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KOKI NIWA

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
Jun 2, 2020
Tokyo Games hopefuls return to National Training Center
Japan's elite athletes resumed preparations for the 2020 Summer Olympics, which have been postponed one year.
Japan Times
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Aug 2, 2018
New table tennis league set to begin
Tomokazu Harimoto, Miu Hirano and other top Japanese table tennis players will look to develop themselves to genuinely become the world's dominant powerhouse by competing in the newly launched professional T.League.
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Jun 24, 2017
Harimoto advances to China Open semifinals
Tomokazu Harimoto reached the China Open semifinals on Saturday after defeating countryman Koki Niwa in straight games in men's singles.
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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 4, 2017
Niwa reaches world table tennis quarterfinals
Koki Niwa fended off Germany's Dimitrij Ovtcharov 4-3 to advance to the men's singles quarterfinals at the world championships on Sunday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 18, 2016
Japan settles for silver in team table tennis
Japan managed to take a match off China but the two-time defending Olympic champions prevailed 3-1 in the end to win another gold medal in the men's team event at the Rio Games on Wednesday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 16, 2016
Japan secures first-ever men's team table tennis medal with victory in semis
Japan guaranteed itself a first-ever Olympic men's table tennis team medal on Monday after beating Germany 3-1 to set up a final showdown with defending champion China.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 9, 2016
Niwa defeats Hong Kong's Wong to keep medal hopes alive
Japan got its Rio Games back on track in the table tennis competition on Monday, with three of the country's medal hopes progressing — a welcome change after Kasumi Ishikawa's shock loss a day earlier.
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May 5, 2016
Fukuhara, Ishikawa secure Olympic spots
Ai Fukuhara and Kasumi Ishikawa both qualified for the women's singles at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics based on the latest rankings released by the International Table Tennis Federation on Thursday.
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Apr 25, 2016
Hirano, Mizutani win Polish Open
Miu Hirano and Jun Mizutani won the women's and men's singles finals, respectively, to highlight Japan's dominant showing at the Polish Open on Sunday.
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Mar 4, 2016
Japan men advance to semifinals at table tennis worlds
Japan's men beat Hong Kong 3-1 in the quarterfinals of the World Team Table Tennis Championships on Friday, securing a medal for the fifth straight tournament.
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Oct 17, 2015
Paddlers Niwa, Mizutani reach World Cup quarterfinals
Japan's top two male players, Koki Niwa, and Jun Mizutani, won through to the quarterfinals of the men's table tennis World Cup in Halmstad, Sweden, on Saturday.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Japan's former PM Aso meets Trump for talks on security and economy
Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in New York on Tuesday. The Japanese government’s top spokesman on Wednesday played down the meeting as one conducted "in the capacity of one lawmaker" and “without the government’s involvement.”
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.

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