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Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Sep 6, 2021
Tokyo Games end for Japan with legends forged in gold
The host nation achieved its equal-third best gold medal total, while tallying 51 medals overall — one short of the record 52 it won in 2004.
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PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Sep 5, 2021
Japan's Misato Michishita wins Paralympic gold in women's T12 marathon
The 44-year-old visually impaired runner was a gold medal favorite in Tokyo after winning silver at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016.
Japan Times
CULTURE / TV & Streaming
Jul 1, 2021
‘The Naked Director Season 2’: Netflix’s porn industry saga is skin deep
The second season of the streaming giant's fictionalized biopic of Japan's notorious adult-video director and entrepreneur offers another round of cheap thrills.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 20, 2021
Couple arrested over death of 3-month-old baby for alleged negligence
As an autopsy showed the baby's ribs and other bones were broken, the police are investigating the parents for physically abusing the child.
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PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Oct 29, 2020
Misato Michishita keeps focus on Paralympic gold, not coronavirus
The 43-year-old is looking to capture her first Paralympic gold medal next summer to add to the women's T12 world record she first set at the Hofu Marathon in 2014.
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PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Jul 3, 2019
Visually impaired runner Misato Michishita aims for Paralympic gold
After claiming her third straight World Para Athletics Championships marathon title in April and securing a spot at next summer's Tokyo Games, visually impaired runner Misato Michishita said she plans to ride that momentum to the top of the Paralympic podium.
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Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Mar 26, 2019
Japan's results at worlds not a cause for concern
The world championships turned out to be a disappointment for Japan. With a realistic chance at four medals in singles, the host nation had to settle for just one in Yuzuru Hanyu's silver.
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JAPAN / Society
Jan 10, 2019
A whole lotta love: Japanese lesbian couple plan wedding photos in 26 countries
A Japanese lesbian couple plan to stage wedding photos in every country around the world where same-sex marriage is legal, in a push to increase understanding of LGBT communities at home, they said on Wednesday.
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BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Sep 24, 2016
Making a toast to retiring beer girl Misato
The intai jiai (retirement game) is a significant event in Japanese pro baseball for long-time star players about to hang up their spikes and call it a career. It usually occurs at the end of a season after it has been announced the player is leaving the game and after league standings have been decided.
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OLYMPICS
Sep 19, 2016
Japan leaves Rio without winning gold
The final day of competition in Rio on Sunday marked a humiliating moment for Japan, as the country finished its first Paralympics without a gold medal.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 8, 2016
Japan misses judo gold again as Ebinuma, Nakamura take bronze
Japan failed to claim judo gold at the Rio Olympics for the second straight day as Masashi Ebinuma and Masato Nakamura both had to settle for bronze medals on Sunday.
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MORE SPORTS
Jul 31, 2016
Japan hopeful of reclaiming past Olympic judo glory
Japan's judoka had an uncharacteristically dismal showing at the London Olympics four years ago, with Kaori Matsumoto winning the sole gold medal for the originator of the sport, in the women's 57-kg weight class.
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May 28, 2016
Nakamura, Kondo victorious at World Judo Masters
Japan's Rio de Janeiro Olympic women's team members Misato Nakamura and Ami Kondo both prevailed to win their respective weight divisions at the World Judo Masters in Mexico on Friday.
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Aug 25, 2015
Judoka Nakamura earns 52-kg gold at worlds
Misato Nakamura won Japan's first gold medal at these World Judo Championships, capturing the women's 52-kg title on Tuesday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS / ASIAN GAMES
Sep 20, 2014
Judoka Nakamura collects Japan's first gold medal at Asian Games
This was anything but the day Japan expected on Saturday, the first day of the judo competition at the 17th Asian Games.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
'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.
Tokyo issues strong warning on yen intervention as currency dips further
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki speaks during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and South Korean Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok on the sidelines of IMF and G20 meetings in Washington last week.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.

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