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KASAI

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Mar 18, 2016
Kasai places sixth in 500th World Cup event
Ski jumper Noriaki Kasai settled for sixth but was all smiles after competing in a record 500th World Cup event on Thursday.
Japan Times
TENNIS / NOTES ON A SCORECARD
Mar 8, 2016
Nishikori impressive in loss; Kotoshogiku's challenge
Despite a valiant effort from Kei Nishikori, Japan lost to Britain 3-1 in their Davis Cup World Group first-round tie in Birmingham, England, on Sunday.
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Mar 5, 2016
Kasai places third at World Cup meet
Veteran Noriaki Kasai scored his fifth podium finish of the season in finishing third at a World Cup meet on Friday.
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Feb 23, 2016
Japan men third in World Cup ski jump event
Japan placed third behind Norway and Germany in the World Cup men's team ski jumping competition on Monday.
Japan Times
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Feb 13, 2016
Kasai notches another third-place showing
Veteran Noriaki Kasai secured his third straight bronze medal at a World Cup event on Friday.
Japan Times
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Feb 11, 2016
Monster jump propels Kasai to podium finish
Veteran Noriaki Kasai provided the highlight of the day with a World Cup hill-record-equaling 143-meter jump to place third for the second event in a row in Norway on Wednesday.
Japan Times
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Jan 30, 2016
Kasai places fourth in World Cup competition
Evergreen Noriaki Kasai finished fourth in Saturday's World Cup competition, while teammate Daiki Ito was fifth.
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Jan 20, 2016
Kasai speaks about sister's death
Ski jumper Noriaki Kasai revealed Wednesday that his younger sister, Kumiko Maekawa, died earlier this month at the age of 38.
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Jan 9, 2016
Kasai wins Megmilk Cup title for first time
Veteran Noriaki Kasai claimed the men's title at the Snow Brand Megmilk Cup for the first time on Saturday after the 43-year-old posted 264.5 points over two jumps.
Japan Times
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Dec 20, 2015
Kasai beats own record with third-place finish
Seven-time Olympian Noriaki Kasai eclipsed his own record for oldest skier to finish on a World Cup podium when he placed third in the men's division of a ski jumping event on Saturday.
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Aug 1, 2015
Takanashi retains title at Miyanomori
Teenage ski jumping star Sara Takanashi successfully defended her title at the Miyanomori summer jump in Sapporo on Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2015
Tokyo opens city's first swimming beach since 1960s
A bathing beach was opened in Tokyo on Saturday for the first time since all beaches in the capital were closed for swimming in the 1960s due to pollution.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Apr 26, 2015
Ski jump legend Kasai eyes 2026 Games
Noriaki Kasai, the silver medalist on the men's large hill at the Sochi Olympics a year ago, is aiming to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, and even beyond, the ski jump legend told reporters after the Ski Association of Japan's 90th-year anniversary ceremony on Sunday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS / ROBERT WHITING'S 1964 OLYMPICS RETROSPECTIVE
Oct 21, 2014
'Witches of the Orient' symbolized Japan's fortitude
The 1964 Tokyo Olympics had a profound impact on the capital city and the nation. In the fourth installment of a five-part series running this month, best-selling author Robert Whiting, who lived in Japan at the time, examines the symbolism of Japan's gold medal-winning women's volleyball team.
Japan Times
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Apr 4, 2014
Ski jumper Kasai hopes to compete until he's 50
Noriaki Kasai who won a pair of medals at February's Sochi Winter Olympic Games, said Friday he wants to continue jumping until he's 50.
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Mar 8, 2014
Kasai finishes third in Norway meet
Seven-time Olympian Noriaki Kasai finished in third place on Friday for his sixth World Cup podium finish of the season.
Japan Times
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Mar 1, 2014
Kasai driven by quest to capture gold
Sochi Olympic hero Noriaki Kasai may be satisfied with his results from the Winter Games, but he has one more goal in mind.
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Feb 28, 2014
Japan's Kasai to miss World Cup event with knee injury
Sochi Olympic double medalist Noriaki Kasai will sit out Friday's ski jumping individual World Cup event due to an injury to his right knee, Japan coach Tomoharu Yokokawa said the same day.
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Feb 27, 2014
Kasai reaches podium in return to World Cup
Olympic hero Noriaki Kasai reached Wednesday's ski jumping World Cup podium in his first competition since the Sochi Winter Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 24, 2014
Japanese medalists from the 2014 Winter Olympics
February 21
'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.
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.
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.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Golden Week crowds greeted with high temperatures as holiday period kicks off
The departure lobby for domestic flights is crowded with travelers at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Saturday, the first day of this year's Golden Week holidays.
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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