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JUN MIZUTANI

Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 18, 2016
Japan settles for silver in team table tennis
Japan managed to take a match off China but the two-time defending Olympic champions prevailed 3-1 in the end to win another gold medal in the men's team event at the Rio Games on Wednesday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 16, 2016
Japan secures first-ever men's team table tennis medal with victory in semis
Japan guaranteed itself a first-ever Olympic men's table tennis team medal on Monday after beating Germany 3-1 to set up a final showdown with defending champion China.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 15, 2016
Japanese women lose against Germany in table tennis semifinals
The Japanese women's table tennis team missed out on a second successive trip to the Olympic final after being outlasted 3-2 by Germany at the Rio Games on Sunday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 14, 2016
Japanese women remain on course for medal
Japan took one more major step toward a Rio 2016 women's team table tennis medal with a 3-0 quarterfinal win over Austria on Saturday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 12, 2016
Mizutani makes history with bronze for Japan’s first-ever Olympic singles table tennis medal
Jun Mizutani made Japanese table tennis history Thursday, winning the country's first Olympic singles medal, a bronze, when he beat Vladimir Samsonov of Belarus 4-1 in Rio.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 10, 2016
Fukuhara, Mizutani advance to Olympic semifinals
Ai Fukuhara had one of the best wins of her career Tuesday, beating world No. 4 Feng Tianwei in straight games to move into the Rio Olympics women's singles semifinals.
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May 5, 2016
Fukuhara, Ishikawa secure Olympic spots
Ai Fukuhara and Kasumi Ishikawa both qualified for the women's singles at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics based on the latest rankings released by the International Table Tennis Federation on Thursday.
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Apr 25, 2016
Hirano, Mizutani win Polish Open
Miu Hirano and Jun Mizutani won the women's and men's singles finals, respectively, to highlight Japan's dominant showing at the Polish Open on Sunday.
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Mar 4, 2016
Japan men advance to semifinals at table tennis worlds
Japan's men beat Hong Kong 3-1 in the quarterfinals of the World Team Table Tennis Championships on Friday, securing a medal for the fifth straight tournament.
Japan Times
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Jan 17, 2016
Mizutani makes table tennis history
Jun Mizutani confirmed his place among the greatest players in Japanese table tennis history on Sunday by winning his record-equaling eighth men's singles title at the national championships in Tokyo.
Japan Times
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Jan 16, 2016
Mizutani wins one title, eyes another
Jun Mizutani took one step towards a national table tennis championships singles-doubles sweep on Saturday when he and partner Masaki Yoshida won the men's doubles title at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
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Oct 17, 2015
Paddlers Niwa, Mizutani reach World Cup quarterfinals
Japan's top two male players, Koki Niwa, and Jun Mizutani, won through to the quarterfinals of the men's table tennis World Cup in Halmstad, Sweden, on Saturday.
'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.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
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.
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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