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Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Oct 25, 2021
Samurai Japan named Best Male Team of Tokyo Games
Other awards included Outstanding NOC of Tokyo 2020, which was given to the Japanese Olympic Committee.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Oct 14, 2021
U.S. star Allyson Felix says she was never chasing Carl Lewis
Allyson Felix said surpassing Carl Lewis as the most decorated U.S. track and field athlete was "never a goal" but that it was "amazing" to have achieved the feat after winning her 11th Olympic medal at the Tokyo Games.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 12, 2021
A surprise sports hero broadens Italy’s image of itself
Lamont Marcell Jacobs, the son of a Black American father and white Italian mother, has broadened the public imagination of what Italian athletes, and Italians, can look like.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2021
Around 450 million cyberattacks blocked during Tokyo Games
The scale of the attacks during the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics was less severe than that during the 2012 London Games and the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 25, 2021
Asia's fastest man sees bright future for Chinese sprinting
Su led the United team — essentially China's national squad — to gold in the 4x100 meters relay at the National Games on Friday
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2021
In U.N. speech, Suga touts success of Tokyo Olympics despite divided public
Suga also highlighted issues including China's growing assertiveness in regional waters and North Korea's recent missile launches.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music / Sound Off
Sep 22, 2021
How do you deflect a controversy? Keigo Oyamada blames the media.
Musician Keigo Oyamada cries foul over how he was portrayed in a pair of magazine articles that ended up causing him a job at the Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Sep 17, 2021
Parting words from Japan's Olympians and Paralympians
Short and sweet, the soundbites Japanese athletes gave to the press are sure to help you in expressing both happiness and disappointment.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Sep 15, 2021
Uniqlo and Sweden keen on podium return after extending partnership
The Nordic nation's Olympic and Paralympic teams became the first outside Japan to be supplied by the fast fashion retailer during the Tokyo Games.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Sep 14, 2021
Algerian gets 10-year ban for withdrawing from Olympics to avoid Israeli
The IJF said the pair used the Games 'as a platform for protest and promotion of political and religious propaganda,' which breached its code of ethics and the Olympic Charter.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2021
Cardboard Olympic beds to be reused for COVID-19 patients in Osaka
The recyclable beds from the athletes village in Tokyo are likely to be used at a temporary medical facility to be set up by the prefecture by the end of this month.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 8, 2021
Virus infections related to Tokyo Games totaled 878
A total of 323 coronavirus infections were recorded during the Tokyo Paralympics.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Sep 6, 2021
Paralympic symbol removed from Tokyo Bay morning after Games' end
Farewells and mixed feelings abound as athletes return home and symbols of the Games are removed from public view.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Sep 6, 2021
Tokyo Olympic chief proud of hosting Games despite pandemic
Seiko Hashimoto said the Games were held without major problems and with an emphasis on the safety of all participants and the Japanese public.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Sep 6, 2021
Taekwondo's Paralympic debut showed the sport's democratizing effect
The sport does not require expensive equipment or large training facilities, and even saw the participation of one of Afghanistan's two Paralympians.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Sep 6, 2021
In pictures: Closing ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics
Performers and volunteers display a special message at the closing ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. | REUTERSAfghanistan's Hossain Rasouli and Zakia Khudadadi carry their nation's flag | REUTERS
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 6, 2021
Paralympic Games put spotlight on Japan’s tech for disabled
When the Tokyo Paralympic Games came to a close on Sunday, many athletes had managed to get to the finish line, some with medals, thanks to technology from Japan's largest firms.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Sep 6, 2021
Why Ukraine’s small Paralympic team packed such a big punch
Ukraine has been one of the top six countries in the medal count at nine consecutive Paralympic Games, summer and winter.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Sep 6, 2021
Lack of TV time spoils Tokyo Paralympics' big opportunity
Media visibility and representation of people with disabilities in Japan is generally poor. But with the Paralympics being held in Tokyo, athletes had hoped for their moment in the sun.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Sep 6, 2021
In pictures: Day 12 of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics
In pictures: Day 12 of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Yen’s fragility raises specter of a new currency war in Asia
Suspected intervention to drag the yen off a 34-year low against the dollar is already seen as unlikely to have a lasting effect if Japan continues alone.
Online booking for Mount Fuji climb to open on May 20
Visitors climb the slopes of Mount Fuji, Japan's highest peak at 3,776 meters. From May 20, climbers will have access to a new online booking system for Mount Fuji's most popular Yoshida trail in Yamanashi Prefecture.
Ex-METI bureaucrat given 10-year sentence for drugging and raping women
The Tokyo District Court on Monday sentenced a former industry ministry bureaucrat to 10 years in prison for drugging six women with sleeping pills and then raping or groping them in 2022.
Political party Tsubasa no To investigated over election obstruction
Officers from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police raid the Tsubasa no To office in Tokyo on Monday.
In a rare event, the Northern Lights show up in Hokkaido
The Northern Lights in Nayoro, Hokkaido, on Saturday
Is black the new green for Japan’s flagging tea farmers?
George Guttridge-Smith brews tea at Kyoto Obubu Tea Farm in Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture, where he serves as head of international development.
Japan's logistics firms seek partnerships to cope with driver shortage
Japan Post CEO Tetsuya Senda (right) and his Seino Transportation counterpart Satoshi Takahashi announce their companies' agreement on joint long-haul truck operations, in Tokyo on Thursday.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.
Unlike 10 years ago, Japan's new security bill sparks little debate
The Lower House starts discussing a security clearance bill on April 19 in Tokyo.

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