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Oct 15, 2018
11-year-old Japanese boy becomes world's youngest Othello champion
An 11-year-old Japanese boy has become the youngest world champion of the Othello board game, triumphing in a four-day contest held in Prague through Friday, according to the organizer.
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Sep 1, 2018
Yakiniku Champion Haneda: Wagyu roll ready for take-off
Picture this: A generous amount of A5 wagyu beef lightly grilled with a proprietary tare sauce. Next, it’s wrapped up inside the leaves of fragrant sangchu (Korean lettuce), along with kimchi and spicy mayonnaise. Finally, it's rolled up in white rice, coated with a generous helping of sesame seeds and sealed inside a crinkly brown bamboo sheath, ready to serve.
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Jun 23, 2017
WBC flyweight champ Higa sets sights on greater notoriety
Daigo Higa said becoming the WBC flyweight champion last month has given him more to fight for as he resumed training on Friday.
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Apr 18, 2017
JAAF announces Grand Champion Series for Olympic marathon qualifying
Japan's runners for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics marathon will be chosen through a two-year qualifying process called the Grand Champion Series starting this summer, the Japan Association of Athletics Federations decided at Tuesday's extraordinary board meeting.
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Nov 1, 2016
Minimumweight champ Kuroki to face Ando in title defense
Women's WBC minimumweight champion Yuko Kuroki will make her fifth title defense in Fukuoka next month, her gym said Tuesday.
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Oct 27, 2016
Osawa gets first title shot against unbeaten WBO featherweight champ Valdez
Hiroshige Osawa is raring to go for his first world title fight Nov. 5 against WBO featherweight champion Oscar Valdez in Las Vegas.
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Nov 6, 2015
Ioka to defend WBA flyweight title on New Year's Eve
WBA flyweight champion Kazuto Ioka of Japan will make his second title defense on New Year's Eve, his Ioka Gym announced Friday.
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Mar 12, 2015
IBF minimumweight champion Takayama set for title defense on April 22
IBF minimumweight champion Katsunari Takayama announced Thursday he will make his first title defense against Thailand's Fahlan Sakkreerin Jr in Osaka on April 22.
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Feb 28, 2015
Ikeyama defends WBO atomweight title
WBO atomweight champion Nao Ikeyama rewrote her own record as the oldest fighter in Japan to successfully defend a title with a unanimous decision over challenger Norj Guro of the Philippines on Saturday.
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Oct 14, 2014
WBC bantamweight champion Yamanaka stays hungry for improvement
Having just turned 32 a few days before, boxer Shinsuke Yamanaka said with a bitter smile that having a birthday for an athlete at his age wasn't necessarily a pleasant thing.

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