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Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 23, 2014
Japan's eight-medal haul delivered several Olympic success stories
Despite a number of disappointments, Japan still made history at the Sochi Olympics, which concluded on Sunday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 18, 2014
Kasai leads way as Japan takes bronze in large hill team jump
Japan captured the bronze medal in the large hill team jump at the Sochi Games on Monday night.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 16, 2014
Long wait ends as Kasai takes silver medal in large hill jump
Noriaki Kasai put years of frustration behind him by capturing the silver medal in the invidual large hill jump at the Sochi Games on Saturday night.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 7, 2014
Seven-time Olympian Kasai hopes to inspire teammates
Veteran and delegation captain Noriaki Kasai will be among the four Japanese competitors in the men's normal hill ski jump, it was announced on Friday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 4, 2014
Japan ski jumpers arrive in Sochi with high hopes
Sara Takanashi pledged to pull out all the stops to become the first woman to win a Winter Olympic ski jumping gold medal after arriving in Sochi in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 2, 2014
Sochi favorite Takanashi gets ninth win of season
Sochi Olympic women's individual gold medal favorite Sara Takanashi came from behind to post her ninth World Cup win of the season on Saturday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 28, 2014
Veteran jumper Kasai showing no signs of slowing down
Despite turning 41 last summer, Noriaki Kasai is showing no signs of slowing down and a recent World Cup win suggests the ski jumper nicknamed "Kamikaze" could emerge as a surprise medalist in his seventh Winter Olympics appearance at next month's Sochi Games.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 25, 2014
Ski jumper Kasai places third in World Cup competition
Veteran Noriaki Kasai, Japan's delegation captain for next month's Sochi Olympics, scored his fourth podium finish of the season when he took third place at a World Cup jump on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS
Jan 18, 2014
Kasai soars to victory at HTB Cup
Ski jumper Noriaki Kasai, Japan's Sochi Olympic captain, got in a successful warm-up for next month's Winter Games with a victory on Saturday at the HTB Cup.
JAPAN
Oct 17, 2013
15,000 signatures submitted to protect park from games
A Yokohama housewife has submitted a petition with 15,000 signatures opposing Tokyo's plan to build a canoe course for the 2020 Olympics in fauna-rich Kasai Rinkai Park.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2013
Tokyo beach reopens after five-decade effort
The seawater by Tokyo's Kasai Rinkai Park is only slightly cooler than body temperature, and its beach contains a mix of tiny gravel and seashell fragments instead of fine white sand.
'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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