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Japan Times
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Mar 4, 2018

Fourteen-year-old Ai Mori wins lead climbing national championship

As a slender 14-year-old girl, Ai Mori can probably walk down the street without anyone thinking she is a top athlete.
Japan Times
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Feb 6, 2018

Ekiden guru Susumu Hara calls for big changes to sport

With the remarkable achievements he's accomplished in collegiate ekiden, including four Hakone titles, Susumu Hara could easily rest on his laurels.
Japan Times
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Aug 4, 2017

Ito aims to end taibatsu by coaches in Japan

Corporal punishment has long been a tradition in the Japanese school sports scene, just as it has in Japanese society as a whole.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Sep 15, 2015

Dream Games provide taste of sport's future in Japan

It's been obvious for many years that Japan's basketball leaders needed to take bigger, bolder steps to promote the game across the archipelago.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Apr 18, 2015

'You Gotta Have Wa' is still the best analysis of Japanese culture seen through the lens of sport

Robert Whiting's baseball classic, "You Gotta Have Wa," (updated in 2009) remains the definitive text on Japanese culture seen through the lens of sport. Whiting has an engaging style, his research is exhaustive and his first-hand knowledge has ensured this book is just as entertaining now as it was...
SPORTS / ODDS AND EVENS
Aug 9, 2012

Coe a great spokesman for sport

What if the Soviet Union didn't invade Afghanistan in 1979?
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Apr 4, 2009

Fencer Ota keen to compete in France, raise interest in sport

Japanese fencing phenom Yuki Ota, who won the silver medal in the men's foil in last summer's Beijing Olympics, has entered a new challenging chapter in his fencing career.
BUSINESS
Jul 19, 2005

Money -- the toughest hurdle in sport

Just as many professional athletes struggle to carve out a second career after they retire, amateur sports players are also confronting some really hard times.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jul 6, 1999

From combat to sport and art

ARMED MARTIAL ARTS OF JAPAN: Swordsmanship and Archery, by G. Cameron Hurst III. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998, 244 pp., with b/w photos. Though people today are more inclined to study the martial arts of Japan than such culturally expected forms as tea ceremony and flower arrangement, books...
Japan Times
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Jun 21, 2023

Sports court rejects IBA appeal, while IOC condemns leadership language

The CAS decision comes after the IOC decided two weeks ago to strip the IBA of its recognition as the official international body for the sport over its failure to meet reform criteria.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 9, 2022

Ecuador cleared to play at World Cup

Sport's highest court ruled that defender Byron Castillo was eligible to play for Ecuador in the qualifying stage for the upcoming tournament in Qatar.
Japan Times
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May 14, 2022

PGA Tour's stance toward LIV Golf reveals uncharacteristic rancor in sport

Several times, Rory McIlroy, a four-time major winner who is ranked seventh in the world, has declared the breakaway LIV Golf tour 'dead in the water.”
Japan Times
SOCCER
Apr 6, 2022

Football Union of Russia withdraws appeal over FIFA ban

Russia's hopes of competing at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar were effectively ended after CAS rejected a request to freeze FIFA's suspension while the country's appeal was being heard.
Japan Times
SUMO
Dec 11, 2021

Young sumo wrestlers chase dreams of fame and fortune in Japan's ancient sport

Japan's Children's Sumo Association says some 40,000 children from ages 10-12 take part in the sport.
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

Double lives: The Olympians who divide their time between work and sport

'You cannot be riding a horse and thinking, what's happening with a trade in the office,' says equestrian Jose Maria Larocca, also one of the world's most influential oil traders.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 30, 2021

Tennis chief says sport needs to do more for players' mental health

Tennis governing bodies take mental health issues extremely seriously but are aware that more needs to be done to support players in that area, David Haggerty said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 30, 2021

Olympic COVID-19 fears give way to unseen mental injuries in sport

The measures to keep athletes and officials safe from COVID-19 have also heightened mental and emotional pressures.
Japan Times
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May 15, 2021

German gymnast thinks bodysuits could convince young athletes to stick with sport

The German Gymnastics Association (DTB) said its athletes wore the full bodysuit in Basel as a stand 'against sexualization in gymnastics.'
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Apr 16, 2021

Shauna Coxsey heading to Tokyo Olympics with newfound need for speed

Coxsey says the one-year delay the Olympics has made her even more excited, even if the games will be muted by strict COVID-19 protocols.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Oct 14, 2020

Once-fearsome ozeki rank no longer sport's 'great barrier'

Wrestlers in sumo's second-highest rank have struggled to emulate the success of their peers in previous generations.
Japan Times
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Jun 15, 2020

White NHL players finding their voice on racism, in and outside the sport

Players in the predominantly white NHL are speaking out against racism.
Japan Times
SPORTS
Apr 1, 2020

NCAA to give spring sport athletes extra year of eligibility

The NCAA will permit spring sport athletes – such as baseball, softball and lacrosse players – who had their seasons shortened by the coronavirus outbreak to have an additional year of eligibility.
Japan Times
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Aug 20, 2019

Sport climbers Janja Garnbret, Akiyo Noguchi achieve dream by qualifying for 2020 Olympics

Olympic favorite Janja Garnbret defended her world title, while Akiyo Noguchi secured a spot for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with a runner-up finish in the women's combined event at the IFSC World Championships at Esforta Arena Hachioji on Tuesday.
Workers say corporate South Korea was warned about questionable U.S. visas before Hyundai raid
Activists holding signs that reads "No one is illegal!" protest against a huge immigration raid last week in the U.S. state of Georgia, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Tuesday.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Goldman sells Tokyo office area to JR East for over ¥50 billion
GranTokyo South Tower (center). East Japan Railway has bought the 14th to 18th floors of the office building at a price of more than ¥50 billion from Goldman Sachs Group.
Ed Sheeran teams up with Tokyo’s Oedo Line
The “Oh! Ed! Collaboration Campaign,” launched on Tokyo's Keio Line to celebrate the Friday release of Ed Sheeran’s latest album, “Play,” includes a eight-car train dedicated to the pop star's music and trivia related to his career
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.
Shizuoka farmers fight to preserve sustainable tea method that’s steeped in tradition
As of August 2024, the number of confirmed chagusaba farmers had fallen to 302, just over half the 582 reported in 2015, according to the Shizuoka Chagusaba Farming Method Promotion Council.
Search is on for loopholes in Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick argues that U.S. President Donald Trump has sole authority to invest Japan's promised $550 billion.
In rural Hokkaido, the stops and starts of tourism revival on full display
Redevelopment plans for Kawayu Onsen have hit some snags — an example of how bringing tourists back to declining rural communities is far from easy work.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Figure skater Akiko Suzuki was once told her ideal weight should be 47 kilograms, a number she now admits she “naively believed.” This led to her have a relationship with food that resulted in her suffering from anorexia.
The silent battle Japanese athletes fight with weight
By Mai Yoshikawa

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