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Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 4, 2022

Saudi Arabia to host 2029 Asian Winter Games in desert megacity

The $500 billion project, which is scheduled to feature a year-round winter sports complex when it's completed in 2026, will become the first West Asian city to host the event.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 17, 2022

The Olympians caught up in the U.S.-China rivalry

American athletes of Chinese descent at the Games are targets of patriotic and even nationalistic sentiment from both countries: sometimes adoring, sometimes hostile.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 14, 2022

He knows Putin well. And he fears for Ukraine.

The Finnish president, Sauli Niinisto, has carved out a vital role as interpreter between East and West, and he is not optimistic about the prospects for peace.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 8, 2022

China gushes over Su Yiming and Eileen Gu, but Zhu Yi mocking rolls on

The 19-year-old fell on the ice and finished last, triggering a fierce backlash on Chinese social media that critiqued her performance.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2019

Canceled races, fainting players: Climate change turns up heat on sports

As a professional ultrarunner, meaning she competes at distances longer than a marathon, Clare Gallagher has tackled plenty of challenges, from mountains to heat.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Feb 9, 2018

Twenty years on from the Olympics, Nagano is still the home of Japan's winter sports

Nagano Prefecture's bountiful snow continues to be the stuff of ski and snowboarding legend, with classic Olympic resorts such as Hakuba Happo-one, Nozawa Onsen and Shiga Kogen.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 19, 2015

Bathrobes, pee cups enliven Canada's election trail

One candidate had to drop out after video footage emerged showing him peeing in a cup, another hid in bushes in camouflage to catch vandals defacing his signs, while a third slew a dragon in his campaign video.
MORE SPORTS / MAN ABOUT SPORTS
Jul 29, 2014

All-Star contests need to get serious or give it up

The recent MLB All-Star Game was — as usual — hard fought and exciting.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 25, 2009

Paper Cranes wrap up title win

An efficient offense carried the Nippon Paper Cranes to a 3-2 victory over the Seibu Prince Rabbits in Game 7 of the Asia League Ice Hockey finals on Monday at DyDo Drinco Ice Arena in Tokyo.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 21, 2009

Rabbits stay alive in Asia League

The Seibu Prince Rabbits staved off elimination in the Asia League Ice Hockey finals on Friday afternoon in Kushiro, Hokkaido Prefecture, defeating the host Nippon Paper Cranes 7-4 in Game 5.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 15, 2009

Rabbits earn series-tying victory

Kiyoshi Fujita and Daisuke Obara scored second-period goals to lift the Seibu Prince Rabbits to a 3-2 victory over the Nippon Paper Cranes on Saturday in Game 2 of the Asia League Ice Hockey finals at DyDo Drinco Ice Arena.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 14, 2009

Yule's hat trick lifts Cranes in Game 1

The Nippon Paper Cranes earned a 4-2 win over the Seibu Prince Rabbits in Game 1 of the Asia League Ice Hockey finals on Friday at DyDo Drinco Ice Arena.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 22, 2007

Cranes take 2-1 lead in finals

The Nippon Paper Cranes scored four third-period goals en route to a 7-2 victory over the Seibu Prince Rabbits in Game 3 of the Asia League Ice Hockey finals on Tuesday night at Kushiro Ice Arena in Hokkaido before 2,503 fans.
EDITORIALS
Mar 28, 2006

Skating on thin ice

Shizuka Arakawa's Olympic triumph and the media hype surrounding women's figure skating belies the grossly inadequate training environment that Japan's top skaters face and the escalating training costs they shoulder in the absence of meaningful support from the government or corporations.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 7, 2003

Japan earns berth in world meet

Japan beat South Korea 4-1 in the Far East qualification round Saturday and booked a place in the 2004 men's ice hockey World Championships to be held in the Czech Republic.
MORE SPORTS
Mar 25, 2002

Kokudo squares series, sets up deciding Game 5

It's down to one more game for all the marbles, the whole ball of wax, the big enchilada (* insert own cliche here).
MORE SPORTS
Mar 24, 2002

Seibu skates into 2-1 lead

The Seibu Railways Bears got two goals from Hideyuki Ueno on Saturday at Shin-Yokohama Ice Arena as they skated to a 4-1 win over the Kokudo Bunnies in Game 3 of the Japan Ice Hockey League finals, taking a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series.
Australia's Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc celebrate with the trophy after winning the ICC Cricket World Cup in November 2023. Australia will try to complete a rare treble of titles when the T20 World Cup begins in June.
MORE SPORTS / Cricket
May 30, 2024

Australia will chase historic treble at T20 World Cup

Australia will be aiming to become the first team to possess all three of cricket's global titles at the same time.
The children of some of Vladimir Putin’s closest allies are also listed as participants at the four-day St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), including Roman Rotenberg, whose father was among the Russian president’s childhood judo partners.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 5, 2024

Children of Russia's elite take center stage at Putin’s flagship forum

Once touted as a "window” into Russia, the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum is increasingly becoming a generational showcase.
U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign fundraising event at the Colonial Theater in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 28, 2024

Harris says she is 'underdog,' as Trump goes on offense

The candidates' dueling appearances capped a whirlwind week with Harris ascending to the top of the Democratic ticket.
Masahiro Kihara, the CEO of Mizuho, Japan’s third-largest lender, is expecting U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to make regulations more business friendly.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 24, 2024

Mizuho CEO sees global boom in M&A after Trump takes office

Masahiro Kihara, the CEO of Mizuho, Japan’s third-largest lender, is expecting U.S. President-elect Trump to make regulations more business friendly.
People stand as the U.S. Capitol is seen behind the frozen Capitol reflecting pool on Friday after it was announced that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration is being moved indoors due to dangerously cold temperatures expected on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 18, 2025

Trump inauguration moved indoors due to extreme cold

The move could undercut the Republican's hopes for a grandiose spectacle to kick off his second term.
Milano-Cortina Games organizers raised eyebrows earlier this month, announcing that they had picked Lake Placid in the United States as their Plan B for next year should anything happen to the sliding center project's timelines.
OLYMPICS
Feb 1, 2025

Sliding center for 2026 Winter Games in Italy on track, IOC says

With Feb. 6 marking one year to go until the Games, the sliding venue for the bobsleigh, luge and skeleton competitions remains on an extremely tight deadline.
People pose for a picture in front of the Olympic rings and Olympia delle Tofane track, which will host the women alpine skiing competition part of the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games 2026, in Cortina, Italy, on Jan. 24.
OLYMPICS
Apr 8, 2025

Milano Cortina tickets seen in demand despite prices

The closing ceremony will be the most expensive event of the Winter Games, with prices ranging from €950 to €2,900.
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes warms up before Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans last February. Flag football is set to debut at the 2028 Olympics — but if the NFL wants the sport to thrive globally, it should resist overshadowing it with high-profile pro players.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 8, 2025

NFL stars don’t belong on the Olympics' flag football field

If the NFL is really serious about growing football’s global footprint, it and its players should sit the Olympics out.
JICA to designate four Japanese cities as 'hometowns' for African nations
The Japanese flag (left) with the flag of the African Union
103-year-old remembers Soviet attack right after WWII
Shoichi Takahashi holds a photo of himself when he was younger, in Otaru, Hokkaido, on May 17.
Schools get students involved in revision of unreasonable ‘black rules’
At Yawata Junior High School in Nagoya, there are no more rules on clothing and hairstyles. Students are free to wear either the school's uniform or clothes of their own choosing.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Japanese man suspected of ordering double murder in Manila
Two suspects arrested over the killing of two Japanese last week are held in restraints in Manila on Tuesday.
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.
Winning warship bid gives Japan confidence boost as Tokyo eyes more exports
Australia’s decision to select Japan's upgraded Mogami-class warship, seen in this computer-generated image, has been “well received across Japanese industry," a Defense Ministry official said.
In Paris, chefs Chizuko Kimura and Kei Kobayashi make their mark
Chef Kei Kobayashi is France's only Japanese chef with three Michelin stars.
In preserving Japanese hospitality, ‘details are everything’
Beniya Mukayu, a traditional "ryokan" inn located in Ishikawa Prefecture, considers itself at "the heart of onsen towns, local residents, farmers, fishermen, sake brewers and artisans" — all of which need new, sustainable methods of serving visitors to survive into the future.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers
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