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April 29, 2024
 

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SKI JUMPING

Yukio Kasaya (center), who won a ski jumping gold medal at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics, stands on the podium with silver medalist Akitsugu Konno (left) and bronze medalist Seiji Aochi in Sapporo in February 1972.
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Apr 26, 2024
Yukio Kasaya, Japan's first Winter Olympic gold medalist, dies at 80
Kasaya led a historic podium sweep for Japan at the 1972 Olympics and was joined by Akitsugu Konno, who took silver, and Seiji Aochi, who earned bronze.
Noriaki Kasai in action during a ski jumping World Cup event in Lahti, Finland, on Sunday
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Mar 5, 2024
Ski jumper Kasai earns first World Cup point overseas in five seasons
The eight-time Olympian registered 123 meters with his first jump in Lahti, Finland.
The 51-year-old Noriaki Kasai, who has competed in eight Olympics, is set to compete in an overseas World Cup event for the first time since December 2019, starting in Lahti, Finland, on March 1.
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Feb 22, 2024
'Evergreen' Noriaki Kasai to compete in overseas ski jumping events
The 51-year-old, who has competed in eight Olympics, is set to compete in an overseas World Cup event for the first time since December 2019.
Ryoyu Kobayashi had jumps of 128.5 and 138.5 meters to score 262.6 points at the World Cup event on Saturday in Sapporo, finishing 0.4 behind Austria's Stefan Kraft.
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Feb 18, 2024
Kobayashi finishes second as Kasai, 51, makes World Cup return
Home favorite Ryoyu Kobayashi was runner-up for the second day in a row Sunday as he took silver behind Slovenia’s Domen Prevc in Sapporo.
Yuki Ito put together jumps of 124.5 and 129.5 meters to score 230.1 points at Sapporo's Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium on Sunday and earn her second World Cup win of the season.
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Jan 14, 2024
Ito leaps to second ski jumping World Cup win of season
The 29-year-old from Hokkaido put together jumps of 124.5 and 129.5 meters to score 230.1 points at Sapporo's Okurayama Ski Jump Stadium.
Ryoyu Kobayashi on Saturday in Bischofshofen, Austria, added the 2024 Four Hills title to triumphs in 2019 and 2022.
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Jan 7, 2024
Japan's Kobayashi clinches third Four Hills ski jump crown
Kobayashi added the 2024 title to triumphs in 2019 and 2022 after finishing in second place in the last of the four events at Bischofshofen in Austria.
Yuki Ito had jumps of 90.5 and 94 meters for a total of 244.6 points in the opening World Cup ski jumping event in Lillehammer, Norway, on Saturday good enough to give her an eighth career World Cup victory.
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Dec 3, 2023
Japan's Yuki Ito wins World Cup ski jumping opener
Among other Japanese jumpers, Sara Takanashi settled for 12th place.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
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JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

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