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Mar 7, 2019
Ayaka Takahashi, Misaki Matsutomo crash out of All England Open on first day
Ayaka Takahashi and Misaki Matsutomo, who won the women's doubles for Japan's first Olympic gold in badminton in Rio de Janeiro, suffered a shock defeat on the first day of the All England Open Badminton Championships on Wednesday.
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Sep 27, 2018
Kento Momota becomes first Japanese man to reach No. 1 in badminton world rankings
Kento Momota on Thursday topped the latest Badminton World Federation rankings for men's singles following his runner-up finish at the recent China Open.
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Sep 16, 2018
Kento Momota wins first Japan Open title
Reigning world champion Kento Momota won his first Japan Open title on Sunday, beating Thailand's Khosit Phetpradab in straight games.
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Aug 23, 2018
Japan women's badminton, men's fencing teams nab gold medals at Asian Games
The Japan women's badminton team won gold at the Asian Games for the first time since 1970 on Wednesday, despite the slump of its top player, beating China 3-1 in the final and preventing it from claiming its sixth consecutive win in this event.
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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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Aug 5, 2018
Kento Momota becomes first Japanese man to win badminton singles world title
Kento Momota, only restored to the national team in January after a suspension for illegal gambling, became the first Japanese man to win a badminton singles world championship on Sunday.
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Aug 4, 2018
Kento Momota books spot in men's final at World Badminton Championships
Kento Momota advanced to the men's singles final at the World Badminton Championships on Saturday, after beating Malaysia's Daren Liew in straight games.
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Aug 2, 2018
Mayu Matsumoto, Wakana Nagahara eliminate Misaki Matsutomo, Ayaka Takahashi in third round at world championships
Olympic women's doubles champions Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi lost in straight games to Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara in the third round at the World Badminton Championships on Thursday.
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May 27, 2018
Japan loses to China in badminton's Thomas Cup final
Japan came second in the Thomas Cup men's team badminton championship Sunday, losing 3-1 to powerhouse China in the final.
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May 26, 2018
Japan wins badminton's Uber Cup for first time in 37 years
Top-seeded Japan beat host Thailand in Saturday's final to capture its first Uber Cup women's team badminton championship since 1981.
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May 26, 2018
Japanese men beat Denmark to reach Thomas Cup final
Japan's men reached the Thomas Cup badminton tournament final on Friday with a hard-fought 3-2 win over defending champions Denmark.
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Apr 17, 2018
Akane Yamaguchi set to become Japan's first No. 1 singles player in world badminton rankings
Akane Yamaguchi will be ranked No. 1 in the world in the women's singles badminton rankings in the next official rankings, an informed source said Tuesday.
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Dec 18, 2017
Koharu Yonemoto, Shiho Tanaka take crown at World Super Series Final
Koharu Yonemoto and Shiho Tanaka claimed the women's doubles title at the World Super Series Final on Sunday, when they defeated world silver medalists Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota in an all-Japanese final.
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Dec 17, 2017
Ayane Yamaguchi claims first badminton World Super Series Finals title
Akane Yamaguchi defeated India's Rio Olympic silver medalist Pusarla V Sindhu in the women's singles final to clinch her first title at badminton's World Super Series Finals in Dubai on Sunday.
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Dec 3, 2017
Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota deny Rio champs national badminton title
Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota won their maiden women's doubles title at Japan's badminton national championships on Sunday, when they denied Rio de Janeiro Olympic gold medalists Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi their third straight championship.
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Dec 2, 2017
Injured Nozomi Okuhara pulls out of World Superseries Finals
Reigning world champion Nozomi Okuhara withdrew from the women's singles event of the World Superseries Finals to be held Dec. 13-17 in Dubai, national head coach Park Joo-bong revealed Saturday.
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Nov 19, 2017
Akane Yamaguchi cruises past Gao Fanjie to claim China Open title
Akane Yamaguchi won Sunday's women's singles at the China Open, beating China's Gao Fangjie in straight games.
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Sep 23, 2017
Takahashi, Matsutomo make quick work of Fukushima, Hirota to reach Japan Open final
Ayaka Takahashi and Misaki Matsutomo on Saturday earned a berth in the Japan Open women's doubles final, while women's singles world champion Nozomi Okuhara withdrew with an injury.
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Sep 21, 2017
Okuhara, Yamaguchi secure spots in Japan Open quarterfinals
World champion Nozomi Okuhara breezed past India's world No. 2 Pusarla Sindhu in straight games at the Japan Open badminton tournament on Thursday, advancing to the quarterfinals of the women's singles competition.
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Aug 29, 2017
Okuhara ready to shift focus to greater challenges at 2020 Olympics
Nozomi Okuhara said that she wanted to measure where she is on the global badminton map right now.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'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.
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Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
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.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
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.

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