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Winter Sports May 12, 2020

Researchers look to curling as next sporting frontier for artificial intelligence

A group at Hokkaido University has created an AI capable of analyzing shot options from over 10,000 possibilities.

More Sports Nov 9, 2018

Japan squads book spots in gold-medal matches at Pacific-Asia Curling Championships

The Japan men's and women's teams both advanced to the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships gold-medal match with semifinal victories on Friday, securing berths at next year's world championships. In the women's event, Japan, the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic bronze medalist, defeated Hong Kong 13-3 to remain undefeated ...

More Sports / Winter Sports Apr 29, 2018

Japan finishes fifth at curling world mixed doubles

Satsuki Fujisawa and Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi finished fifth Saturday after beating Sweden 8-7 and Hungary 9-2 on the final day of the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. The pair earned Japan its best ever result at the 40-nation event, won this time by Switzerland, but missed ...

Baseball / Japanese Baseball | NPB NOTEBOOK Mar 18, 2018

NPB stars look to build momentum in spring

by Jason Coskrey

While most baseball fans know spring numbers should be taken with a grain of salt, some players make it hard to remember at times. Because however meaningless the actual numbers are during this time of year, the process is still fun to watch. One of ...

Business Mar 2, 2018

Demand skyrockets for sweets, masks and sports goods popularized by Japan's Olympic athletes

Products related to Japanese medalists at the Pyeongchang Olympics are seeing an explosion in popularity after Japan won 13 medals — its best-ever performance at the Winter Games. Every day, a confectioner in Hokkaido puts up a notice reading, "Sold out. We are sorry for ...

Olympics / Winter Olympics / Curling Feb 17, 2018

China hands Japan women's curling squad first loss

The Japan women's curling team suffered its first loss of the Pyeongchang Olympics on Saturday, the foursome letting an early lead slip from its fingers to lose 7-6 against China. Skip Satsuki Fujisawa and crew stole a point to make it 3-0 in the ...

More Sports / Winter Sports Nov 9, 2017

LS Kitami claims women's silver at Pacific-Asia Curling Championships

South Korea defeated Japan's LS Kitami 11-6 in the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships women's gold-medal game on Thursday. While the Japan women's team on Wednesday had already secured a spot at next spring's women's curling championship, the country's men's team SC Karuizawa beat Australia 11-4 in ...

Olympics / Winter Olympics Sep 10, 2017

Curling team LS Kitami wins right to represent Japan at Pyeongchang Games

LS Kitami will represent Japan in the women's curling competition at next February's Pyeongchang Winter Olympics after claiming its third win over Chubu Electric Power in a domestic qualifier Sunday. Kitami, runner-up at last year's world championship, entered the final day of the best-of-five series ...

More Sports / Winter Sports Sep 9, 2017

LS Kitami moves closer to booking spot in Olympic women's curling tournament

LS Kitami moved within one win of securing a spot at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in February after taking a 2-1 lead over Chubu Electric Power in a women's curling qualifying playoff on Saturday. Kitami saw its one-game overnight lead wiped out by the national ...

More Sports / Winter Sports Apr 6, 2017

Japan men's curling squad books spot in 2018 Olympics

The Japan men's curling team qualified for the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics on Thursday after securing a combined top-seven finish at the ongoing world championship and last year's worlds. Japan will make its first appearance at the Winter Olympics since 1998, when it hosted the games ...