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Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 6, 2021
What to watch on Day 14 of the Tokyo Olympics
On Friday, Japan's women's basketball team looks to book a spot in the gold medal game while action at National Stadium continues with the men's and women's 4x100-meter relays.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 6, 2021
Second best in the world at the Tokyo Games, but still saying sorry
Many Japanese athletes who fell short of gold have wept through interviews and apologized profusely — sometimes, even after winning silver.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 6, 2021
Germany's Florian Wellbrock wins men's swimming marathon
Kristof Rasovszky of Hungary took silver and Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy claimed bronze.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 6, 2021
Day 13 recap: Giants of the track fall, skateboarders soar and a bite backfires
U.S. men continued to splutter on the track, kayaker Lisa Carrington became New Zealand's most decorated Olympian and American Ryan Crouser broke his own shot put world record three times.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2021
Japanese wrestler Risako Kawai follows up sister's gold with one of her own
Risako Kawai took gold Thursday by beating Belarus's Iryna Kurachkina 5-0 in the women's 57 kg freestyle wrestling final.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2021
Alberto Gines Lopez wins first Olympic sport climbing gold
Spain's Alberto Gines Lopez won the first Olympic sport climbing competition with a stellar run in the speed discipline and a good finish in lead carrying him to the gold medal.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2021
Japan comes up short in women's table tennis team final as China's dominance continues
China has yet to be defeated in either the men's or women's team event since it was first introduced at the 2008 Beijing Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2021
'Queens of kata' vying for gold as they kick off karate's Olympics debut
At the conclusion of the elimination rounds, it seemed clear the contest for the gold medal would be — as widely expected — between Japan's Kiyou Shimizu and Spain's Sandra Sanchez.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2021
Olympic-medal chomp grosses out Japan and riles Toyota
'It is unfortunate that he was unable to feel respect and admiration for the athlete,' Toyota said in a statement.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2021
Japan's women's basketball team not satisfied with just being Cinderella
The Akatsuki Five are officially in uncharted territory. Can they reach the podium?
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2021
For foreign athletes, the Tokyo Olympics present myriad challenges
From lack of training time due to the pandemic to the intense Tokyo heat, the difficulties foreign athletes faced just to get to the Tokyo Olympics were as varied as the athletes themselves.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Aug 5, 2021
How Japan has tapped into the history of innovation at the Olympics
From electric vehicles to 5G wireless technology, Japanese technology is being showcased to the world at the Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2021
Kevin Durant powers Team USA to win over Australia in semifinal
The win was a measure of revenge against a team that had upset the United States in an exhibition game in Las Vegas last month.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2021
Projection mapping elevates 100-meter sprinters to rockstar status
For the first time, an elaborately choreographed projection mapping presentation helped kick off the Olympics' blue ribbon event, the 100 meter finals.

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