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Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jan 24, 2017
Chen seen as challenger to Hanyu, Fernandez
Nathan Chen put on quite a show at the U.S. national championships in Kansas City, Missouri, on Sunday.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jan 17, 2017
Hiwatashi aims for top-eight finish at U.S. nationals
Reigning American junior champion Tomoki Hiwatashi will compete in the senior U.S. nationals for the first time this week when he takes the ice at Kansas City's Sprint Center.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 14, 2016
Police imposters steal ¥600 million worth of gold bars in Fukuoka
Gold bars worth ¥600 million ($5 million) were stolen by men disguised as police officers in the city of Fukuoka sometime around spring this year, investigative sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 12, 2016
Kanji meaning gold or money picked as best symbolizing 2016
The kanji for kin, meaning gold or money, has been picked as the character best symbolizing this year's social mood in Japan, a Kyoto-based kanji promotion organization said Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 1, 2016
NYPD blue looking for man in green who snatched pot of gold off armored car
New York police are searching for a green-clad man who swiped an 86-pound (39 kg) pail of gold flakes off an armored truck two months ago and disappeared with the estimated $1.6 million in treasure.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 24, 2016
A golden age of theater for Japan's seniors
At the age of 91, Saitama resident Izumi Noguchi is speaking at his first press conference — at least as an actor anyway.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2016
Japan Post to sell golden stamp in honor of Ichiro's 3,000th MLB hit
Japan Post Co. will release pure gold plates shaped like stamps to commemorate Ichiro Suzuki's 3,000th hit in Major League Baseball.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 17, 2016
Pure gold 'takoyaki' dumpling maker put on display in Osaka
Gold products worth over ¥4 billion ($36.82 million), including a takoyaki (octopus dumpling) maker, were put on display Thursday at a Takashimaya department store in Osaka.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Nov 5, 2016
Huge gold shipment arrives from U.S.; few Americans living in Tokyo; stowaways return; town eats crow to solve bird woes
100 YEARS AGOWednesday, NOV. 22 1916
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Oct 18, 2016
Uno favored to take title at Skate America
Shoma Uno, the bronze medalist at last year's Grand Prix Final, will make his GP season debut at Skate America in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, this week where he will take on a field headed by rising Chinese star Jin Boyang.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 19, 2016
Matsutomo, Takahashi claim Japan's first-ever Olympic badminton gold
Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi claimed Japan's first-ever Olympic badminton gold medal after beating Denmark's Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl 2-1 in Thursday's women's doubles final at the Rio Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 9, 2016
Shohei Ono breaks Japan's judo gold drought after team bags five bronze
Reigning world champion Shohei Ono has claimed Japan's first judo gold of Rio 2016 on Monday, ending a run of five bronze medals in the sport over the first three days of the Games.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 9, 2016
Yakuza, pilot, four others arrested over 110 kg in undeclared gold seized on arrival at Naha
Six men including a member of a major yakuza syndicate were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of smuggling around 110 kg of gold worth ¥480 million ($4.46 million) into Japan last December aboard a private jet that landed at Naha airport in Okinawa, police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jun 2, 2016
Researchers find high-grade gold ore in waters south of Tokyo
The ore contained as much as 275 grams of gold per ton, a figure that is higher than usual for such deposits on land or sea in Japan.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Apr 5, 2016
'Bogus in Boston' robs Miyahara of medal
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Mar 25, 2016
Nagasu added to U.S. team for worlds
Mirai Nagasu will represent the United States in the upcoming world championships in Boston, U.S. Figure Skating announced on Wednesday. Nagasu, the 2008 U.S. champion, will replace the injured Polina Edmunds.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 17, 2016
17 slain Venezuelan miners mostly shot in head; gangs suspected
Seventeen miners murdered near a gold deposit were mainly shot in the head, and four suspects have been arrested so far in a case that has shocked Venezuela, the chief state prosecutor said on Wednesday.
WORLD
Feb 5, 2016
Three missing, 87 rescued after South Africa mine collapse
Almost 90 miners were rescued and three were still missing after a cave-in at a gold mine in northeastern South Africa on Friday, the firm that owns the mine said.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Dec 27, 2015
Gold Actor nabs first G1 victory
Gold Actor took center stage in the season-ending Arima Kinen to capture his first Grade 1 victory on Sunday.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Dec 8, 2015
Hanyu, Mao look to make history at Grand Prix Final
Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu and three-time world champ Mao Asada will be looking to add to their already illustrious resumes at the Grand Prix Final this week in Barcelona, Spain.
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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