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JUN MIZUTANI

Japan Times
OLYMPICS / FOCUS
Aug 7, 2021
At Tokyo Games, Japan puts crack in China's table tennis great wall
Despite his own retirement, Jun Mizutani believes the future of the Japanese men's game is bright and the country should look optimistically to Paris in 2024.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 6, 2021
Japan's men's table tennis team tops South Korea for Olympic bronze
Japan's trio of Jun Mizutani, Koki Niwa and Tomokazu Harimoto clinched bronze in the men's team event on Friday after a 3-1 win over South Korea.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2021
Japan ousted by Germany in table tennis men's team semifinals
Germany will now face much-favored China in the final, while Japan will battle South Korea for bronze on Friday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 3, 2021
Japan reaches men's team table tennis semis in Tokyo
Japan downed Sweden 3-1 to advance to the semifinals of the table tennis men's team competition at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 2, 2021
Japan off to winning start in table tennis men's team event
Led by veteran Jun Mizutani, Japan got off to a winning start in the table tennis men's team competition on Monday, easing to a 3-0 win over Australia at the Tokyo Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 31, 2021
Will Japan’s gold rush end with judo? Not likely.
Japan has won nine golds in judo so far, the most by a single nation at an Olympics. Japan set the previous mark of eight in 2004.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 25, 2021
Tomokazu Harimoto aiming to end Chinese table tennis supremacy
Eighteen-year-old world No. 4 Tomokazu Harimoto is hoping to do what many would consider near impossible: end China's 13-year Olympic men's singles table tennis reign by claiming Japan's first gold in the sport.
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May 8, 2020
Table tennis star Mima Ito taking Tokyo 2020 delay in stride
Table tennis star Mima Ito was disappointed by the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, because it took away the chance to reach her goal of winning a gold medal as a teenager.
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Jan 6, 2020
Tomokazu Harimoto, Mima Ito headline Japan's 2020 table tennis squad
The Japan Table Tennis Association announced Monday the six players who will represent the Olympic host nation at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
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Oct 24, 2018
Ambitious T. League begins play at Ryogoku Kokugikan
With the lofty ambition of eventually becoming the world's best table tennis circuit, the T. League kicked off competition at a lavishly decorated Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on Wednesday night.
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Oct 23, 2018
T.League primed to kick off inaugural season
One day before the T.League officially kicks off its inaugural season with a men's match between the Kinoshita Meister Tokyo and T.T Saitama, chairman Koji Matsushita, players and coaches showed their excitement and jitters to be a part of Japan's first professional table tennis circuit.
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Jan 21, 2018
14-year-old Tomokazu Harimoto becomes youngest national table tennis singles champion
Fourteen-year-old Tomokazu Harimoto became Japan's youngest national table tennis singles champion on Sunday, beating Rio de Janeiro bronze medalist Jun Mizutani 4-2 in the men's final.
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Sep 15, 2017
T.League unveils ambitious details for inaugural 2018 season, beyond
With an ambitious goal to eventually become the best table tennis league in the world, the T.League Premier League will kick off in Japan in the fall of 2018.
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Jun 19, 2017
China taking notice of Japan's rising talents
Although the Japan Open showcased Chinese table tennis supremacy rather than Japan's rise, China's stars have a wary eye on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic hosts — if their words are taken at face value.
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Jun 18, 2017
Hirano vows to face up to Chinese challenge
It was a cruel reality check for Miu Hirano as her surging run of form came to a shuddering end in the Japan Open quarterfinals, but the 17-year-old vowed to rebuild her game to again challenge China's top players.
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Jun 17, 2017
Ito squanders two-game lead against Wang in Japan Open quarterfinals defeat
Sixteen-year-old Mima Ito relinquished a 2-0 lead against 2014 and 2015 world junior champion Wang Manyu, bowing out of the Japan Open in the women's singles quarterfinals on Saturday.
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Jun 7, 2017
Harimoto striving to boost ranking after sensational debut
Sensational junior high school student Tomokazu Harimoto is now setting his sights on playing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after becoming the youngest quarterfinalist ever at the recent world table tennis championships.
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Jun 2, 2017
Harimoto stuns Mizutani at table tennis worlds
World Table Tennis Championships debutant Tomokazu Harimoto secured a shock 4-1 win over Rio bronze medalist Jun Mizutani on Thursday in the second round of men's singles.
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May 23, 2017
Mizutani determined to succeed at worlds
Rio Olympic bronze medalist Jun Mizutani knows what he must do in order to stand on the podium at the World Table Tennis Championships for the first time, and is poised to continue challenging China's dominance in the sport.
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Jan 22, 2017
Teen Hirano captures national table tennis title
Sixteen-year-old Miu Hirano became the youngest player to win the national table tennis championships in women's singles Sunday, while Jun Mizutani won a record ninth men's title.
No link to Nankai Trough quake seen after temblor in Shikoku
Satoshi Harada from the Meteorological Agency explains about the magnitude 6.6 earthquake during a news conference early Thursday.
Thousands evacuated as Indonesia volcano erupts
Indonesia's Mount Ruang spews hot lava and smoke as seen from Sitaro, North Sulawesi, on Wednesday.
Why hasn't Japan moved to prop up the weak yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Snake on a train: Discovery of serpent delays Tokyo-Nagoya shinkansen
A Tokaido shinkansen. It is unclear whether the snake was venomous or how it ended up on the train, and there was no injury or panic among passengers.
Sex differences could be key to the successful treatment of long COVID
A new study has found that women with long COVID had significantly lower levels of testosterone compared to those who had recovered from their infection.
'House of the Owl' brings Hollywood values to Japanese TV
In the new Disney+ series “House of the Owl,” Min Tanaka (left) plays a powerful political fixer, or “kuromaku,” who has a troubled relationship with his adult children, particularly his idealistic son, played by Mackenyu.
Benefits and risks: AUKUS looks to take gamble on Japan
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Kyoto’s demon night parade lives to haunt another day
In a Kyoto long past, the "hyakki yagyō" (100 demon night parade) haunted a sleepy corner of Kyoto. Now, one enterprising monster enthusiast has won a small batttle to keep the march alive.
U.S. deploys midrange missile system in Indo-Pacific for first time
A U.S. Army Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher arrives as part of the capability’s first deployment into theater on Northern Luzon, Philippines, April 8.
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People listen to a campaign speech in Tokyo's Koto Ward on Tuesday.

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