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Zhang Yufei celebrates after winning the women's 200-meter butterfly at the Tokyo Olympics. Zhang is one of 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance seven months before the Games.
OLYMPICS
Apr 22, 2024
Australian swim coach rejects claims of systemic Chinese doping
An Australian coach who works with the Chinese Swimming Association has rejected claims of systemic state-run doping.
Two lovers on the run (Misa Wada, left, and Takahiro Fukuya) wrestle with poverty and a monstrous mutant appendage in Taichiro Natsume’s “The Beast Hand.”
CULTURE / Film
Jan 25, 2024
‘The Beast Hand’: Splatter movie has more soul than guts
Misa Wada proves a standout in Taichiro Natsume’s surprisingly soulful low-budget horror flick.
In a world where human speech is nonexistent, a woman (Misa Wada) survives on her own in an abandoned building in “Motion Picture: Choke.”
CULTURE / Film
Nov 9, 2023
‘Motion Picture: Choke’: A silent 'tour de force' performance
Misa Wada offers a full range of emotions in Gen Nagao’s thought-provoking and imaginative film set in a reality where humans don’t speak.
North Korea's flag has been raised at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, which concluded on Sunday, in contravention to sanctions imposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
MORE SPORTS
Oct 8, 2023
North Korea to let doping officials back in for testing
WADA declared North Korea's national anti-doping body "non-compliant" in 2021 because it was unable to get its testers into the country.
Kamila Valieva's doping case has divided the figure skating community since it first came to light during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
MORE SPORTS / Figure skating
Sep 26, 2023
Top sports court to hear Russian skater Kamila Valieva's doping case
Tuesday's hearing follows Valieva's exoneration by Russia's anti-doping agency, which ruled that she bore "no fault or negligence" for the positive test.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Jun 23, 2023
CAS to hear Kamila Valieva's doping case in September
Valieva tested positive for the banned substance trimetazidine at the Russian national championships in December 2021.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 22, 2023
Gamers to receive education about doping rules during Olympic Esports Week
WADA said last month that the Global Esport Federation (GEF) approached it about putting together an education program, a potential first step toward embracing the global anti-doping code.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 24, 2023
WADA prioritizes education, but drug testing in esports' future
The organization said it had been approached by the Global Esports Foundation about developing a health and wellness plan for esports athletes.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Feb 22, 2023
WADA to appeal to CAS over figure skater Kamila Valieva's doping case
A Russian tribunal found that, although the athlete had committed an anti-doping rule violation, she had committed 'no fault or negligence.'
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 11, 2022
British sprinter Chijindu Ujah banned 22 months for doping
Authorities ruled that the 28-year-old's rule violation was not intentional, handing him a shorter punishment than those given for deliberate offenses.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 20, 2022
WADA still monitoring Russia ahead of doping ban expiration
The existing two-year ban from international sports imposed by WADA on Russia for widespread, state-sponsored infringements of doping regulations expires at the end of the year.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Jun 20, 2022
NPB experiencing surge of no-hitters
With four no-hitters and a couple of near misses already this season, it's possible there is more misery on the horizon for NPB hitters.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 20, 2021
'A Madder Red': Yuya Ishii's pandemic drama is scattershot but soulful
Social realism rubs up against melodrama in the film 'A Madder Red,' which focuses on a single mother dealing with economic challenges during the pandemic.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
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.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
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.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
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