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AI HASHIMOTO

Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2019
Much to be done on cyberterrorism and budget reduction for Tokyo 2020, new Olympics minister says
There is still much to be done regarding heat prevention, cyberterrorism and budget reduction for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Seiko Hashimoto told a news conference Thursday, one day after she was appointed minister for the games in a major Cabinet reshuffle.
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Jul 7, 2019
Takanori Nagase, Soichi Hashimoto grab gold at Montreal Grand Prix
Takanori Nagase and Soichi Hashimoto each earned a gold medal on the second day of action at the Montreal Judo Grand Prix on Saturday.
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JAPAN / Politics
May 8, 2019
Support act: Behind every Japanese prime minister is a fascinating first lady
When Chizuko Obuchi's husband, Keizo, became prime minister of Japan in July 1998 and the couple moved into the official residence, she was taken aback by what she found.
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CULTURE / Stage
Apr 16, 2019
Absurdist comedy 'Every Good Boy Deserves Favour' gets its Japan debut
Tom Stoppard is one of the most influential figures in theater today and one of the most internationally performed postwar dramatists.
BASKETBALL
Apr 11, 2019
JBA lifts ban on four ex-national team players caught paying for sex
The Japan Basketball Association said Thursday it has lifted the suspension of four former national team players who were caught buying sex during last year's Asian Games in Indonesia.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Apr 7, 2019
Golden Kings down Hannaryz to defend West Division title
Buoyed by a dominant fourth quarter, the Ryukyu Golden Kings earned a 67-52 victory over the Kyoto Hannaryz on Sunday and clinched the West Division title for the second year in a row.
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Apr 7, 2019
Rio Olympic judo champ Shohei Ono among national invitational winners
Shohei Ono, Olympic champion in the men's 73-kg division, defeated 2017 world champion Soichi Hashimoto to win his third title at the national invitational weight class judo championships on Sunday.
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JAPAN
Mar 29, 2019
With Emperor lacking grandson in 1997, Japan secretly discussed allowing empresses to reign
The government secretly considered the option of allowing women to ascend the Imperial Throne from 1997, before officially starting a debate on the issue under a panel of experts in 2005, internal documents and other sources showed Thursday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Mar 20, 2019
FC Tokyo's Kento Hashimoto receives first call-up to national team, replacing injured Hidemasa Morita
The Japan Football Association on Tuesday named FC Tokyo midfielder Kento Hashimoto to replace the injured Hidemasa Morita on the men's national squad for upcoming international friendlies against Colombia and Bolivia.
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JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Feb 9, 2019
News outlets' coverage of abuse cases can make the situation worse
In her 2017 book, "Thinking About Child Abuse,” Haru Sugiyama describes her correspondence with Yukihiro Saito, who is serving a lengthy sentence for causing the death of his 5-year-old son, Riku, in the mid-2000s through neglect. In his letters, Saito expresses regret, but also says his memories about the two years he took care of Riku after his wife left him are vague.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / B. League
Feb 9, 2019
Impressive outside shooting carries Brex past Sunrockers
The Tochigi Brex didn't have a single player carrying the offense on Saturday.
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Feb 3, 2019
Three Japanese marathoners book tickets for 2020 Olympic trials
Unheralded Kohei Futaoka, along with two other Japanese men, earned berths for the Marathon Grand Championship, Japan's new 2020 Olympic trials event, after meeting the qualifying standards at Sunday's Beppu-Oita Marathon.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 17, 2019
After yearslong fight, Osaka subway drivers win court case over Toru Hashimoto-era beard ban
A district court ruled Wednesday in favor of two subway drivers who sought compensation from the Osaka Municipal Government, claiming they received poor performance reviews for refusing to comply with internal regulations banning beards.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 11, 2019
Next Nippon Steel chief Eiji Hashimoto aspires to secure top global spot
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.'s Executive Vice President Eiji Hashimoto expressed his ambition to make his company the world's top steel-maker after being appointed to become the next chief of the Japanese steel giant on Thursday.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 30, 2018
Ex-Kobe assemblyman guilty of public funds fraud
A former Kobe city assemblyman who initially came under the spotlight for an affair with a singer-turned-lawmaker was found guilty Monday of defrauding his local assembly of public funds slated for use in political activities.
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CULTURE / Art
Oct 28, 2018
Duchamp and Japan: No rest for the urinal
If you want someone to blame for Banksy's stunt of shredding "Girl With Balloon" after selling it for $1.4 million at auction, your prime suspect currently has a major retrospective at the Tokyo National Museum.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 17, 2018
'It's Boring Here, Pick Me Up': A rural road movie with no destination
What passes for countryside in Japan is often a vast sprawl of low-rise development: chain restaurants, big-box stores, gas stations and pachinko parlors. While there's no shortage of films that have tried to capture the ennui of life in such areas, the results are often as uninspiring as the locations they depict.
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BASKETBALL
Aug 30, 2018
Journey for Japan's hoop team to end with game for 7th place
The Japan men's national basketball team's bizarre, unprecedented journey at the Asian Games is nearly — and finally — coming to an end.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Aug 29, 2018
Basketball players handed one-year bans
The four men's national basketball team players who allegedly paid women for sex in Jakarta during the ongoing Asian Games have been handed a one-year ban by the Japan Basketball Association, the organization announced on Wednesday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 10, 2018
NPB warns umpires who lost track of count
Five NPB umpires received severe warnings Friday for losing track of the count in an at-bat the day before.
'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.
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.
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.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
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.

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