It looks like you're using an ad blocker.

To enjoy our content, please include The Japan Times on your ad-blocker's list of approved sites.

Thank you for supporting our journalism.

  • PRINT SUBSCRIBERS |
  • SUBSCRIBE |
  • Login
  • My Account
weather icon

8

P/SUNNY

TOKYO (2 p.m.)

TODAY'S PRINT EDITION

The Japan Times

Javier Fernandez

  • Login
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • My Account
  • PRINT SUBSCRIBERS ≫
  • (FREE ARTICLE)
  • MENU
  • Search
  • News
  • Opinion
  • Life
  • Community
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • City Guide
  • Support
  • Search
  • News
    • National
    • World
    • Business
    • Asia Pacific
    • Reference
    • Columns
    • Multimedia
  • Opinion
    • Editorials
    • Commentary
    • Reader Mail
    • Cartoons
  • Life
    • Travel
    • Digital
    • Food & Drink
    • Environment
    • Style & Design
    • Language
    • Lifestyle
    • People
    • Columns
    • Multimedia
  • Community
    • Voices
    • Issues
    • Our Lives
    • Event listings
    • How-tos
    • Columns
  • Culture
    • Film
    • Music
    • Art
    • Stage
    • Events
    • Festivals
    • Books
    • TV
    • Columns
    • Multimedia
  • Sports
    • Rugby
    • Baseball
    • Soccer
    • Basketball
    • Sumo
    • Figure Skating
    • Tennis
    • More Sports
    • Columns
    • Multimedia
  • City Guide
    • Restaurants
    • Places
  • Support
    • About us
    • Faqs

Figure Skating Nov 29, 2018

Two-time world champion Javier Fernandez to retire after European championships: reports

Javier Fernandez, a two-time world champion, will retire after the European championships in January, Spanish media reported Wednesday. The 27-year-old Spaniard took bronze at the Pyeongchang Olympics earlier this year, when Yuzuru Hanyu won his second successive Olympic gold medal. Fernandez, who also won world titles ...

Choreography legend David Wilson a man in demand

Figure Skating | ICE TIME Aug 21, 2018

Choreography legend David Wilson a man in demand

by Jack Gallagher

Sometimes in life we encounter a person who is a veritable force of nature. Dynamic, honest, emotional. The kind of individual that stops you in your tracks. David Wilson is one of those people. After a short time with Wilson you feel like you have known him ...

Exclusive: Jin's move to train with Hanyu, Orser in Toronto not happening

Figure Skating Jul 13, 2018

Exclusive: Jin's move to train with Hanyu, Orser in Toronto not happening

by Jack Gallagher

Two-time world bronze medalist Jin Boyang of China will not be permanently relocating to Toronto to train with Yuzuru Hanyu under renowned coach Brian Orser, The Japan Times has learned. The 20-year-old Jin, who finished fourth at the Pyeongchang Olympics, was set to leave his ...

Orser says Hanyu is greatest ever

Figure Skating | ICE TIME Apr 17, 2018

Orser says Hanyu is greatest ever

by Jack Gallagher

"I have to say, he is the greatest of all time. That's for sure." The words of Brian Orser resonate more than ever after Yuzuru Hanyu became the first man in 66 years to win the Olympic gold medal twice in a row. Some might expect ...

Could Hanyu headline a new pro tour in the future?

Figure Skating | ICE TIME Apr 3, 2018

Could Hanyu headline a new pro tour in the future?

by Jack Gallagher

A thought crossed my mind recently. With Yuzuru Hanyu undecided on his athletic future at this point, could he be a part of a new skating endeavor that would be successful? What do I have in mind? A new professional skating tour, primarily centered in Asia, that ...

Yuzuru Hanyu reflects on Olympic glory

Olympics / Winter Olympics / Figure skating Feb 27, 2018

Yuzuru Hanyu reflects on Olympic glory

by Kaz Nagatsuka

Yuzuru Hanyu achieved his fairy-tale ending at the Pyeongchang Olympics, winning another gold medal while enduring the pain of the serious ankle injury he suffered in November. Everyone knew he was still hurt when he took to the ice in South Korea, but few were ...

Hamilton, Cousins reflect on Hanyu's brilliance, drawing power

Figure Skating | ICE TIME Feb 22, 2018

Hamilton, Cousins reflect on Hanyu's brilliance, drawing power

by Jack Gallagher

It's not often that you get to chat with a legend in skating. But two in one day? Well, that is remarkable in itself. Ice Time spoke to two Olympic champions — American Scott Hamilton (1984) and Britain's Robin Cousins (1980) — at Gangneung Ice Arena this ...

Yuzuru Hanyu's second Olympic title reaffirms greatness

Figure Skating | ICE TIME Feb 18, 2018

Yuzuru Hanyu's second Olympic title reaffirms greatness

by Jack Gallagher

Yuzuru Hanyu's epic performance in the free skate at Gangneung Ice Arena on Saturday was one for the ages. Though not as technically sound as his brilliant free skate at the 2017 world championships in Helsinki, when taking into account the totality of the dynamic ...

