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BADMINTON

Japan Times
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Aug 28, 2017
Former world badminton champ Ueno lauds Okuhara's feat
Japan's former badminton world champion Emiko Ueno, who won the crown in women's doubles 40 years ago, praised Nozomi Okuhara on Monday for winning their country's second world title overnight in Scotland.
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Aug 27, 2017
Fukushima, Hirota earn silver in women's doubles at world championships
Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota came up short in their bid on Sunday to win Japan's first gold at the World Badminton Championships in 40 years, losing to China's Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan in the women's doubles final.
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Jul 3, 2017
Momota falls short of badminton U.S. Open draw
Kento Momota, who had received special permission to compete abroad following the lifting of his suspension for illegal gambling, was not included in the men's draw on the U.S. Open's website.
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Apr 2, 2017
Badminton pair claim Indian Open title
Japanese seventh seed Shiho Tanaka and Koharu Yonemoto won the India Open doubles championship on Sunday, their first title in a BWF Super Series event.
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Mar 12, 2017
Disgraced badminton player Momota's gambling suspension to be lifted in May
Former world No. 2 Kento Momota will have his suspension for illegal gambling lifted on May 15, the Nippon Badminton Association's board of directors decided Sunday.
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Oct 2, 2016
Yamaguchi claims badminton title
Akane Yamaguchi downed South Korea's world No. 7 Sung Ji-hyun at the Korea Open on Sunday to claim her first title on the Super Series circuit in three years.
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OLYMPICS
Sep 9, 2016
Badminton riding wave of popularity after Japan squad's success in Rio
Led by the gold medal-winning feat of the world's No. 1-ranked female doubles pair, Ayaka Takahashi and Misaki Matsutomo, the Japan badminton squad achieved real success in last month's Rio de Janeiro Olympics, and it's helped boost the popularity of the sport here.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 19, 2016
Matsutomo, Takahashi claim Japan's first-ever Olympic badminton gold
Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi claimed Japan's first-ever Olympic badminton gold medal after beating Denmark's Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl 2-1 in Thursday's women's doubles final at the Rio Games.
Japan Times
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Jul 20, 2016
Japan badminton team ready to escape gambling shadow in Rio
The head coach of Japan's Olympic badminton team insists the gambling scandal that engulfed the sport three months ago will not cast a shadow over his squad at next month's Rio Games.
Japan Times
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May 6, 2016
Tago plots move overseas after gambling ban
Disgraced shuttler Kenichi Tago is looking to continue his career overseas after receiving an indefinite suspension by the Nippon Badminton Association for gambling at illegal casinos in Japan.
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May 5, 2016
Japan sending nine badminton players to Rio Olympics
Women's doubles pair Ayaka Takahashi and Misaki Matsutomo have been named among the nine members for this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Thursday by the Nippon Badminton Association.
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Apr 19, 2016
Badminton association warns Nishimoto for casino visit
The Nippon Badminton Association on Tuesday named Kenta Nishimoto as its latest shuttler to have visited an illegal casino.
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Apr 18, 2016
Badminton association says another player visited casino
An additional Japan national team player has admitted to entering an illegal casino, the Nippon Badminton Association revealed Monday.
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Apr 11, 2016
Disgraced badminton player Kenichi Tago fired; Kento Momota suspended from work
Kenichi Tago, who competed for Japan in badminton at the 2012 London Olympics, lost his job on Monday, when Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. announced that he has been fired.
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Apr 10, 2016
Badminton star Momota to miss Rio Olympics after receiving indefinite suspension
Badminton superstar Kento Momota has been denied a spot on Japan's team for this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics after receiving an indefinite suspension from the Nippon Badminton Association on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 8, 2016
Disgraced Japanese badminton duo apologize for illegal gambling
Japan's top badminton players apologize after being caught up in a gambling scandal that threatens their chances of going to the Olympics.
OLYMPICS
Feb 24, 2016
Badminton duo decide against competing for spot in Rio
Badminton doubles players Noriyasu Hirata and Hirokatsu Hashimoto have ruled themselves out of contention for this summer's Rio de Janeiro Olympics due to personal reasons of one of the athletes, Kyodo News learned Wednesday from various sources.
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Dec 14, 2015
Okuhara, Momota make Japanese badminton history
Japan's Nozomi Okuhara and Kento Momota captured the women's and men's singles titles respectively at the BWF Super Series Masters Final on Sunday, becoming the first Japanese singles winners in the tournament's history.
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Aug 15, 2015
Momota nabs bronze at badminton worlds
Kento Momota will take home a bronze medal, the first hardware ever for a Japanese man in Badminton World Championships singles competition following his semifinal defeat on Saturday.
OLYMPICS
Jun 7, 2015
Olympic badminton venue moving to Chofu: source
The Badminton World Federation has reached an agreement with Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizers to move the badminton venue from the center of Tokyo, an informed source said Sunday.
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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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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