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PYEONGCHANG OLYMPICS

Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Feb 22, 2018
Hamilton, Cousins reflect on Hanyu's brilliance, drawing power
It's not often that you get to chat with a legend in skating.
OLYMPICS
Feb 22, 2018
CAS announces Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky found guilty of doping
The Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Thursday that Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky has been found guilty of an anti-doping violation after testing positive for the banned substance meldonium.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 22, 2018
Satoko Miyahara, Kaori Sakamoto hit ice for practice ahead of women's free skate
Satoko Miyahara and Kaori Sakamoto came through practice unscathed on Thursday morning at Gangneung Ice Arena ahead of Friday's free skate.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 22, 2018
Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics Day 13: Let's hear it for the girls
Japan's Akito Watabe misses the podium in Nordic combined, while the curling team lost to South Korea. But there was still hope to be found in Japan's athletes. Satoko Miyahara and Kaori Sakamoto are in fourth and fifth place, respectively, following the figure skating short program. (The long program...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 22, 2018
Ivanka Trump to meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Olympics trip, official says
President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump, a senior White House adviser, will meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday as part of a weekend trip to lead the U.S. delegation to the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 22, 2018
Who to watch for Day 15 (Friday, Feb. 23)
10 a.m., Figure skating, women’s singles, free skating: Four-time national champion Satoko Miyahara and 2017 runner-up Kaori Sakamoto ranked fourth and fifth, respectively, after Wednesday’s short program. Alina Zagitova (Olympic Athletes from Russia) leads after the short program with 82.92 points,...
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 21, 2018
Alina Zagitova leads Evgenia Medvedeva after record-breaking short program
Alina Zagitova of the Olympic Athletes from Russia smashed the world record to take the lead after the women's short program at Gangneung Ice Arena on Wednesday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 21, 2018
Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics Day 12: More pots of gold
France's Martin Fourcade made history when he won his third gold medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics, and South Korea added another gold to its total after the short-track 3,000-meter relay. But the real highlight of the day was gold-winning dance by Canadian pair Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir who earned...
OLYMPICS
Feb 21, 2018
Who to watch for Day 13, Wednesday Feb. 21
9:30 a.m. Snowboard, men’s big air, preliminary round: Yuri Okubo and Hiroaki Kunitake take part in the new Winter Olympic event. The 17-year-old Okubo won the world junior championships last year. At a World Cup event last December, he finished a career-best second place. Kunitake, 16, won the national...
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 20, 2018
Switzerland edges Smile Japan to earn fifth-place finish
Switzerland defeated Smile Japan 1-0 in the fifth-place game at the Kwandong Hockey Centre on Tuesday night.
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.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
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
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
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.”

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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