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David Hueston
For David Hueston's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
SUMO / Basho reports
Jul 16, 2010
Hakuho rolls on
NAGOYA — There appears to be no Kryptonite that can faze the yokozuna called Hakuho.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jul 15, 2010
Hakuho unstoppable on basho's fourth day
NAGOYA — Yokozuna Hakuho manhandled Russian rank-and-filer Aran on Wednesday to remain undefeated and in a share of the lead on the fourth day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.
SUMO / Basho reports
Jul 14, 2010
Hakuho notches 35th straight win
NAGOYA — Make that 35 straight and counting for sumo's top gun.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jul 13, 2010
Hakuho hits stride
NAGOYA — Hakuho is building his case as sumo's coolest yokozuna, despite a gambling scandal rocking the ancient Japanese sport.
Japan Times
SUMO / Basho reports
Jul 12, 2010
Nagoya meet begins amid somber mood
NAGOYA — The Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament kicked off the opening day on Sunday to a nearly packed house shaken but undeterred by a gambling scandal rocking the ancient sport.
SUMO
May 9, 2010
Hakuho stands alone as next basho dawns
As he prepares for his second basho as lone yokozuna, Hakuho appears quite content with his newfound status as king of the raised ring.
SUMO
Apr 29, 2010
Estonian Baruto aims for sumo's top rank
When you think of sumo wrestlers with killer instinct, perhaps no one was more venomous inside and out the ring than retired former yokozuna Asashoryu.
SUMO
Mar 14, 2010
Ticket sales sluggish with Asashoryu gone
OSAKA — Things just got really lonely at the top.
SUMO
Jan 10, 2010
Hakuho looks to continue dominance in 2010
As the New Year gets under way, Hakuho remains the man to beat after a record-breaking year in 2009.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 22, 2009
Sledge's slam shocks Eagles
SAPPORO — Terrmel Sledge hit a walk-off grand slam with one out in the ninth inning to lift the Nippon Ham Fighters to a 9-8 victory over the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Game 1 of the Pacific League Climax Series second stage on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / JAPAN NATIONAL BASEBALL TEAM
Aug 24, 2008
Japan fails to win medal
Taylor Teagarden hit a tiebreaking two-run double and Jason Donald followed with a two-run homer in the fifth inning Saturday as the United States defeated Japan 8-4 to capture the bronze medal in the Beijing Olympic baseball tournament.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS
Aug 20, 2008
Matsunaga settles for silver in 55-kg wrestling
Tomohiro Matsunaga hoped to spring a surprise gold medal for Japan on Tuesday but had to settle for second place after losing to American Henry Cejudo in the men's freestyle 55 kg at the Beijing Olympics.
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS
Aug 19, 2008
Japan blanks Canada in softball
Yukiko Ueno pitched three-hit ball over six shutout innings as Japan blanked Canada 6-0 in its final preliminary round game of the Beijing Olympic softball tournament on Monday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS
Aug 18, 2008
Younger Icho wins wrestling gold; Hamaguchi settles for bronze
Golden Girl No. 2, please stand up.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: JUDO
Aug 16, 2008
Heavyweight Ishii grabs judo gold
Japan's men saved their bombshell for the heavyweight curtain closing act.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: JUDO
Aug 14, 2008
Ueno defends Olympic judo title
BEIJING — From the looks of things, Japan's female judoka are just getting fired up.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS: JUDO
Aug 13, 2008
Tanimoto takes another judo gold
Put a gold up on the mantelpiece for Japanese women's judo. This one was a thing of beauty.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS
Aug 4, 2008
Takeda eyes glory in Olympic swan song
BEIJING — Japanese rower Daisaku Takeda and teammate Kazushige Ura arrived in Beijing on Friday for what will likely be their curtain-closing act at the Beijing Olympic Games.
SUMO
Jan 13, 2008
All eyes on Asashoryu as he returns to dohyo
After a two-tournament suspension was lifted last November, Mongolian yokozuna Asashoryu will make his long-awaited comeback as the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament kicks off Sunday.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 31, 2007
Yoshida, Japan prepare to excel at '08 Games
If you looked up the word invincible in the dictionary, a photo of women's five-time freestyle wresting world champion Saori Yoshida might very well accompany the description.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
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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