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2018 PYEONGCHANG OLYMPICS

Japan Times
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Feb 19, 2017
Japan's female curlers using tourney as springboard
Both Japanese curling teams at the Asian Winter Games have their sights firmly set on the Pyeongchang Olympics in a year's time, but this tournament could be bigger for the women after their recent loss in the nationals.
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Feb 16, 2017
Ski jumper Takanashi ties all-time mark of 53 World Cup victories
Ski jumping star Sara Takanashi captured the 53rd World Cup event title of her career to tie Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer’s all-time record at a meet on Thursday.
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Feb 14, 2017
Japan Curling Association board gives Ogasawara another chance to qualify for 2018 Olympics
It looked like longtime Japan skip Ayumi Ogasawara had missed her chance at a fourth Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, but she was handed another shot on Tuesday, this time in the new mixed doubles event.
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Feb 4, 2017
Ishida earns third-place finish in women's skiathlon
Masako Ishida placed third in the women's skiathlon at a cross country World Cup meet on Saturday, becoming the first Japanese to secure a podium finish in the race.
OLYMPICS
Jan 22, 2017
Germany calls for Russian Olympic ban
A ban of Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics and possibly the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games should be considered if there was state-run doping in the country, Germany's Olympic Committee chief Alfons Hoermann said on Sunday.
Figure Skating
Nov 9, 2016
Figure skating set for morning start at Pyeongchang 2018
The figure skating competition for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, will start in the morning, according to a draft of the schedule released by organizers Tuesday.
OLYMPICS
Oct 5, 2016
Jamaica's Japan-made 'Shitamachi Special' bobsleigh unveiled
A new bobsleigh model developed by about 60 small factory operators in Tokyo for the Jamaica Bobsleigh Federation was unveiled Wednesday in the Japanese capital.
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Sep 3, 2016
Japan men fail to qualify for 2018 Olympic hockey tournament
Japan’s men’s ice hockey team missed out on a place in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Friday after losing 3-1 to Latvia for its second straight defeat in the final qualifiers.
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Sep 2, 2016
Japan hockey team falls to Germany
Japan's men's ice hockey team lost 5-0 against Germany in the final qualifiers for the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics on Thursday.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
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.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
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.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

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