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GOLF 8

Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2014
Japanese golfer tests Pyongyang's links to check dictator's legendary score
Who would have the temerity to challenge Kim Jong Il's superhuman abilities?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2014
Golf turns to kids, other sports to lure younger players
Japan's golf industry, which is still largely dependent on seniors and corporate outings, is changing in the face of the aging population and stiffer competition from other leisure activities.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 9, 2014
Sex change plaintiff wins damages over golf course snub
A businesswoman in Shizuoka Prefecture who changed her registered sex from male to female due to gender identity disorder has won a damages suit with a golf course operator that refused her membership based on the sex change.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jul 5, 2014
China finally cracking down on developers ignoring ban on building golf courses
All that remains of the long fairways and manicured greens at an 18-hole golf course on the outskirts of Beijing are bits of rubble and mounds of mud. In March, Chinese authorities sent in workers to dig up the course and tear down the clubhouse.
JAPAN
Feb 11, 2014
Me time: Services for solo customers flourishing
Table for one? Then how about trying out karaoke for one? Or even golf or soccer? In the face of the declining population coupled with an increasing number of people who remain single, companies are beginning to target a new clientele — the solo customer.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2013
'Mothers of golf' tested themselves abroad
Hisako "Chako" Higuchi and the late Ku Ok-hee of South Korea are regarded as the "mothers of women's golf" in their countries and followed a similar groundbreaking path to the top by challenging themselves overseas.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST
Apr 13, 2013
Golf and Japanese mania for order and rules
If you haven't noticed, the most popular sports in sports-zany Japan are imports. Homegrown offerings — sumo, judo, karate and so on — rank more like your mom's oatmeal cookies.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 24, 2013
Yamagata golf putter gifted to president
Washington KYODO
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Apr 8, 2010
New hobbies for swinging into spring
With the start of the financial/academic year, April is a time for a fresh start and taking up a new hobby.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
Aug 18, 2009
Matches made on the green
Golf begat golf bars begat gorukon (golf + group dating). Those without the yen to burn on real golf courses are teeing off for love at virtual greens.
COMMENTARY
Apr 12, 2007
Australia's anti-China pact
Australia does some strange things in its foreign policies. The latest "security" (read "military") tieup with Japan is no exception.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 15, 2007
Defending Polish plumbers makes sense
PRAGUE -- Supporters of Europe's social model claim that what distinguishes it is the importance placed on "social cohesion." And, of course, it is as difficult to be against cohesion as it is to be against friendship. But the real question is which policies work best.
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.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
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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