Tag - asian-games

 
Menu
Search
 
May 04, 2024
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

ASIAN GAMES

Qin Haiyang (center) poses with his gold medal alongside silver medalist Dong Zhihao (right) and Ippei Watanabe, who finished third, following the men's 200-meter breaststroke at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Swimming
Sep 29, 2023
Qin Haiyang helps China continue gold rush in pool at Asian Games
Qin touched the wall in a meet record of 2 minutes, 7.03 seconds, 1.64 ahead of Chinese compatriot Dong Zhihao. Japan's Ippei Watanabe finished third.
Members of the Afghan women's volleyball team spin balls for photos after practice in Hangzhou, China, on Wednesday.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 28, 2023
Games-displaced Afghan women athletes defy Taliban at Asian Games
There are 17 Afghan women competing at the Asian Games
Margielyn Didal, of the Philippines, competes in the final of the women's street skateboarding event during the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
MORE SPORTS / Skateboarding
Sep 28, 2023
Margielyn Didal still hoping to lift skateboarding's profile in Philippines
Didal hopes her profile will increase cultural acceptance of the sport and public investment in parks in the Philippines.
Reona Aoki celebrates during the medal ceremony after winning gold in the women's 100-meter breaststroke at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Wednesday.
MORE SPORTS / Swimming
Sep 28, 2023
Japan grabs two more golds in pool at Asian Games
Japan has three gold medals in swimming at this year's Asian Games.
Tomoru Honda celebrates after winning the men's 400-meter individual medley final during the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS / Swimming
Sep 27, 2023
Tomoru Honda bags Japan's first swimming gold in Hangzhou
Japan's first gold in the pool came on Day 3 of the six-day swimming program after two days of Chinese dominance.
Japan's Miu Hirano hits a return against China's Chen Meng in the table tennis women's team final at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS / Table tennis
Sep 27, 2023
China defeats Japan for Asian Games women's table tennis team gold
The final turned out to be one of the most closely watched events at Asia's version of the Olympics.
Rikako Ikee helps Japan earn silver in the women's 4x100 freestyle relay at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Swimming
Sep 26, 2023
Rikako Ikee withdraws from 100-meter free due to conditioning issues
The 2018 Asian Games MVP has not yet recovered from influenza she contracted at the national swimming team's training camp ahead of the event.
(From left) Misaki Masui, Mana Okamura, Kohane Ushioku and Mikako Serita celebrate after winning silver in the artistic gymnastics women's team event at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Monday.
MORE SPORTS / Gymnastics
Sep 26, 2023
Japan takes Asian Games silver behind dominant Chinese gymnasts
China topped the scoring on all four apparatuses to total 161.896, comfortably clear of silver medalist Japan with 157.229.
Bronze medalist Ryosuke Irie (right) celebrates on the podium with bronze medalist Wang Gukailai (left) and gold medalist Xu Jiayu, both of China, after the men's 50-meter backstroke final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Monday.
MORE SPORTS / Swimming
Sep 26, 2023
Japan remains without swim gold as China adds four Asian Games titles
Double Tokyo Olympic individual medley champion Yui Ohashi, struggling with conditioning issues, finished sixth in the women's 200 IM.
Hinano Kusaki competes during the women's skateboarding park competition at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Monday. Kusaki won the event.
MORE SPORTS / Skateboarding
Sep 25, 2023
15-yr-old Hinano Kusaki wins skateboarding gold at Asian Games
Hinano Kusaki executed all of her tricks, including flips and mid-air spins, to capture the women's park gold medal at the Asian Games on Monday.
Rikako Ikee competes in the women's 4x100-meter relay during the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Swimming
Sep 25, 2023
Rikako Ikee's relay team takes second place at Asian Games
China swept all seven gold medals on offer on the opening day in the pool, while Japan finished with three silver medals.
Light from the opening ceremony of the 2022 Asian Games in the sky over the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in Hangzhou, China on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 24, 2023
China opens Hangzhou Asian Games with dazzling ceremony
Spectators in the city's 80,000 capacity stadium let out a huge roar as Chinese leader Xi Jinping was introduced and sat with visiting dignitaries.
Players compete against one another during the Just Dance event at the Olympic Esports Week in Singapore in June.
MORE SPORTS / FOCUS
Sep 24, 2023
China hosts esports’ biggest moment with Tencent at the wheel
The once-in-four-years Asian Games, effectively a regional Olympics, is the first time that competitive video games will be eligible for medals.
North Korea's Ri Jo Guk (center) celebrates his goal against Taiwan in the men's soccer competition of the Asian Games in Jinhua, China, on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Sep 20, 2023
North Korea wins in international return as rival South hits nine
North Koreans are competing at the Hangzhou-hosted Asian Games in sports including athletics, gymnastics, basketball, football, boxing and weightlifting.
Weightlifter Rim Un Sim is among the North Korean athletes scheduled to take part in this year's Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 15, 2023
North Korea set to end sporting isolation at Asian Games in China
North Korea has 191 athletes signed up for the Asian Games, according to organizers.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 15, 2023
Russia's gymnastics, wrestling federations invited to Asian Games
Recent moves by the IOC to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete has prompted calls by several countries to have them excluded from the 2024 Olympics.
MORE SPORTS
May 6, 2022
Asian Games in China postponed until 2023 due to COVID-19
The Asian Games scheduled to take place in the Chinese city of Hangzhou in September have been postponed until 2023 because of the prevailing COVID-19 situation, Randhir Singh, the acting President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) said Friday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 1, 2022
Leukemia survivor Rikako Ikee qualifies for next Asian Games
A winner of six gold medals in Jakarta in 2018, Ikee has qualified for the Asian Games' 50-meter butterfly and 100-meter freestyle via the nationals at Yokohama International Swimming Pool.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 26, 2022
Australia and New Zealand not sending athletes to Asian Games
The Olympic Council of Asia had invited a quota of around 300 athletes and 150 support staff from Oceania nations to compete at the Sept. 10-25 event in Hangzhou.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 30, 2021
South Korea slowly beginning to embrace esports
Despite the growing international status and interest among prospective professional players, government support for the esports industry has been lackluster.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
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.
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.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
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.

Podcast

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.
[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

Longform

When trying to trace your lineage in Japan, the "koseki" is the most important form of document you'll encounter.
Climbing the branches of a Japanese family tree
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Cultural properties:A Fujiya Hotel insider’s view
Cultural properties:A Fujiya Hotel insider’s view

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER