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KURUMI NARA

TENNIS
Jul 18, 2014
Nara advances to Istanbul Cup quarterfinals
Kurumi Nara defeated Katerina Siniakova on Thursday in the second round of the Istanbul Cup to advance to the quarterfinals.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jun 25, 2014
Venus overcomes spirited challenge from Nara in second round at Wimbledon
Kurumi Nara made an inspiring challenge but the odds were too great as Japan's top ranked female player made a second-round exit in a defeat to Venus Williams at Wimbledon on Wednesday.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Mar 6, 2014
Nara dispatches Kiick in BNP Paribas Open
Kurumi Nara, playing her first match since her maiden victory on the WTA Tour, advanced to the second round of the BNP Paribas Open on Wednesday.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Feb 24, 2014
Nara wins first WTA title
Kurumi Nara won her first career title on the WTA tour on Sunday, when she defeated Klara Zakopalova of the Czech Republic in the final of the Rio Open.
TENNIS
Feb 23, 2014
Nara books spot in Rio Open final
Kurumi Nara reached her first final on the WTA tour on Saturday, when she defeated Italy's Nastassja Burnett in the semifinals of the Rio Open.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Traders spooked by intervention risk trim record yen shorts
Traders edged back from record bets on yen weakness this past week, in a period that included a likely bout of intervention by Japan to prop up the currency.
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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Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
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