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WHEELCHAIR TENNIS

Japan's Tokito Oda (L) reacts after beating Britain's Alfie Hewett in the men's singles gold medal match of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games on Saturday.
PARALYMPICS
Sep 8, 2024
Tokito Oda becomes youngest Paralympic men's wheelchair singles champion
Oda prevailed in just over 2 1/2 hours, in front of a virtually sell-out crowd at Roland Garros, in a great advertisement for the event.
Yui Kamiji celebrates after winning gold in the women's wheelchair tennis singles competition at the Paris Paralympics on Friday.
PARALYMPICS
Sep 7, 2024
Japan's Kamiji takes Paralympic gold in wheelchair tennis singles
Kamiji came back to beat longtime rival Diede de Groot of the Netherlands 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Yui Kamiji (left) and Manami Tanaka celebrate after winning gold over Diede De Groot and Aniek Van Koot at the Paris Paralympics on Thursday.
PARALYMPICS
Sep 6, 2024
Japanese pair clinch Paralympic gold in wheelchair tennis
Since wheelchair tennis was introduced in the 1992 Paralympics, Dutch women have typically dominated both the singles and doubles events, but not on Thursday in Paris.
Koji Yamaguchi, president of Ox Engineering, says Paralympic athletes using the firm's wheelchairs won more than 140 medals in summer and winter games combined between 1996 and 2021.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2024
Wheelchair-maker in Japan empowering Paralympic athletes
Founded in 1988 as a developer of motorcycle engines and parts, the company switched to the wheelchair business in 1995.
Britain's Lucy Shuker competes at a tournament in Eastbourne, England, in 2022.
PARALYMPICS
Aug 25, 2024
Paralympian Lucy Shuker indebted to wheelchair tennis for giving her some 'joy'
Just 21 years old when she suffered the life-changing injury, Shuker, now 44, has become one of the finest doubles players in the world.
Designated hitter and closer Shohei Ohtani (center) and catcher Yuhei Nakamura are mobbed by their Samurai Japan teammates after Ohtani struck out American slugger Mike Trout to clinch Japan’s third World Baseball Classic and first since 2009, at LoanDepot Park in Miami on March 21.
SPORTS
Dec 26, 2023
Images of 2023: Sports
For some, 2023 was a year of sweet victory, after many years of not making it to the summit. For Shohei Ohtani, it was yet another year of brilliance.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Feb 8, 2023
Retiring great Shingo Kunieda departs after helping raise profile of wheelchair tennis
Kunieda is known as the Roger Federer of wheelchair tennis and won 50 Grand Slam titles and four Paralympic gold medals.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS
Sep 4, 2021
After nine-year wait, Shingo Kunieda is king of Paralympic court again
The Japanese ace went from heartbreak in Brazil five years ago to jubilation in Tokyo as he cruised past the Netherlands' Tom Egberink 6-1, 6-2 to win gold.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS
Sep 1, 2021
Shingo Kunieda bounces back in first set to power into Paralympic semifinals
The Japanese ace stormed back from three games down to take the first set and led throughout the second to advance to the Tokyo Paralympic semifinals with a 7-6 (9-7), 6-3 win.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS
Sep 1, 2021
Diede de Groot has her sights set on joining the most exclusive club in tennis
De Groot is looking to win Paralympic gold in Tokyo and then the U.S. Open title later this month to become the first women's wheelchair singles player to achieve the Golden Slam.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS
Aug 31, 2021
Yui Kamiji advances to wheelchair tennis semifinal
Japanese star beats Zhu Zhenzhen 7-5, 6-1 in a difficult quarterfinal at Ariake Tennis Park.
Ishiba delays meeting with Trump, citing legal restrictions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba waves upon arrival for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, in Callao, Peru, on Friday.
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.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
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.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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