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Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2021

Alberto Gines Lopez wins first Olympic sport climbing gold

Spain's Alberto Gines Lopez won the first Olympic sport climbing competition with a stellar run in the speed discipline and a good finish in lead carrying him to the gold medal.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2021

'Queens of kata' vying for gold as they kick off karate's Olympics debut

At the conclusion of the elimination rounds, it seemed clear the contest for the gold medal would be — as widely expected — between Japan's Kiyou Shimizu and Spain's Sandra Sanchez.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2021

Japan's women's basketball team not satisfied with just being Cinderella

The Akatsuki Five are officially in uncharted territory. Can they reach the podium?
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2021

Kevin Durant powers Team USA to win over Australia in semifinal

The win was a measure of revenge against a team that had upset the United States in an exhibition game in Las Vegas last month.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2021

Simone Biles thanks Japanese gym that helped her regain her form

Biles spent several days out of the spotlight at the training facilities of Juntendo University where she was able to overcome the disorientation she was experiencing while performing.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 4, 2021

Japan's Miho Nonaka and Akiyo Noguchi qualify for sport climbing finals

The Olympic sport climbing competition, debuting in Tokyo, is divided into three disciplines: speed climbing, bouldering and lead climbing, with climbers scored across all three.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 4, 2021

Poland's Wojciech Nowicki wins gold medal in men's hammer throw

Poland's Wojciech Nowicki won the men's hammer throw with a personal best of 82.52 meters on Wednesday, while his compatriot Pawel Fajdek avoided another Olympic disappointment by picking up the bronze.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 4, 2021

Kenya's Emmanuel Korir wins gold in men's 800m final

Emmanuel Korir of Kenya won the men's 800 meters gold medal on Wednesday at Tokyo's Olympic Stadium.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 4, 2021

Sweden and Canada ask for women's gold medal soccer match to be moved to avoid heat

Trackside temperatures at the athletics stadium hit 40 degrees earlier this week, and with the women's medal game due to take place at 11 a.m., both sides have expressed concerns.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 4, 2021

Even a world record doesn’t always guarantee Olympic gold

Both Karsten Warholm of Norway and Rai Benjamin of the United States broke the world record in the 400-meter hurdles. Only one got a gold medal.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 3, 2021

Japan's Sena Irie punches her way to gold in women's boxing

Irie, a native of Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, is the first athlete from the sparsely populated prefecture to win Olympic gold.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 3, 2021

Healthy Kodai Senga gives Samurai Japan a major — and unexpected — weapon at Olympics

While Senga's return to Samurai Japan didn't have the same fanfare that greeted starter Masahiro Tanaka on Monday, it was no less impactful.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 3, 2021

German Malaika Mihambo aces long jump final with last leap

Reigning world champion Malaika Mihambo of Germany won the women's long jump gold with her final leap of 7.00 meters at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 2, 2021

Japan's Takefusa Kubo ready to give '150%' to beat Spain

Kubo's stints at several Spanish clubs have not yielded much in terms of success, further adding to his motivation to make an impression against the nation on Tuesday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021

Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim, Italian Gianmarco Tamberi share men's high jump gold

Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim and Gianmarco Tamberi of Italy shared the men's high jump gold at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021

Japanese basketball team ends Olympics knowing it has plenty of work to do

Japan made an early exit from the Games having gone winless, ending their tournament with a 97-77 loss to Argentina in their final Group B contest at Saitama Super Arena on Sunday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021

Xander Schauffele wins golf gold for U.S. in Tokyo as Matsuyama comes up short in playoff for bronze

Rory Sabbatini claimed an unlikely silver for adopted nation Slovakia while Taiwan's CT Pan secured bronze.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021

Japan confident heading into Olympic soccer semifinal against Spain

After squeaking past New Zealand, the team appeared unfazed by the down-to-the-wire drama, because, at the end of the day, winning was the ultimate goal in the knockout stage.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021

China's Gong Lijiao takes shot put gold as trackside temperatures hit 40 degrees

New Zealand's Valerie Adams became the latest mother to medal as she added a bronze to her Olympic collection of two golds and a silver.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021

Simone Biles withdraws from Olympic floor exercise final

'Simone has withdrawn from the event final for floor and will make a decision later this week on beam,' USA Gymnastics said in a statement on Twitter.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 1, 2021

Belinda Bencic outlasts Marketa Vondrousova for women's singles gold medal

Prior to taking Centre Court for the gold medal match of the Tokyo Olympic women's tennis singles competition, Switzerland's Belinda Bencic received a message from Swiss tennis great Roger Federer.
Bangladesh is a South Asian time bomb
Many Bangladeshis hoped that the overthrow of long-time leader Sheikh Hasina last year would revitalize the country’s democracy after an authoritarian lurch under the “iron lady.” Instead it has led to proliferating human-rights abuses, intensifying repression and widespread Islamist violence.
Tropical Storm Peipah brings heavy rain to parts of western Japan
Tropical Storm Peipah made landfall in western Japan on Friday, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue warnings of landslides and other disasters due to heavy rainfall in several areas.
Trump signs order reducing tariffs on Japanese autos
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, shake hands.
Tamagotchi hatches 100 million shipments worldwide thanks to ’90s nostalgia
The latest version of Tamagotchi, called Tamagotchi Paradise, is awarded the best digital toy at Tokyo Toy Show on Aug. 28.
Japan alerting consumers to cash-on-delivery problems
In fiscal 2024 through March this year, the National Consumers Affairs Center received inquiries and gave advice on problems associated with cash-on-delivery services.
London’s calling and sumo’s top division — along with Hello Kitty — are ready to answer
Yokozuna Hoshoryu and Hello Kitty, an ambassador for sumo's upcoming tour to London, at Tokyo's Kokugikan on Tuesday
Resonac creates 27-member consortium to pursue advanced chip developments
Representatives from member companies of JOINT3, a consortium working together on semiconductor-related developments announced by Resonac, pose for a photo in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Haru Nemuri’s radical new album refuses easy listening
Musician Haruna Kimishima, better known as Haru Nemuri, confronts Japan’s politics, nationalism and censorship on her recent output.
Overseas sluggers step up to bat in small-town Hokkaido
The Betsukai Pilot Spirits welcomed new players (left to right) Yuta Yamanaka, Roman Guthrie, Scott Bellina and Leo Jiminian this year, pictured here with Yassir Lachkar of the Ishikari Red Phoenix.
Xi — joined by Kim and Putin — delivers stark warning at military parade
Chinese leader Xi Jinping walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing on Wednesday.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
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