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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 12, 2018

IOC boss to visit North Korea after Winter Olympics: source

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach will visit North Korea after the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics as part of an agreement between the IOC and North and South Korea, a source within the Olympic movement told said Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Feb 11, 2018

Don't mention the nukes: At Olympics, South Koreans learn how to talk to the enemy

When a hotel on South Korea's east coast was asked at short notice to host nearly 280 North Korean visitors, the problem wasn't finding enough rooms.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 19, 2018

Moon's approval rating drops amid Olympics furor over North Korea agreement

South Korean President Moon Jae-in's approval rating has fallen to a four-month low, a poll showed Friday, after a public backlash over a decision for South and North Korea to field a joint ice hockey team at next month's Winter Olympics.
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Sep 26, 2004

Kokudo wins first Asia League game

Tomohiko Uchiyama scored late in the third period Saturday as Kokudo edged Russian team Golden Amur in the inaugural game of ice hockey's newly formed Asia League.
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May 1, 2001

Team Japan starting to gel

Kuwabara is the captain of Japan's national ice hockey team currently playing at the Pool A World Championships in Germany. Kuwabara, a Japanese-Canadian who was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens and now stars for Japan Ice Hockey League champion Kokudo, has agreed to keep a journal chronicling some...
Japan Times
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May 17, 2020

NHL players organize charity Fortnite tournament

The National Hockey League Players' Association is hosting a Fortnite tournament for charity.
TENNIS
Apr 12, 2020

Billie Jean King says female athletes should stay focused on fight for equality

Tennis great Billie Jean King on Saturday said that despite the myriad of setbacks facing female athletes due to the coronavirus pandemic, they should not lose sight of the need to continue their push for equality.
Japan Times
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Jun 8, 2018

Smile Japan goalie Nana Fujimoto out for six months following surgery on shoulder

Smile Japan star goalkeeper Nana Fujimoto will be sidelined for six months following shoulder surgery, The Japan Times has learned.
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OLYMPICS
Feb 11, 2018

Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics Day 2: And the first medal of the games goes to . . .

Germany and the Netherlands zoom to the top of the medal leaderboard, with cross-country skier Charlotte Kalla taking the first gold of the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 8, 2018

Thaw won't warm South Koreans to unity

Younger South Koreans are either apathetic about or hostile toward North Korea.
OLYMPICS
Feb 7, 2018

Pyeongchang Games ready to welcome world

The competition at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics gets underway on Thursday with events in alpine skiing, biathlon, luge, curling and ski jumping, ahead of the official opening of the Winter Games on Friday night.
Japan Times
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Jan 31, 2018

Japan women's hockey team aiming for medal at Pyeongchang Olympics

The Japanese women's national hockey team hasn't posted a single win in its previous two trips to the Winter Olympics.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jul 27, 2010

Ex-students don't want JET grounded

Since 1987, the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) program has brought young Westerners — often straight out of college — to Japan to teach English at high schools. But now, Japan's massive public debt and the need to cut costs have put JET in the spotlight.
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Apr 2, 2009

Rabbits forced to fold amid economic crisis

The Seibu Prince Rabbits, an ice hockey team with a 37-year history, is the latest casualty of Japan's economic crises.
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Sep 3, 2003

New league to start play Nov. 15

A new Asian league consisting of four Japanese teams and one South Korean team is scheduled to get under way from Nov. 15 this year, hockey officials said Tuesday.
MULTIMEDIA / SPORTS SCOPE
Apr 13, 2000

10 questions for the man from Slovakia

One of the pluses of hanging around the press box at soccer matches is never knowing who you're going to bump into. It might be a manager or player, a wife, a girlfriend, a TV star, an old friend, anybody really. More often than not you see a strange face and people whisper, "Who's that?" or "Isn't that...
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Aug 20, 2019

Nana Araki looks for leap in crucial season

Now is the time for accomplished junior Nana Araki to shine.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 4, 2022

Beijing welcomes the world to controversial Winter Olympics

Although Beijing was able to begin its edition on schedule — unlike the troubled Tokyo Games — these Winter Olympics have also been marked by the impact of the pandemic.
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Dec 1, 2015

Hanyu's greatness confirmed at NHK Trophy

Sometimes in life we are in the right place at the right time.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Oct 14, 2014

Takahashi decides to hang up skates

Daisuke Takahashi, the first Japanese man to earn an Olympic figure skating medal, said on Tuesday he is retiring from the sport after 20 years on the ice.
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Mar 5, 2007

Prince Rabbits move closer to place in Asia c'ship

Led by its high-powered offense, the Seibu Prince Rabbits are one win away from a berth in the Asia League Ice Hockey Championship.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 20, 2022

Beijing's big air venue to be converted into giant water slide

Plans for Beijing 2022's new venues highlight a problem that has long dogged Olympic host cities: What to do with the bespoke venues once the games end.
Pope Francis attends the Holy Mass in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 3, 2023

Be 'good citizens', Pope tells Chinese Catholics during Mongolia visit

The unscripted comments were Francis's latest attempt to offer a hand to Beijing, which is wary of the Church's presence in its country.
Though he enjoyed making films when he was younger, Ryan Filiatrault wound up working a slew of other jobs before returning to his passion in his 30s.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
May 24, 2024

Ryan Filiatrault: 'Failure is an obstacle not a barrier. You can always get back on track.'

The Canadian filmmaker has taken a regimented approach to following his passion — and it has worked.
A young boy (Keitatsu Koshiyama, center) and his skating partner (Kiara Nakanishi, left) blossom under the dedicated guidance of their coach (Sosuke Ikematsu) in “My Sunshine.”
CULTURE / Film
Sep 12, 2024

‘My Sunshine’ brings together realism and lyricism to a rare degree

Hiroshi Okuyama’s feature about teen skaters is a gentle masterwork that illustrates Japanese society’s deep conservatism with poignance and bite.
Japan's Kaori Sakamoto celebrates after finishing in third place at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating in Grenoble, France on Dec. 7, 2024.
OLYMPICS / Winter Sports
Feb 6, 2025

Olympics on horizon as China hosts Asian Winter Games

The Games crucially come just a year ahead of the Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami