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JAPAN
Oct 16, 2016

Plan to cut down historic trees in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward faces local opposition

Plans to cut down 300 ginkgo and platanus trees in central Tokyo ahead of the 2020 Olympics sparks an online opposition campaign seeking to prevent them from being felled.
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JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 13, 2016

Health ministry unveils draft proposal to crack down on secondhand smoke ahead of 2020 Olympics

The government tables new rules to cut down on secondhand smoke amid a global trend toward cleaner air.
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BASKETBALL
Sep 5, 2016

Japanese men search for ways to improve

Even when you possess elite skills, physicality and elaborate Xs and Os, if you don't have a burning desire to win, you'll just waste those gifts.
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Aug 29, 2016

Silver-winning 4x100 relay team looks to future with confidence

Wearing the official Japanese Olympic team uniform, a pinstriped sports coat and gray pants, and with silver medals hanging from their necks, the Japanese 4x100-meter relay team gave an impromptu demonstration of their baton-passing skills for a curious crowd of onlookers. They swung their arms as if...
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OLYMPICS
Aug 12, 2016

World rugby bosses hail larger-than-life Olympic sevens tournament

World rugby chiefs have declared the sport's reintroduction to the Olympics a success after fans at Deodoro Stadium made Thursday's final day of the Rio 2016 competition a noisy and colorful affair.
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COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Aug 10, 2016

Views from Tokyo: What are your hopes and expectations for the Rio Olympics?

People out and about in the capital talk about their predictions for the Rio games and Tokyo's turn as host city in 2020.
SOCCER
Aug 10, 2016

Leicester's Ranieri signs new contract until 2020

Manager Claudio Ranieri has signed a new contract with Leicester City that would keep him at the club until June 2020, the Premier League champion announced on Wednesday.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 4, 2016

Phelps leaves door open to compete in 2020

A mischievous Michael Phelps hinted the Rio Games may not be his last when the most decorated Olympian of all-time said on Wednesday he was excited his infant son Boomer would be in the stands to watch "the potential" last races of his career.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 2, 2016

On first day in office, Yuriko Koike vows to shake up Tokyo politics

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike repeats her pledge to fulfill voters' demands for real change.
JAPAN
May 16, 2016

Head of Japan Olympic Committee defends payment to consulting firm

The president of the Japanese Olympic Committee tells the Diet that payments made by the Tokyo Olympic bid team to a consulting firm in Singapore were clean and legitimate.
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2016

Japan eyes 40,000 fuel-cell cars, 160 hydrogen stations by 2020

Japan is aiming to have 40,000 hydrogen-powered cars on its roads by 2020, with plans for a 20-fold expansion to 800,000 by 2030, according to a report released by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Wednesday outlining the future use of hydrogen and fuel cells.

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