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Feb 26, 2017
Uno takes figure skating gold at Asian Winter Games
Shoma Uno did enough in the free skate to overtake China's Jin Boyang and win the men's figure skating gold on Sunday, the final day of the Sapporo 2017 Asian Winter Games.
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Figure Skating
Feb 24, 2017
Jin holds lead after men's short program; Uno sits in second
China's Jin Boyang leads the Asian Winter Games men's figure skating competition after the short program on Friday, with Shoma Uno a close second.
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Figure Skating
Nov 25, 2016
Hanyu's dazzling brilliance radiates NHK Trophy
Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu vaulted into first place at the NHK Trophy on Friday night behind two booming quadruple jumps in the short program.
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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.
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LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Apr 30, 2016
Our picks from Salone del Mobile Milano 2016
As always, Japan was well-represented at Salone del Mobile Milano last month, with Sou Fujimoto creating a forest of spotlights for clothing retailer H&M's COS brand, Panasonic's "Kukan — The Invention of Space" installation, as well as separate exhibitions, including the Experimental Creations showcase of innovative design and the unveiling of the entire series of 2016/ Arita-ware project collaborations. Here's our pick of a few unusual ideas that also showed in Milan.
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BASEBALL / MLB
Feb 27, 2016
Maeda, rehabbing Ryu toss bullpen sessions
Kenta Maeda limited his third bullpen of the spring on Friday to 34 pitches as he threw alongside rehabbing lefty Ryu Hyu-jin at the Los Angeles Dodgers' training camp.
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Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Dec 15, 2015
Hanyu's magic transcendent, truly a sight to behold
"Yuzuru Hanyu is not from this planet."
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BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 11, 2015
Jins eyewear-maker plans overseas expansion amid sluggish domestic market
Eyewear-maker Jin Co., which offers low-price glasses under the brand name Jins, aims to expand its business overseas amid a shrinking domestic market, CEO Hitoshi Tanaka said Friday.
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Figure Skating
Nov 28, 2015
Hanyu smashes two more world records en route to amazing NHK Trophy triumph
Just when you thought he couldn't get any better, Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu gave a performance for the ages on Saturday night.
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Figure Skating
Nov 27, 2015
Hanyu shatters own world record with 106.33 points in short program
Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu grabbed the lead in the short program at the NHK Trophy on Friday night with a world-record score of 106.33 points.
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CULTURE / Music
Nov 20, 2015
Chopin competition winner focuses on art
These days the road to fame often starts with a viral video on YouTube, but Korean pianist Seong-jin Cho took the classic route — he won a music competition.
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CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Jul 18, 2015
'Mystical Realist' Eihei Dogen's 13th-century writings
Eihei Dogen (1200-53), founder of the Soto school of Zen Buddhism, is a key figure in the intellectual history of Japan, but for many centuries his work was not widely read. This changed in 1926, when the publication of Watsuji Tetsuro's "Shamon Dogen" ("The Monk Dogen") reframed him as a philosopher in the contemporary sense and inspired a new interest in Dogen's writings.
BASKETBALL
May 26, 2015
Police investigating match-fixing allegations in KBL
Police in South Korea are investigating a coach over allegations of possible match-fixing in the KBL, the nation's pro basketball league, the Yonhap News Agency reported.
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Figure Skating
Mar 8, 2015
Uno captures world junior title; Yamamoto gets bronze
Shoma Uno retained his lead after the short program to win the gold medal at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, on Saturday night.
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CULTURE / Stage
Dec 17, 2014
Silence is golden in art-comedy for all
"I've been drawing pictures for as long as I can remember," Kentaro Kobayashi said when I asked him how he came to be such a versatile and popular entertainer.
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Figure Skating
Sep 14, 2014
Jin outshines Uno for top prize at Aichi Junior Grand Prix
The youngsters put on quite a show on the final day of the Aichi Junior Grand Prix on Sunday at Morikoro Park Skating Rink.
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BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 23, 2014
Tanaka struggles in victory
New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka allowed three runs over 5⅔ innings on Saturday and earned the win in a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins.
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SOCCER / J. League
Apr 14, 2013
Marinos extend perfect start to year
Substitute Jin Hanato struck one minute to time as Yokohama F. Marinos extended their perfect start to the J.League season to six games with a 2-1 victory over Kawasaki Frontale on Saturday.
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LIFE / Style & Design / ON: DESIGN
Apr 2, 2013
Wooden simplicity and pop-color spring fun
Paying tribute to traditional Japanese crafts with a touch of pop sensibility, Jin Kuramoto has produced a really attractive Japanese tea set.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'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.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
Man, 28, arrested in Okinawa over burned bodies found in Tochigi
Hikaru Sasaki enters the Metropolitan Police Department's Osaki police station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Monday after being arrested on suspicion of disposing of two bodies found in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, earlier this month.
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.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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