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E GOLF

Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2017
Private country club must equalize membership rules to host Olympic golf competition: IOC
Kasumigaseki Country Club will be stripped of hosting the Tokyo 2020 Olympic golf tournament if it does not allow women to become full members, the International Olympic Committee warned on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 9, 2017
Can golf diplomacy help Abe score win-win on trade and defense?
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is betting a round of golf with President Donald Trump will help protect Japan's crucial auto industry and strengthen defense ties with the U.S.
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Feb 8, 2017
Kiyomoto, Tu named to Japanese Golf Hall of Fame
Former Japan LPGA chairwoman Takako Kiyomoto and Taiwan-born seven-time money title winner Tu Ai-yu were named to the Japanese Golf Hall of Fame on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 8, 2017
Trade minister will not accompany Abe to Washington amid hold-up on U.S. commerce secretary nominee
Trade minister Hiroshige Seko will not accompany Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on his trip to Washington this week, as his U.S. counterpart in the new Trump administration will not likely be confirmed by Congress by Friday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 8, 2017
JOC chief questioned in Olympic bid probe on France’s behalf
Kasumigaseki Country Club, slated to host golf at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, failed to make a decision about offering regular memberships to women at a meeting on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Society
Feb 3, 2017
Tokyo 2020 organizers ask Saitama golf venue to ax gender restrictions
The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee has formally asked Kasumigaseki Golf Club, the venue for the 2020 golfing events, to reform its membership policies to accept women.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 2, 2017
Trump golf club must pay $5.77 million to former members: judge
A federal judge in Florida on Wednesday directed a golf club owned by U.S. President Donald Trump to pay $5.77 million to former members who claimed it wrongfully refused to refund their deposits after Trump took over in 2012.
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2017
Japan Golf Association downplays questions over 2020 venue
The Japan Golf Association said Tuesday it has no issues to address despite criticism over the 2020 Tokyo Games golf venue not extending full memberships to women and questions surrounding its selection process.
Japan Times
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Oct 28, 2016
Matsuyama holds three-stroke lead after two rounds in Shanghai
Hideki Matsuyama carded a sizzling round of 7-under-par 65 to seize the lead at the midway point of the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions on Friday.
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Oct 27, 2016
Matsuyama shoots 6-under 66 in opening round at HSBC Champions
World No. 10 Hideki Matsuyama got off to a solid start at the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions on Thursday, carding a 6-under-par 66 for a tie for third place.
Japan Times
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Aug 27, 2016
Matsuyama, Ishikawa to team up in World Cup of Golf
Hideki Matsuyama and Ryo Ishikawa will represent Japan at the World Cup of Golf as the PGA Tour on Friday announced the final field for the Nov. 23-27 event at Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia.
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Feb 6, 2016
Nomura sits a stroke behind provisional third-round leaders
Harukyo Nomura was a stroke behind the provisional leaders at the Coates Golf Championship on Friday, when play was suspended due to darkness.
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Feb 5, 2016
Nomura rises to third in Coates Golf Championship
Harukyo Nomura shot a 6-under-par 66 and was tied for third when the second round of the Coates Golf Championship was suspended due to rain on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 10, 2015
Golf's slide in Japan sees course owners taking a swing at noncorporate clients
After decades of stagnation and decline, Japan is trying to break the traditional male-dominated elitism of the bubble days and usher in a new era of growth. We're talking about golf.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 16, 2015
Ultra-light plane crash in Tokyo suburb kills two
Two men have died after an ultra-light plane crashed into a golf course in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, police say.
WORLD
Jun 18, 2015
Venezuela golf course sparks diplomatic row
A dispute has been teed off between Switzerland's ambassador to Venezuela and a neighboring elite golf club after a banner appeared at the diplomat's residence warning that golf balls injuring or killing anyone inside would violate the Vienna Convention.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2015
Beijing declares war on illegal golf courses
On April 1, the Chinese government quietly went to war against golf.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 12, 2015
Florida golfers undeterred by large alligator on putting green
Golfers at a course in Florida on Wednesday were careful to putt around a large alligator, days after the beast was photographed lounging on the edge of the green in an image that went viral on Facebook.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2015
Golf course where boys drowned had hole in fence
Police are investigating a golf course in Kani, Gifu Prefecture, where two boys drowned in a pond earlier this week, and nearby residents say there was a hole in the facility's fence, raising suspicions that its operator was lax about safety.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 9, 2015
Golfer Billy Casper, two-time U.S. Open winner, dies at 83
Billy Casper, one of professional golf's top players for two decades and winner of three major U.S. tournaments, has died. He was 83.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Japan’s record-low children population weighs on growth
The number of children 14 years old or younger fell for the 43rd straight year to around 14.01 million as of April 1.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.

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