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2016 RIO GAMES

Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 8, 2016
Nadeshiko Japan fail to qualify for Rio Olympics
Nadeshiko Japan failed to qualify for their fourth successive Olympic Games on Monday night, missing out on one of Asia's two places at Rio de Janeiro this summer after China defeated South Korea 1-0.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 6, 2016
Discord hits Nadeshiko Japan ahead of crucial Rio qualifier
When Yuki Ogimi said on Saturday that some of the Japan players didn't fully understand the gravity of the situation the Nadeshiko are in, she meant to fire up her teammates as a form of tough love.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 6, 2016
Nadeshiko Japan staring into abyss
Since lifting the 2011 Women's World Cup, Japan reached the Olympic final the following year, won the 2014 Women's Asian Cup and returned to the World Cup final last summer in Canada.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 4, 2016
Nadeshiko Japan falls to China as Olympic hopes dim
Nadeshiko Japan is in need of a miracle to qualify for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after the former world champion lost 2-1 to China on Friday.
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Mar 4, 2016
World championships finalists to be seeded at Rio Games
The finalists from the world championships last September will be seeded at this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics, United World Wrestling announced Thursday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 29, 2016
Nadeshiko stumble on first step to Rio
Japan's path to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics got off to a nightmarish start as the former world champions went down 3-1 at the hands of Australia in a women's Asian final qualifier on Monday.
SOCCER
Feb 26, 2016
Halilhodzic keeping close watch on U-23 youngsters
Japan manager Vahid Halilhodzic said he is watching the progress of the players from the Under-23 side closely as he returned from his two months scouting tour in Europe on Friday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Feb 25, 2016
Ogimi receives No. 10 shirt before final Olympic qualifiers
Frankfurt striker Yuki Ogimi has inherited the No. 10 shirt from retired icon Homare Sawa as manager Norio Sasaki announced the Nadeshiko Japan team for the women's final Asian qualifiers for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Feb 23, 2016
Diver Sakai books ticket to Rio
Sho Sakai secured an Olympic berth for the first time in his career when he finished among the top 16 in the men's 10-meter springboard at a World Cup meet on Monday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 23, 2016
Olympic hopefuls aim to shine in J. League
The Rio Olympics are just over five months away, but with the new J. League season about to begin, Japan's soccer medal hopefuls have no time to sit back and dream of glory in Brazil.
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Feb 21, 2016
Takahashi walks away with Olympic berth
Eiki Takahashi won his second straight national 20-km race walking championship on Sunday to earn a spot in this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
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Feb 21, 2016
Ono moves closer to Rio judo berth
World champion Shohei Ono took a step toward a place at this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics by capturing the men's 73-kg title on Saturday at the Duesseldorf Grand Prix.
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Feb 20, 2016
Skeet shooter Ishihara qualifies for Rio Games
Naoko Ishihara was chosen as the first woman to represent Japan in skeet shooting at the Olympics by the Japan Clay Target Shooting Association on Saturday.
Japan Times
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Feb 15, 2016
World record-holding race walker Suzuki out of Rio Games
Yusuke Suzuki, who owns the men's 20-km race-walk world record, said Monday he will be unable to qualify for this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
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Feb 7, 2016
Japan men's foil team misses Rio Games fencing berth
Japan's men's foil team missed out on a place in this summer's Olympics fencing tournament after China took the berth as the top-ranked team from Asia-Oceania after the World Cup on Sunday.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Feb 7, 2016
New Urawa signing Endo eyes trophy-laden season
Urawa Reds and manager Mihailo Petrovic will be under immense pressure from the fans to win a title this season.
OLYMPICS
Feb 5, 2016
Japan will shine in Rio: analysts
With a stated goal for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics of third place on the medal table, Japan will need to make significant strides at this summer's Rio Games, and as the six-month-to-go milestone passed on Friday one group of analysts is predicting bright spots for Japan in the Rio de Janeiro sun.
Japan Times
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Feb 1, 2016
Icho determined to learn from end of 13-year win streak
Ten-time world champion Kaori Icho said Monday she believes she can come back stronger after suffering her first loss on the mats in 13 years at the Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
Japan Times
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Jan 31, 2016
Fukushi bound for Rio after Osaka Marathon win
Veteran Kayoko Fukushi eased home to win her second Osaka Women's Marathon on Sunday, all but guaranteeing herself a place on the Japan team for this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics in the process.
SOCCER
Jan 30, 2016
Honda would welcome chance to play in Rio Games if asked
AC Milan midfielder Keisuke Honda said he had not contemplated about representing Japan at this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics as an overage player but admitted he would consider it if asked to go by the Japan Football Association.
'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.
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.
India seen overtaking Japan in nominal GDP in 2025
The skyline of central Mumbai's financial district
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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