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ARCHERY

Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
May 16, 2021
Para archery athlete still aiming for gold despite year of hardships
Aiko Okazaki, who picked up the sport years after being paralyzed in the 2005 Amagasaki train derailment, has struggled with restrictions to her training regimen as a result of the pandemic.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Feb 9, 2021
Paralympic archery team member Yoshitsugu Naka dies at 60
Yoshitsugu Naka, a Japanese archer who had qualified for the Tokyo Paralympics, died at the age of 60, the Japan Para Archery Federation said Tuesday.
OLYMPICS
Feb 18, 2020
Mongolia archery team cancels training camp in Okazaki due to COVID-19 concerns
Mongolia's archery team has canceled an Olympic training camp scheduled from Wednesday to March 7 due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak, the city announced Tuesday.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Sep 4, 2019
Survivor of Amagasaki train derailment aiming for bull's eye at 2020 Paralympics
Having overcome numerous challenges since suffering life-altering injuries in a deadly train derailment in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, in 2005, Aiko Okazaki doesn't plan to go easy on herself when it comes to her latest test — competing in archery in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
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Jul 14, 2019
Saudi sports official hugged female worker at Tokyo hotel: sources
A sports official from Saudi Arabia, in Tokyo for an archery test event ahead of next year's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, made unwanted advances toward a woman working at the Saudi team's Tokyo hotel, sources knowledgeable about the allegation said Saturday.
Japan Times
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Mar 29, 2019
Teenager Waka Sonoda taking aim at Olympic archery berth
As one of four women hoping to represent Japan at the World Archery Championships, 16-year-old Waka Sonoda is right on target to make her Olympic dreams a reality.
Japan Times
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Aug 28, 2018
Japan duo relish mixed archery gold
Even the hands of an experienced veteran like Takaharu Furukawa sometimes tremble with tension while shooting an arrow at a target 70 meters away.
Japan Times
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Aug 27, 2018
Japan beats North Korea for mixed team recurve archery gold at Asian Games
Japan's mixed recurve archery team won gold at the Asian Games on Monday with a 6-0 shutout of North Korea.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jul 19, 2014
Yabusame archers of the lonely Chugoku Mountains
What are those peculiar scarecrow figures, lolling about the villages of the Chugoku Mountains?

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