same city. Now the wave of support for a full ban on nuclear weapons is being transformed...
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
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