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Canadians Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps celebrate their gold-medal performance in the pairs competition at the World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Figure skating
Mar 22, 2024
Canadians win pairs figure skating world title as Uno leads men's short program
The defending champions Miura and Kihara, who missed much of the season due to injury, took silver.
Ryuichi Kihara and Riku Miura compete during the World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal on Wednesday.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 21, 2024
Canadian pair lead Japan's Miura and Kihara after short program at worlds
In the women's singles competition, Kaori Sakamoto's bid for a third straight title got off to an unsteady start in the short program.
Yuma Kagiyama competes in the men's free skate at the Four Continents figure skating championships in Shanghai on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Figure skating
Feb 4, 2024
Japan's Kagiyama smashes competition to take Four Continents title
Kagiyama made an error early in the free skating but his expressive, lightning-quick performance still earned him 200.76 points for a total of 307.58.
Yuma Kagiyama performs his short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Shanghai on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Figure skating
Feb 2, 2024
Yuma Kagiyama and Mone Chiba lead way at Four Continents
Yuma Kagiyama and Mone Chiba are in first place after the short programs.
Alpinist Yuichiro Miura, seated on an all-terrain wheelchair, waves after reaching the summit of Mount Fuji on Thursday.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 31, 2023
90-year-old Japanese alpinist summits Mount Fuji in wheelchair
Yuichiro Miura's triumph comes after struggles with his health. As a means of rehabilitation, he aspired to climb Japan's tallest peak.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Jul 12, 2023
Kazuyoshi Miura extends Portuguese second-division stint at 56
The Yokohama FC forward set the record for the Portuguese league's oldest player during his half-season loan this spring.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Jun 29, 2023
ISU announces Grand Prix Series assignments
The International Skating Union announced its assignments for the 2023-24 Grand Prix Series on Wednesday, with Beijing Winter Olympic men's figure skating silver medalist Yuma Kagiyama set to appear on home ice at the NHK Trophy in Osaka.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 30, 2023
Kazuyoshi Miura hungry for more after Portuguese second-flight debut
The veteran remained on the bench for Oliveirense's home game with Estrela on Friday, in which his team suffered a 2-1 defeat.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 23, 2023
Kazuyoshi Miura makes Portuguese second-division debut at 56
The Japan legend, on loan since February from Yokohama FC until the end of the season, is playing in his fifth foreign country.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Apr 15, 2023
Dominant Team USA wins World Team Trophy as host Japan takes bronze
Surprise package South Korea shone in its debut at the event as captain Cha Jun-hwan led the team to second place.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Apr 14, 2023
Team USA maintains World Team Trophy lead as Japan closes gap for silver
Kaori Sakamoto finished second in the women's free skate, while Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara took second in the pairs short program.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Mar 28, 2023
Kaori Sakamoto and Shoma Uno to skate for Japan at World Team Trophy
The Russian team will not participate in this year's competition due to the country's invasion of Ukraine, despite having won the previous meet in 2021.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Mar 26, 2023
Historic world title haul offers glimpse of Japan's 'post-Hanyu' era
Four days of thrilling and uplifting figure skating at last week's world championships in Saitama saw host Japan assert its position as the sport's dominant nation.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Mar 24, 2023
'Rikuryu' coach Bruno Marcotte has Olympic hopes after Grand Slam
As they aim for Olympic success, Marcotte hopes that Miura and Kihara’s success will encourage more Japanese skaters and coaches to get involved in the discipline.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Mar 23, 2023
Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara take historic pairs gold at figure skating worlds
Skating nearly without error to “Atlas: Two,” the pair earned a score of 141.44 for a combined score of 221.16.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Mar 22, 2023
Kaori Sakamoto in driver's seat at world championships
The 22-year-old Olympic medalist finished the women's short program in the lead, while Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara positioned themselves well for pairs gold.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Mar 6, 2023
Mao Shimada breaks Mao Asada's record with victory at junior figure skating world championships
Shimada became the youngest Japanese winner in the history of the junior world championships at 14 years and four months, beating Asada's 2005 record by one month.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Feb 13, 2023
Japan win men's and pairs gold on big day at Four Continents
Seventeen-year-old Kao Miura became the youngest Four Continents Figure Skating Championships men's winner Saturday, breaking the record set by Beijing gold medalist Nathan Chen, and capping a successful day of competition for Japan.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 1, 2023
Japan's oldest pro soccer player Miura to head to Portugal
'King Kazu,' 55, who last season played for Suzuka Point Getters in the fourth-tier Japan Football League on loan from Yokohama FC, will join Oliveirense until the summer.
Japan Times
Film / Reviews
Jan 19, 2023
‘And So I’m at a Loss’: Cautionary tale turns meta
Daisuke Miura’s drama about a habitual shirker isn’t quite as outrageous as it thinks.
'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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