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AVALANCHE

Japan Times
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Jun 27, 2022
Avalanche hold off Lightning in Game 6 to win Stanley Cup
The Avalanche denied the Lightning a third consecutive title and fourth overall with an emotional road win.
Japan Times
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Jun 23, 2022
Nazem Kadri scores in OT to put Avalanche on brink of Stanley Cup title
Nazem Kadri's return to the lineup was the kind players dream about: ending with him scoring the overtime winner to move the Colorado Avalanche within one victory of the Stanley Cup.
Japan Times
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Jun 16, 2022
Andre Burakovsky scores in OT to lift Avalanche over Lightning in Game 1 of Stanley Cup Final
The Avalanche's Gabriel Landeskog and Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and an assist each and Artturi Lehkonen also scored.
Japan Times
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Jun 15, 2022
Avalanche look to crush Lightning's dreams of Stanley Cup three-peat
Colorado, the oddsmakers' favorite, will need to be at its best to get past Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy when the series kicks off in Denver on Wednesday.
Japan Times
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Jan 2, 2021
NHL planning two outdoor games at Lake Tahoe
The NHL is planning to hold two regular season outdoor games without fans at Lake Tahoe in Nevada, according to multiple reports on Friday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jan 5, 2020
Get ready for Japan's backcountry with an avalanche safety course
Black Diamond Tours has been offering Avalanche Skills Training courses in English since 2009 to educate skiers and snowboarders on the risks when riding in Japan's backcountry.
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Oct 5, 2019
Yuri Terao signs contract to play for ECHL's Colorado Eagles
Yuri Terao has signed with the Colorado Eagles, the top minor league team for the NHL's Colorado Avalanche, for the 2019-20 season, his management company said Friday.
Japan Times
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Apr 18, 2019
Mikko Rantanen nets OT winner as Avalanche take 3-1 series lead against Flames
Mikko Rantanen's second goal of the game was the overtime winner as the Colorado Avalanche erased a two-goal deficit and beat the Calgary Flames 3-2 Wednesday night.
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Nov 22, 2018
Avalanche crush Kings as Semyon Varlamov earns 200th career victory
Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and an assist and the Colorado Avalanche scored on their first three power-play opportunities in defeating the Los Angeles Kings 7-3 Wednesday night.
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Nov 27, 2017
New Hall of Famer Paul Kariya reflects on journey
Paul Kariya defied the odds en route to a Hall of Fame hockey career.
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JAPAN
Apr 3, 2017
Probe into Tochigi avalanche likely to be delayed as survivors recover
The investigation into last week's fatal high school mountaineering lesson in Tochigi Prefecture is likely to time because many people are still being treated for their injuries.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2017
Mother of Tochigi avalanche victim relives son's final day
Akiko Takase drove her son, Atsuki, to school so he could take part in a mountaineering lesson on March 25. She told to him to have a nice day and take care.
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2017
Seven prefectures let high school students practice winter mountaineering despite government ban: survey
Following the deaths of eight people in an avalanche last week, winter mountaineering practices and competitions involving high school students are being held in at least seven of Japan's 47 prefectures.
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JAPAN / FOCUS
Mar 30, 2017
Grief weighs heavily on students, teachers in wake of Tochigi avalanche
The anguish of mountain club survivors who lost their classmates in Monday's avalanche tragedy in Tochigi Prefecture has just begun to sink in.
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2017
Police look to build negligence case in avalanche tragedy
Police on Thursday inspected a ski resort in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, where an avalanche killed seven students and a teacher this week as they look to build a possible case of professional negligence.
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2017
Lead teacher in doomed Tochigi mountaineering excursion said instructors believed conditions safe
The leader of a mountaineering excursion held by a high school in Tochigi Prefecture said Wednesday that instructors thought the conditions were good enough to conduct training before an avalanche killed seven students and a teacher.
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JAPAN
Mar 29, 2017
Newly learned skills helped save student mountaineers from deadly avalanche
Testimony from survivors of Monday's deadly avalanche suggests that many used newly learned mountaineering skills to survive the disaster before trying to save others.
JAPAN
Mar 29, 2017
In Tochigi avalanche, teacher's instruction to 'get down' was a dangerous mistake: experts
As details emerged of Monday's devastating avalanche at a ski resort in Tochigi Prefecture, which killed seven high school students and a teacher, an instruction given by a teacher has come under scrutiny.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Mar 28, 2017
Avalanche risks may have been downplayed due to pressure to meet mountain climbing licensing requirements
Following Monday's deadly avalanche that killed eight people, including seven students, in Tochigi Prefecture, the authorities and experts are now assessing the decision making that led up to the incident even though an avalanche advisory had been issued for the area.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2017
Police probe into Tochigi avalanche deaths of students looks at instructors' decision making
Police opened an investigation into the group that organized a mountaineering lesson during which eight people were killed by an avalanche at a ski resort in Tochigi Prefecture.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
An AI star seeks to bring self-driving cars to Japan by 2030
Japanese startup Turing plans to unveil a self-driving car with at least 30 minutes’ driving range next year and develop a fully autonomous car by 2030.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores
Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.

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