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SUZUKA

Former Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel (left) helps Lewis Hamilton prepare the Mercedes team's "bee hotel" at Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Sep 22, 2023
Sebastian Vettel creates a buzz in Japan amid biodiversity crisis
The retired former champion invited current F1 drivers to make a small contribution to nature by building "bee hotels" next to the Suzuka Circuit track.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen (right) and AlphaTauri's Yuki Tsunoda take part in a fan event in Tokyo on Wednesday, ahead of the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, at the weekend.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Sep 21, 2023
Red Bull's march to the title in focus as F1 arrives in Japan
The team will be looking to secure a second straight constructors' championship on the home turf of its engine supplier, Honda.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen drives during the Singapore Grand Prix at Marina Bay Street Circuit on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Sep 18, 2023
Max Verstappen looks ahead to Japan after end of record win streak
"I think we will be quick in Suzuka," Verstappen told reporters after a race that also ended his team's run of 15 successive wins.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 30, 2022
Kazuyoshi Miura sets JFL's oldest scorer record with penalty kick
The former Japan star's goal was his first since March 2017, when he was playing for Yokohama FC in the J2 League.
Japan Times
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Oct 11, 2022
Japanese fans revved up by booming Formula One's return
Despite a shortened race due to heavy rains at Suzuka Circuit, a strong turnout at the first Japanese Grand Prix since 2019 showed that F1 has a bright future in Japan.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 10, 2022
Max Verstappen on course to reach new heights after second straight Formula One title
Buoyed by his 2021 title win over the sport's most successful driver ever, Verstappen has shown stunning consistency.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 10, 2022
Kazuyoshi Miura rewrites record for oldest player in debut at new National Stadium
Miura, at 55 years and 225 days old, came on in the 76th minute for the Suzuka Point Getters
Japan Times
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Oct 7, 2022
Suzuka endures as one of Formula One's most popular and celebrated circuits
As the F1 circus pulls into Mie Prefecture for the first time since 2019, drivers and fans alike are eagerly anticipating the return of one of the sport's top venues.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 30, 2021
54-year-old Kazuyoshi Miura set to play for fourth-tier club Suzuka
Suzuka play in the Japan Football League, one tier below the pro soccer's J-League third division.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 22, 2021
Eight clubs in the race to sign 54-year-old 'King Kazu' Kazuyoshi Miura
Offers have arrived from Suzuka Point Getters and FC Osaka of the Japan Football League, one tier below the J. League's third-tier J3, while he is planning to meet with J3 side YS Yokohama.
Japan Times
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Apr 25, 2021
Suzuka Circuit to host F1 Japan Grand Prix through 2024
Japan's Suzuka Circuit will continue to host the Japan Formula 1 Grand Prix through 2024, the facility's owner, Mobilityland Corp., said Saturday after completing a three-year contract extension with Formula 1.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2020
Explosion at Honda Motor plant in central Japan seriously injures two
An explosion at a Honda Motor Co. plant in Suzuka, Mie Prefecture, seriously injured two men on Sunday, police said.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 24, 2019
Spanish manager Milagros Martinez Dominguez becomes first woman to win in JFL
Suzuka Unlimited manager Milagros Martinez Dominguez made history as the first woman to coach a men’s soccer team to victory in a national league on Sunday when her club beat Tegevajaro Miyazaki 4-1.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jan 10, 2019
New Suzuka Unlimited manager Milagros Martinez Dominguez becomes first female boss in Japan men's soccer
Mie Prefecture-based Suzuka Unlimited unveiled Milagros Martinez Dominguez as the club's new manager on Wednesday, becoming the first men's team in a Japanese national league to hire a woman for the position.
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Jun 19, 2017
Teen Hasegawa wins again on European swim tour
Seventeen-year-old Suzuka Hasegawa won her second gold medal in the women's 200-meter butterfly at Europe's Mare Nostrum tour Sunday.
Japan Times
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Jun 22, 2016
Lost Kawasaki circuit paved way for Japanese auto racing
On a mildly humid, but pleasant, sunny June Saturday, many people flocked to the large area near the Maruko bridge, which crosses the Tama River in Shin Maruko, in Kawasaki's Nakahara Ward, to enjoy an early-summer weekend.
Japan Times
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Jun 16, 2015
Fourteen-year-old Yamaguchi qualifies for LPGA major
Fourteen-year-old amateur Suzuka Yamaguchi secured a spot at the U.S. Women's Open on Monday after finishing tied for second in the final Japanese qualifier.
LIFE
Jan 11, 2014
Everything you ever wanted to know about Godzilla but were afraid to ask
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
May 12, 2013
Japan's Suzaku satellite shows how all bets are off around Cygnus X-1
This month, the Vermillion bird of the South — which is currently flying 550 km above Earth — meets an astronomical swan some 6,000 light-years away.
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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