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Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Aug 4, 2016
The changing face (and bodies) of fitness
There has been a recent trend among Japanese comedians to go big — with their workouts. Toshiaki Kasuga, Nakayama Kinnikun and Yoshio Kojima all incorporate flexing into their routines, playing up macho stereotypes for laughs. However, Shun Kaneko isn't laughing.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jan 26, 2016
Hiwatashi continues to build on outstanding record
One of those who may be competing with Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu when he goes for his second consecutive gold medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games in South Korea is American junior champion Tomoki Hiwatashi.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 11, 2015
Annual survey finds physical fitness of elderly in Japan continues to improve
The physical fitness of elderly people in Japan is continuing to improve both for men and women, a survey for fiscal 2014 released Sunday by the sports ministry showed.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 16, 2015
Rizap gym owner seeks to triple profit by shrinking waistlines
For Kenkou Corp., slimmer waistlines mean fatter profits.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 21, 2014
Suntory mulls sale of gym chain Tipness to NTV
Suntory Holdings Ltd. is considering selling health club unit Tipness Ltd. to Nippon Television Holdings Inc. as it tires to unload noncore businesses to help pay for its buyout of U.S. distiller Beam Inc. earlier this year, sources said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 13, 2014
Elderly Japanese women at the top of their game: ministry
Survey says around 70 percent of elderly men and women aged 65 to 74 exercise at least once a week, much higher compared with around 30 to 50 percent for younger generations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2014
¥300 billion gym industry looks to novel exercises to entice new users
Fitness clubs are increasingly diversifying the activities they offer in a bid to make a workout as fun as possible.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Dec 5, 2013
Treading a healthy path — whichever road you take
In the mid-19th century, a British undertaker by the name of William Banting was struggling to shed some pounds despite having tried every diet known at the time.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2013
To keep bottom line fit, gyms offer personal training sessions
Fitness clubs are promoting personal training programs to lure customers at a time when corporate clients are bailing to save costs in a stagnant economy.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jan 18, 2013
J-blip: Sweets Marathon
Who needs sports drinks when you can have cake?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Feb 24, 2012
Tech for keeping pace with the marathon trendsetters
Technology in the form of everything from to e-cash to purpose-built apps is coming to the aid of runners in the annual Tokyo Marathon.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
Nov 18, 2011
Virtual games in a real sports club
With the new unveiled e-Sports Ground, fitness hounds and video game freaks can play on the same virtual/real playing field.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
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.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
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.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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