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AKIRA SONE

Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 31, 2021
Will Japan’s gold rush end with judo? Not likely.
Japan has won nine golds in judo so far, the most by a single nation at an Olympics. Japan set the previous mark of eight in 2004.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 30, 2021
Judoka Akira Sone wins Japan's 16th gold of the Games, tying national record
Sone threw another gold medal on top of the impressive pile Japan has built on the judo mat at the Tokyo Olympics with a win in the women's over-78 kg final.
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Nov 24, 2019
Akira Sone becomes first judoka to make Japan's 2020 Olympic team
Akira Sone became Japan's first judoka for next year's Tokyo Olympics on Sunday.
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Apr 21, 2019
Teen judoka Akira Sone captures second straight national women's title
Akira Sone remained on course for her dream of progressing toward an Olympic gold medal on Sunday as she captured her second straight Japan women's national judo championship.
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Apr 6, 2019
Hisayoshi Harasawa captures second title at national invitational championships
Olympic silver medalist Hisayoshi Harasawa won the men's over-100-kilogram title at the National Invitational Weight Class Championships on Saturday.
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Aug 31, 2018
Judoka Ruika Sato, Kentaro Iida, Akira Sone add to Japan's gold-medal haul
Japan continued to dominate the Asian Games judo competition on Friday, adding a further three gold medals to the five it had already won in Indonesia.
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Apr 22, 2018
Teenager Akira Sone makes history at national women's judo championship
Teenager Akira Sone became the first judoka to win the national women's championship in her tournament debut on Sunday.
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Nov 11, 2017
Judoka Akari Inoue claims first Kodokan Cup title
Akari Inoue won the women's over-78 kg division on Saturday, the first day of the Kodokan Cup, one of the qualifying events for next year's judo world championships.
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Dec 4, 2016
Asahina edges Sone at Grand Slam Tokyo
Sara Asahina defeated 16-year-old Akira Sone after an extra period in the final of the women's over-78-kg category to claim her maiden Grand Slam Tokyo crown on Sunday.
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.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
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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