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Dec 11, 2017

Karate hoping to make mark at Tokyo Games

With its practitioners numbering over 130 million around the world and nearly 200 nations having become members of its international governing body, karate has become more of a global sport than Japan's own, traditional martial art.
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JAPAN / Society
Oct 28, 2017

Tsukiji races to exterminate rat infestation before fish market relocation

As the Tokyo Metropolitan Government works with industry groups to finalize the date for relocating the famed Tsukiji fish market next year, it is also mulling how to exterminate the hordes of rats infesting the current location.
JAPAN
Oct 24, 2017

Tokyo to become carbon-free for four days during 2020 Olympic Games, Koike says

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike has announced a plan to make the Japanese capital free of carbon dioxide emissions during the opening and closing days of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Oct 16, 2017

Mie girl, 13, making waves as budding pro surfer, with eye on Tokyo Olympics

A girl in her early teens is making waves in the world of surfing.
Japan Times
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Sep 28, 2017

Equestrian Sassa hopes to realize Olympic dream at 2020 Games

Shion Sassa's ultimate goal is to compete as an Olympic equestrian rider, hopefully as soon as the 2020 Tokyo Games. The 22-year old Waseda University student would make history if she's able to achieve that goal.
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BUSINESS
Sep 12, 2017

Japan picks 'Wagyu Olympics' winners amid growing demand for luxury beef

More than 500 cattle paraded through a ring in the Tohoku region for the "Wagyu Olympics" to win prizes and recognition as the most fertile — and mouth-watering — examples of wagyu beef, increasingly popular among foodies around the world.
EDITORIALS
Jul 1, 2017

Bad decision on passive smoking

The government should be ashamed of knuckling under to the tobacco industry and deciding not to crack down on smoking in public places.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 16, 2017

After decades-long run, McDonald's ends Olympic sponsorship deal early

U.S. fast-food giant McDonald's has ended its 41-year-long Olympic Games sponsorship deal three years early, the International Olympic Committee said on Friday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Jun 4, 2017

Trunk lifts the lid on Tokyo's evolving hospitality industry

There is a long list of reasons to visit Shibuya's latest addition to its cityscape — from the craft cocktails served in its roomy lounge to the outdoor terrace with large white cushions and its architect-designed convenience store. Not to forget the pop-up space, four spacious event rooms, a kushiyaki...
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BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 18, 2017

45 new skyscrapers to dot Tokyo's skyline by 2020 Olympics

Tokyo's skyline is set to welcome 45 new skyscrapers by the time the city hosts the Olympics in 2020, as a surge of buildings planned in the early years of Abenomics near completion.

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