Majestic Yuzuru Hanyu defends Olympic figure skating title

Olympics / Winter Olympics / Figure skating Feb 17, 2018

Majestic Yuzuru Hanyu defends Olympic figure skating title

by Jack Gallagher

Yuzuru Hanyu etched his name into the pantheon of skating legends with a second straight Olympic gold medal in the free skate at the Pyeongchang Games on Saturday. In doing so, the defending Olympic and world champion achieved a feat that had not been accomplished ...

Yuzuru Hanyu enters Pyeongchang free skate mindful of mistakes made in Sochi

Olympics / Winter Olympics / Figure skating Feb 16, 2018

Yuzuru Hanyu enters Pyeongchang free skate mindful of mistakes made in Sochi

by Gus Fielding

Mindful of his error-riddled free skate at the Sochi Olympics, defending Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu refuses to get carried away after winning the men's figure skating short program at the Pyeongchang Games on Friday. At the 2014 Sochi Games, Hanyu became the first Japanese man ...

Yuzuru Hanyu takes lead after short program at Pyeongchang Games

Olympics / Winter Olympics / Figure skating Feb 16, 2018

Yuzuru Hanyu takes lead after short program at Pyeongchang Games

by Jack Gallagher

In incredibly dramatic fashion, Yuzuru Hanyu rose to the occasion in the short program at Gangneung Ice Arena on Friday afternoon. Hanyu's score of 111.68 points, an Olympic record for the short program, has him in first place heading into Saturday's free skate and halfway ...

Upbeat Yuzuru Hanyu gears up for short program

Olympics / Winter Olympics / Figure skating Feb 15, 2018

Upbeat Yuzuru Hanyu gears up for short program

by Jack Gallagher

Yuzuru Hanyu went through his next-to-last training session on Thursday afternoon at the practice rink beneath Gangneung Ice Arena and pronounced himself ready for the men's short program on Friday. Hanyu is looking to make history by becoming the first man in 66 years (since ...

VIEW OLDER ARTICLES

  • WHAT’S TRENDING
  • EDITORS’ PICKS
  • 12 Japanese firms will end business deals involving Uyghur forced labor
    Chinese President Xi Jinping on a monitor in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region
  • New Zealand online porn safety campaign goes viral
  • Lost in translation: Japan fumbles pandemic communication with foreign communities
    Shigeru Omi, head of a government panel of coronavirus experts, speaks to the media in Tokyo on Jan. 5.
  • Japan weighs lifting virus emergency for six prefectures at end of month
    Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido (left), Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura (center) and Kyoto Gov. Takatoshi Nishiwaki have asked the central government to lift the coronavirus state of emergency at the end of the month for their prefectures.
  • Bankers love their Porsche 911s. So let them buy shares.
    A 1992 Porsche 911 Type 964 Carrera 2 that belonged to Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona
  • Hong Kong activists find U.K.'s offer of sanctuary comes at a price

    Thumbnail image
  • Deaths in Japan fall for the first time in more than a decade

    Thumbnail image
  • For Tracy Hyde balances idyllic nostalgia with political unease on ‘Ethernity’

    Thumbnail image
  • J. League gears up for chaotic 2021 season

    Thumbnail image
  • A digital firewall in Myanmar, built with guns and wire cutters

    Thumbnail image
COVID-19 banner

PODCAST

  • DEEP DIVE

    Episode 83: What is Clubhouse and why is it so popular in Japan?

    LAST UPDATED: Feb 24, 2021

JAPAN NETWORK UPDATES

  • Directory of who’s who in the world of business in Japan

    LAST UPDATED: Jun 8, 2020

    JAPAN NETWORK UPDATES
Return to The Japan Times top page
JT Digital Archives The Japan Times Alpha Jobs Study in Japan JT for Women JT Bookclub Japanese School Directory
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • ePaper Edition
  • News
    • National
    • World
    • Business
    • Asia Pacific
    • Reference
    • Columns
    • Multimedia
  • Opinion
    • Editorials
    • Commentary
    • Reader Mail
    • Cartoons
  • Life
    • Travel
    • Digital
    • Food & Drink
    • Environment
    • Style & Design
    • Language
    • Lifestyle
    • People
    • Columns
    • Multimedia
  • Community
    • Voices
    • Issues
    • Our Lives
    • Event listings
    • How-tos
    • Columns
  • Culture
    • Film
    • Music
    • Art
    • Stage
    • Events
    • Festivals
    • Books
    • TV
    • Columns
    • Multimedia
  • Sports
    • Rugby
    • Baseball
    • Soccer
    • Basketball
    • Sumo
    • Figure Skating
    • Tennis
    • More Sports
    • Columns
    • Multimedia
  • City Guide
    • Restaurants
    • Places
  • Support
    • About us
    • Faqs
  • About us
  • Contact us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Link Policy
  • Reprints
  • FAQs
  • Support
  • Announcements
  • Press
  • Sitemap
  • Advertise

The Japan Times LTD. All rights reserved.

The Japan Times