Retired ice dancer Chris Reed dies of heart attack at age 30
Former ice dancer Chris Reed, who represented Japan for more than a decade, died on Saturday of a heart attack in Detroit, according to a published report. He was 30. Yahoo Japan was the first media outlet to report his death. The Japan Skating Federation ...
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir lead ice dance after setting world record in short dance
Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir have the lead in ice dance following the short dance at Gangneung Ice Arena on Monday afternoon. The defending world champions skated to a Latin musical selection and set a world record with a score of 83.67 points. Virtue and ...
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Or so it seems. Japan finished a distant fifth, again, in the team skating event on Monday, behind Canada (73 points), the Olympic Athletes from Russia (66), the United States (66) and Italy (56). The Hinomaru was ...
Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics Day 3: U.S. snowboarder Red Gerard earns team first gold medal
Gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu's arrival on Sunday provides a much needed morale boost for Team Japan, who advanced to the final rounds of struggled to keep up in speedskating and team figure skating but well behind the leaders. In figure skating a resurgent Olympic ...
Japan advances in team competition
Japan is in fifth place with 32 points heading into the final day of the figure skating team event following the pairs free skate on Sunday afternoon at Gangneung Ice Arena. Miu Suzaki and Ryuichi Kihara placed fifth in the pairs free skate, the first ...
Guts and glory define the Sakamoto story
Kaori Sakamoto's ascendancy continues unabated. The 17-year-old from Kobe has quickly become one of skating's rising stars. Her resounding victory at the Four Continents Championships on Friday in Taipei the latest example of her exceptional ability and fortitude. Trailing compatriot Satoko Miyahara by 0.40 of a point ...
Shoma Uno takes lead at Four Continents; Keiji Tanaka sits in third place
Shoma Uno took a narrow lead Thursday after the men's short program at the Four Continents Championships. Uno, who is fresh off winning his second consecutive national title in December, scored 100.49 points to take a 0.32 lead ahead of China's Jin Boyang. Keiji Tanaka ...
Japan's human rights issues fared better in 2016
Welcome back to JBC's annual countdown of the top issues as they affected Non-Japanese (NJ) residents of Japan. We had some brighter spots this year than in previous years, because Japan's government has been so embarrassed by hate speech toward Japan's minorities that they ...
Takahito Mura placed first in the men’s short program at the All-Japan Championships on Friday night, earning 90.34 points to sit ahead of Shoma Uno’s 88.05 in the absence of flu-hit four-time reigning champion Yuzuru Hanyu. Mura pulled off a nearly flawless routine, nailing his ...
Ice dancer Cathy Reed, who skated for Japan at both the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and the 2014 Sochi Games, said on Sunday she will retire from competition. The 27-year-old said she had made up her mind to call it quits after the World Figure Skating ...
Japan's Cathy and Chris Reed failed to advance to the free dance in the ice dance competition at the World Figure Skating Championships on Wednesday. Cathy fell on a step and the siblings could only manage 48.32 points in the short dance, more than eight ...
Unhappy alliance: Reeds' mom blasts JSF over funding
The Japan Skating Federation, which has been found wanting in its support of skaters in the past, is once again being called out for its lack of commitment. This time, the mother of ice dancers Cathy and Chris Reed — who will represent Japan at ...
