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RYOTA MURATA

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Dec 23, 2019
Ryota Murata defends WBA middleweight title with TKO in Yokohama
Ryota Murata successfully defended his WBA middleweight title with a fifth-round technical knockout of Steven Butler on Monday night.
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Oct 17, 2019
Middleweight Ryota Murata to make title defense on Dec. 23
Murata, the 2012 London Olympic middleweight gold medalist, reclaimed the championship on July 12, in a technical knockout of American Rob Brant, who had dethroned Murata last October by unanimous decision.
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Apr 16, 2018
Ryota Murata happy with progress after successful first title defense
Going into the fight, it looked unlikely WBA middleweight champion Ryota Murata would lose his belt to obscure challenger Emanuele Blandamura.
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Apr 15, 2018
Ryota Murata defends WBA middleweight belt with eighth-round TKO win over Emanuele Blandamura
Ryota Murata's style of fighting is so simple: Press his opponent and use his deadly signature right to beat him.
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Apr 14, 2018
Ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. excited about return to Japan
World-renowned boxing and mixed martial arts ring announcer Jimmy Lennon Jr. has introduced fighters in 35 countries in his long career.
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Apr 13, 2018
Murata, Blandamura set for WBA title rumble
Ryota Murata is not a bluffer, so he does not lie about how he feels.
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Jan 22, 2018
Ryota Murata announces first defense of WBA world middleweight title against Italian Emanuele Blandamura
WBA middleweight world champion Ryota Murata will have his first title defense against a fighter who people might think is a cushy opponent.
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Dec 20, 2017
Champion Hawks honored with Japan's top pro sports award
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks fittingly received the nation's top pro sports accolade for their dominant season in 2017.
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.
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.
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.
MUFG fires worker over ¥2 billion theft from clients’ safe deposit boxes
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is investigating the incident and consulting with the police.
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
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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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Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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