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2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS

OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2008
Japan reaching for new heights
With Japan's stellar performance in Athens still fresh in its memory, the nation is hoping to reach new heights by raking in a record number of medals at the Beijing Olympics. Keiji Suzuki, attempting to become only the third man in history to win Olympic gold in two judo weight categories, will lead the country's athletes and officials into the National Stadium as the Games come to Asia after a 20-year wait.
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2008
Storm delays arrival of horses
HONG KONG (AP) Olympic organizers say a severe tropical storm has delayed two flights carrying 24 horses to Hong Kong for the event's equestrian competition.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS
Aug 5, 2008
Ueno hoping to steal gold from mighty U.S.
Yukiko Ueno knows she and her teammates have a steep mountain to climb in their gold medal quest. And the Beijing Olympics will provide one last chance to conquer it.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS
Aug 4, 2008
Takeda eyes glory in Olympic swan song
BEIJING — Japanese rower Daisaku Takeda and teammate Kazushige Ura arrived in Beijing on Friday for what will likely be their curtain-closing act at the Beijing Olympic Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS
Aug 4, 2008
Fukuhara looking to defy overwhelming odds to win Olympic medal
Ai Fukuhara is no longer just a table tennis idol and has been on a crusade to perfect her game against the best players in the world.
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS
Aug 4, 2008
'Ogu-Shio' eager for chance to prove their worth on Olympic stage
Kumiko Ogura and Reiko Shiota have long been awaiting the best possible setting to show that they are more than just badminton pin-up girls.
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS
Aug 3, 2008
Lifter Miyake aims to continue family legacy
BEIJING — Hiromi Miyake has never seen the weightlifting bronze medal her father and coach Yoshiyuki won at the 1968 Mexico Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS
Aug 3, 2008
Japan hopes for repeat of glory in Beijing
As a nation, Japan collected a record 37 medals at the 2004 Summer Games, including 16 golds, which matched the nation's all-time record set at the 1964 Tokyo Games. And so it's only natural for people to be curious if Japan can duplicate that level of success or achieve a higher medal count at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Golden Week crowds greeted with high temperatures as holiday period kicks off
The departure lobby for domestic flights is crowded with travelers at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Saturday, the first day of this year's Golden Week holidays.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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