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SOCCER / Women's World Cup
Jul 18, 2023
WE League chair: Japan sees 'cute' players, not elite athletes
Momentum behind women’s soccer in Japan has stalled in the years since its 2011 triumph and 2015 runner-up finish, even as global interest in women’s sports accelerates.
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SOCCER
Oct 18, 2022
WE League vows to gain more fans in second season
Haruna Takata, the league's second chairperson, said at a preseason kickoff conference that her mission is to develop a more entertaining league.
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SOCCER
Sep 14, 2022
Haruna Takata to replace Kikuko Okajima as WE League chairperson
The former V-Varen Nagasaki president will take charge of Japan's professional women's soccer league just six months after joining the J. League's board of directors.
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WORLD
Aug 20, 2022
Islamic State fighter gets life over Syria deaths of Japanese and American hostages
El Shafee Elsheikh was convicted in April for his involvement in the plot that led to the deaths of several U.S. nationals and Japanese hostages Kenji Goto and Haruna Yukawa.
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CULTURE
Oct 31, 2021
Japanese LGBTQ icon Ai Haruna reflects on Paralympics, two months on
The TV personality and singer says the Games gave her the opportunity and space to rethink her life and reclaim her transgender identity.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Feb 10, 2019
With charm and color, Japanese farmer works to bring konnyaku to the world
Haruna Endo never saw it coming, but after over a decade of trial and error, she is finding success selling her konnyaku (devil's tongue) jelly by creating eye-catching products to consumers from both Japan and abroad.
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MORE SPORTS
Oct 26, 2018
Yui Susaki, Haruna Okuno claim gold medals at World Wrestling Championships for second straight year
Yui Susaki and Haruna Okuno captured gold medals for the second straight year at the World Wrestling Championships on Thursday, but both 19-year-old Olympic hopefuls did it in different weight classes from last year.
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MORE SPORTS
Oct 25, 2018
Yui Susaki, Haruna Okuno and Yukako Kawai reach weight class finals at world championships
Yui Susaki, Haruna Okuno and Yukako Kawai secured berths in their women's weight class finals at the World Wrestling Championships on Wednesday.
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OLYMPICS
Feb 18, 2018
Smile Japan triumphs on Ayaka Toko's overtime goal against Sweden
Ayaka Toko's overtime goal gave Smile Japan its second straight victory with a 2-1 triumph over Sweden at the Kwandong Hockey Centre on Sunday night in a 5th-8th classification-round game.
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OLYMPICS
Feb 14, 2018
Smile Japan records first-ever Olympic victory by trouncing combined Korea squad
Smile Japan scored a historic victory with a 4-1 triumph over Korea on Wednesday in their final Group B preliminary-round game at Kwandong Hockey Centre.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Dec 23, 2017
Yokosuka native Haruna Kamezaki attains the American dream
Kamezaki was born in the mid-1980s and grew up in a household 'full of American records and movies, because my parents — and especially my dad — loved American culture.'
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MORE SPORTS
Aug 24, 2017
Okuno captures gold in 55-kg class at worlds
Eighteen-year-old Haruna Okuno made a sparkling debut at wrestling's world championships on Wednesday, winning gold in the women's 55-kg division.
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MORE SPORTS
Jun 28, 2017
Teen Okuno handed wrestling worlds berth
Haruna Okuno will fill the vacant women's 55-kg slot on Japan's team for the world championships in August, the Japan Wrestling Federation's development director revealed Wednesday.
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MORE SPORTS
Feb 6, 2017
Matsumoto finishes second in halfpipe competition
Haruna Matsumoto placed a career-best second in a women's World Cup halfpipe event on Sunday, securing a podium finish for the first time in five seasons.
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MORE SPORTS
Oct 11, 2016
Former judo world champion Asami announces retirement
Judoka Haruna Asami, a two-time world champion in the women's 48-kg division, drew the curtain on her career, it was announced Tuesday.
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CULTURE / Film
Sep 7, 2016
'Bittersweet': A Henry Higgins of vegetarianism
The idea of "love" in Japan used to be defined by literature until manga came along and changed the scenery. Now, almost everyone dips into manga to learn the ropes, and often that process starts as early as the first grade. My niece was just 6 years old when she was poring through "Detective Conan" and decided that she would date a childhood sweetheart, even though her childhood was just beginning.
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CULTURE / Film
Jun 22, 2016
'Twisted Justice': Gangster black comedy is a shade off
In 2003, a Hokkaido cop named Yoshiaki Inaba was sentenced to nine years in jail, on charges including drug use and possession with intent to supply. During his trial, the former police inspector revealed that his impressive career record had involved an unhealthy degree of collusion with contacts in the criminal underworld. Prior to his arrest, he'd been selling stimulants in order to purchase illegal firearms that he then turned in to the police department — and, he claimed, doing so with official approval.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jun 10, 2016
AKB48 spends summer vacation at USJ
Visitors to USJ will be able to see the AKB girls in the flesh from July 21 through Sept. 4, just in time for summer vacation for students.
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JAPAN
Apr 14, 2016
Bar's disengaged fire alarm may have delayed response to Golden Gai inferno
The fire alarm in a bar on the second floor of a building that caught fire in Tokyo's historic Golden Gai entertainment district failed to function because it was disengaged while the business was under renovation, investigative sources said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 13, 2016
Suspect arrested over fire that engulfed Tokyo's historic Golden Gai area
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on Wednesday arrested a 66-year-old man in connection with a fire in Tokyo's historic Golden Gai entertainment area that left a woman injured.

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