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Japan Times
Figure Skating
Mar 21, 2019
LIVEBLOG: 2019 ISU World Championships — Men’s Short Program
We're following the action of the Men's Short Program at the 2019 ISU World Championships, being held at the Saitama Super Arena.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Mar 20, 2019
Alina Zagitova takes big lead over Kaori Sakamoto at world championships
Olympic champion Alina Zagitova took a commanding lead after the short program at the world championships on Wednesday night.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Mar 20, 2019
LIVEBLOG: 2019 ISU World Championships — Women's Short Program
We're following the action of the Women's Short Program at the 2019 ISU World Championships, being held at the Saitama Super Arena.
Japan Times
MULTIMEDIA
Mar 20, 2019
Photo gallery: ISU World Championships training day
Japan's skaters trained on Tuesday at Saitama Super Arena ahead of the ISU World Championships. Yuzuru Hanyu, Shoma Uno, and Keiji Tanaka will represent the host in the men's singles division, while Rika Kihira, Satoko Miyahara and Kaori Sakamoto will carry the flag in the women's category.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Feb 25, 2019
Rika Kihira overtakes leader to win Challenge Cup; Wakaba Higuchi places third
Teenager Rika Kihira continued her unbeaten international run on Sunday when she came from behind to win the Challenge Cup in the Netherlands.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Feb 15, 2019
Rika Kihira sets sights on world title during practice session with Satoko Miyahara
Rika Kihira said Friday she aims to cap her remarkable senior debut season with a world championship.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Sep 11, 2018
Yuto Kishina battles hard to earn first JGP medal of career
Yuto Kishina kept Japan's medal streak alive in the Junior Grand Prix this season by bringing home the bronze at the Lithuania JGP in Kaunas on Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 3, 2018
Akita puppy offered to Russian Olympic champion figure skater Alina Zagitova shown to the public
The Akita pup that will be gifted to Russian Olympic champion figure skater Alina Zagitova was shown to the public Thursday at a dog show in the breed's namesake prefecture.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Apr 18, 2018
Shizuka Arakawa elected to World Figure Skating Hall of Fame
Shizuka Arakawa, Japan's first Olympic champion in figure skating, was among the latest group elected to the sport's Hall of Fame, nominating chair Lawrence Mondschein said Tuesday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Mar 5, 2018
Putting Japan's Olympic success into words
Team Japan amassed 13 medals in Pyeongchang, its best ever Winter Games medal haul.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2018
Government looking to recognize two-time gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu with People's Honor Award
The government is looking to present the prestigious People's Honor Award to figure skating superstar Yuzuru Hanyu, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Friday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 22, 2018
Yuzuru Hanyu says he won't serve as flag-bearer at closing ceremony
Yuzuru Hanyu said Thursday he has no plan to act as Japan's flag-bearer for the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Games.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jan 16, 2018
Time for a Japan Figure Skating Hall of Fame
I was hit by a thunderbolt last week.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Sep 19, 2017
Honda, Higuchi make early statements in race for Olympics
The battle for the two women's spots on Japan's team for the Pyeongchang Olympics began in earnest over the weekend as Marin Honda and Wakaba Higuchi participated in Challenger Series events on opposite sides of the globe.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Sep 16, 2017
Honda leads in senior debut
Honda leads in senior debut
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Sep 12, 2017
Sumoto wins Riga JGP as coach gets emotional
This was more like it.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / NEWS IN NIHONGO
Apr 17, 2017
Mao Asada announces retirement from figure skating
Mao Asada, the women's figure skating silver medalist at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and three-time world champion, has announced on her blog that she is retiring.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Apr 11, 2017
Three-time world champion Mao Asada brings an end to illustrious career
The day after figure skating icon Mao Asada announced her retirement on her personal blog, news spread like fire across the country and was received with mixed feelings.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Mar 20, 2017
Injury forces Miyahara out of world championships
Japan's leading female figure skater, Satoko Miyahara, will miss the world championships starting late this month in Finland due to effects of her hip injury, the Japan Skating Federation said Monday.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Mar 19, 2017
Honda falls short of world junior title despite personal bests
Fifteen-year-old Marin Honda could not defend her title at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships on Saturday, losing out to Russia's 14-year-old Alina Zagitova despite posting her highest scores.
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.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Ukraine is far from doomed
When comparing Ukraine’s military situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible.
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.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
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.
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.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday

Podcast

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