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JAPAN / Explainer
Jun 10, 2021

How the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is being held during the pandemic: What we know

While organizers insist the sporting event can be held safely, some critics fear the games will trigger a superspreader event in the capital.
JAPAN
Jun 8, 2021

Local fans lose out as events linked to Tokyo Olympics canceled or repurposed

With the country in the midst of its third state of emergency, promotional events for domestic fans have become a gamble some are no longer willing to take.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Jun 6, 2021

U.S. baseball team clinches spot at Tokyo Olympics

Team USA will join reigning champion South Korea, Japan and underdogs Israel and Mexico at the Summer Games, with a final competitor to be determined later this month.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Jun 4, 2021

Dress like Naruto? Great cosplay. Speak like Naruto? Hmm, chotto

With anime's popularity booming, some may see it as a shortcut to learning Japanese. But you wouldn't necessarily learn English from Donald Duck, would you?
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jun 2, 2021

Japan’s much-maligned vaccine campaign quietly gathers speed

The seven-day average of doses given has quadrupled in just two weeks, with about a quarter of the nearly 14 million shots given coming in the past week alone.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jun 2, 2021

NBA stars urged to end China endorsements over forced labor

A U.S. congressional commission on Tuesday called on American basketball stars to end endorsements of Chinese sportswear firms that use cotton grown in China's Xinjiang region, warning against complicity in forced labor they say takes place there.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jun 1, 2021

Athletes rally around Naomi Osaka after French Open withdrawal

While her original stance had earned little backing from her fellow professionals athletes, her withdrawal triggered a wave of support from around the sporting world.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jun 1, 2021

A shocking exit and a sad day for tennis

Naomi Osaka, a superstar in the sport, pulled out of the French Open after she was fined for skipping a news conference. Did it have to end this way?
OLYMPICS
May 31, 2021

Japan's women punch Olympic ticket in 3x3 basketball

Japan’s women’s 3x3 basketball team punched its ticket to a Summer Games that will be held on home soil with a dramatic 20-18 win over Spain in overtime of the third-place game at the FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Graz, Austria, on Sunday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 31, 2021

Helio Castroneves joins elite club with fourth Indy 500 victory

An estimated crowd of 135,000 was announced after last year's delayed race was run without a crowd.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 30, 2021

Endurance sport looks inward after tragedy kills 21 runners

Ultrarunning has never experienced a day like May 22, when 21 runners died as a storm descended on a high mountain pass during a 62-mile race in northwestern China.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
May 29, 2021

Knicks to sell playoff tickets exclusively to fully vaccinated fans

The New York Knicks announced Friday that tickets for games at Madison Square Garden will be sold exclusively to fully vaccinated fans should the team advance past the Atlanta Hawks.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 29, 2021

IndyCar veterans not ready to yield to youth movement at Indy 500

The 'Greatest Spectacle in Racing' is shaping up as a clash of generations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 29, 2021

Paralympics chief ‘confident with level of protection’ in Tokyo

'We would not be organizing the games if we believed they could cause a big spread of the virus,” said Andrew Parsons, the head of the International Paralympic Committee.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
May 28, 2021

Ash Barty excited to make Olympic debut in Tokyo

Winning a Grand Slam is the ultimate goal for most tennis players, but Ash Barty says there is no greater honor than representing your country and the world No. 1 sees the Olympic Games as the pinnacle of sports.
Japan Times
PRESS / Events
May 28, 2021

Roundtable: Sustainability with Ross Rowbury

The Japan Times Cube Co., Ltd. (representative director: Minako Suematsu) launched Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events that will be broadcast in Japan.
Japan Times
May 28, 2021

Helping those who seek to live more simply and sustainably in Tokyo -Roundtable: Sustainability with Ross Rowbury

The Japan Times Cube Co., Ltd. (representative director: Minako Suematsu) launched Roundtable by The Japan Times, a series of talk events that will be broadcast in Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 25, 2021

Uniqlo made a bet on comfortable bras. Now it’s paying off.

The firm edged out bra specialist Wacoal Holdings Corp. last year to become the top seller of women's intimate wear in Japan.

Longform

Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan