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ASIAN GAMES

Japan Times
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Aug 25, 2018
Breaststroke specialist Satomi Suzuki gains confidence, renewed focus in pool
This summer, veteran swimmer Satomi Suzuki sent a strong message to Japanese fans, reminding them that she can still compete at the highest level.
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Aug 24, 2018
Tomoa Narasaki tops field on second day of sport climbing
Tomoa Narasaki pulled off a nearly flawless showing Friday in bouldering qualification for sport climbing's men's combined event at the Asian Games.
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Aug 24, 2018
Japan softball squad claims fifth straight Asian Games gold medal
Ace Yukiko Ueno and Japan won their fifth straight Asian Games gold medal on Friday with a 7-0 mercy-rule win over Taiwan.
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JAPAN
Aug 23, 2018
Esports looking to secure Olympic future at Asian Games
Esports events will be contested at the Asian Games for the first time in Indonesia, with players and advocates hoping it will show skeptics that video gaming belongs in the big leagues.
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Aug 23, 2018
Japan whips China to reach Asian Games softball final
Japan blew out China 5-0 in its semifinal of the women's softball at the Asian Games on Thursday, moving a victory from clinching its fifth consecutive title.
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Aug 23, 2018
Ryosuke Irie claims silver in men's 200 back; Satomi Suzuki, Shinri Shioura win events
Ryosuke Irie lost his bid for a fourth straight gold medal in the Asian Games men's 200-meter backstroke on Thursday, but teammates Satomi Suzuki and Shinri Shioura both grabbed gold in their events.
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Aug 23, 2018
Koseki, Seto, Sakai capture second golds
Reigning world silver medalist Yasuhiro Koseki and Olympic bronze medalist Daiya Seto each collected their second gold medals on Wednesday as Japan won four events on the fourth day of Asian Games swimming.
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BASKETBALL
Aug 23, 2018
Japan runs past Hong Kong
The Japan men's basketball team was back in action at the Asian Games on Wednesday, earning an 88-82 victory over Hong Kong, in its first game since the Japanese Olympic Committee announced it had kicked out four players for rule violations.
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Aug 22, 2018
Yasuhiro Koseki wins 100 to complete breastroke double at Asian Games
Yasuhiro Koseki shook off a slow morning heat to win the men's 100-meter breaststroke gold from Lane 1 at the Asian Games on Wednesday.
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Aug 22, 2018
Japan wins first Asian Games gold in women's team badminton since 1970
The Japan women's badminton team won gold at the Asian Games for the first time since 1970, beating China 3-1 in the final on Wednesday.
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SOCCER
Aug 21, 2018
Nadeshiko Japan cruises past Vietnam, moves on to Asian Games quarterfinals
Japan remained undefeated in women's soccer at the Asian Games following a 7-0 win over Vietnam on Tuesday.
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Aug 21, 2018
Rikako Ikee's quest for Asian Games perfection ends with silver finish in 4x200 relay
Rikako Ikee's quest for a perfect Asian Games slipped away Tuesday, when the women's 4x200-meter freestyle team swam to silver, a disappointing result after she had earlier kept her streak alive with her fourth gold in four events.
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Aug 21, 2018
Japan women book spot in team badminton final at Asian Games
Badminton world No. 2 Akane Yamaguchi is struggling at the Asian Games, losing her second match in as many days on Tuesday, but Japan still managed to advance to the final to give the team's star a chance to make amends.
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Aug 20, 2018
Rikako Ikee adds two more golds to Asian Games haul
Japan's 2020 Tokyo Olympics medal hopeful Rikako Ikee picked up her second and third gold medals of the 2018 Asian Games on Monday, winning the women's 50-meter butterfly and 100 freestyle.
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BASKETBALL
Aug 20, 2018
Disgraced basketball players face the music after sex scandal
The four men’s national basketball team players who were penalized by the Japanese Olympic Committee for allegedly paying women for sex last weekend in Jakarta, where they were competing at the ongoing Asian Games, were sent home on Monday and faced up to the media at a Tokyo news conference.
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BASKETBALL
Aug 20, 2018
Japanese basketball players punished for soliciting sex
The Japanese Olympic Committee has penalized four players on the men's Asian Games basketball team for buying sex in Jakarta and sent them back home, a senior official said Monday.
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Aug 19, 2018
Daiya Seto defends 200-meter butterfly title at Asian Games
Daiya Seto defended his 200-meter butterfly title at the Asian Games on Sunday.
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Aug 18, 2018
Indonesia raises curtain on Asian Games
Asia's biggest multisport event, attracting more than 10,000 athletes from across the continent and offshore islands, got underway Saturday for two weeks of competition in 40 sports ranging from the mainstream to the esoteric.
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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Aug 17, 2018
Amateur hurler Shumpei Yoshikawa aims for the majors
Shumpei Yoshikawa, a 23-year-old pitcher and top amateur prospect, intends to skip Japanese pro ball and sign with a major league team, multiple sources said Thursday.
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SOCCER
Aug 17, 2018
Japan men rout Pakistan in Asian Games match
After only managing one goal in its opener, Japan defeated Pakistan 4-0 in the Asian Games men's soccer tournament on Thursday and booked a spot in the last 16.
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.

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