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FREESTYLE SKIING

Japan Times
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Dec 14, 2019
Ikuma Horishima triumphs in men's moguls at World Cup meet in China
Ikuma Horishima won the men's moguls Saturday at the freestyle skiing World Cup in China for his first victory of the season.
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Mar 2, 2019
Ikuma Horishima places first in World Cup moguls event in Kazakhstan
Ikuma Horishima won the men's moguls Saturday at the Freestyle Skiing World Cup in Shymbulak, Kazakhstan, for his first victory of the season.
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Mar 3, 2018
Ikuma Horishima triumphs in men's moguls at World Cup meet in Akita Prefecture
Ikuma Horishima defeated newly crowned Pyeongchang Olympic champion Mikael Kingsbury to win the men's moguls Saturday at the Freestyle Skiing World Cup held at Lake Tazawa ski resort in Akita Prefecture.
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Jan 11, 2018
Sho Endo earns silver in men's moguls at World Cup event
Sho Endo grabbed silver in men's moguls Wednesday at the freestyle skiing World Cup event, showing promising form a month out from the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
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Mar 9, 2017
Horishima claims gold at freestyle ski worlds
Debutant Ikuma Horishima on Wednesday became the first Japanese man to capture moguls gold at the Freestyle World Ski Championships.
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Mar 8, 2017
Onozuka claims silver in women's halfpipe
Ayana Onozuka claimed the silver medal in the women's halfpipe in the freestyle skiing World Cup season finale on Tuesday.
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Feb 18, 2017
Moguls maestro Kingsbury records 39th career triumph
Ikuma Horishima could only manage sixth place as Canadian star Mikael Kingsbury posted an all-time record 39th freestyle career win in the men's moguls at a World Cup event on Saturday.
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Feb 18, 2017
Onozuka falls short of third consecutive halfpipe title
Ayana Onozuka missed out on her third consecutive overall halfpipe title after placing third in a freestyle skiing World Cup meet on Saturday.
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Feb 17, 2017
Freestyle skier Endo sidelined by back injury
Men's moguls ace Sho Endo on Friday pulled out of this weekend's freestyle skiing World Cup meet in Akita Prefecture due to an injury injury.
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Mar 11, 2016
Onozuka triumphs in last women's halfpipe event of season
Ayana Onozuka placed fourth in women's halfpipe in the final freestyle skiing event of the World Cup season on Thursday, good enough to secure her the overall halfpipe "crystal globe" title for the second season in a row.
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Feb 27, 2016
Hara places fourth in World Cup men's moguls event
Daichi Hara just missed his first freestyle skiing World Cup podium on Saturday, settling for a career-best fourth in the Tazawako meet's men's moguls.
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Feb 6, 2016
Freestyle skier Onozuka places second in halfpipe competition
Ayana Onozuka was runner-up in a freestyle skiing World Cup halfpipe event on Friday, securing her third podium finish in as many meets this season.
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Feb 6, 2016
Tabara takes third in freestyle skiing event
Naoya Tabara was third on Friday in a freestyle skiing World Cup aerials competition, scoring his first medal on the circuit in four years.
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OLYMPICS
Feb 5, 2014
Uemura vying for medal at fifth Olympics
Aiko Uemura took part in official practice on Wednesday a day ahead of moguls qualifying in what is her fifth Olympic Games.
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Jan 19, 2013
Nagano Games gold medalist Satoya announces retirement
Freestyle mogul skier Tae Satoya, whose gold medal at the 1998 Nagano Olympics made her the first Japanese woman to win Winter Games gold, will retire at the end of this season, her company, Fuji Television Network Inc., said Friday.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
An AI star seeks to bring self-driving cars to Japan by 2030
Japanese startup Turing plans to unveil a self-driving car with at least 30 minutes’ driving range next year and develop a fully autonomous car by 2030.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores
Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.

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