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MIU HIRANO

Japan's Miwa Harimoto in action during the women's team final against China on Saturday in Busan, South Korea.
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Feb 25, 2024
Japan loses close women's final to China at team worlds
World No. 1 Sun Yingsha won both of her matches to help China prevail 3-2 and extend its world team title streak to six.
Japan's Mima Ito competes against Romania's Bernadette Szocs during the team event at the table tennis world championships in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday.
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Feb 23, 2024
Japanese women secure medal in team event at table tennis world championships
The Japanese women are guaranteed at least bronze in Busan, South Korea, as there is no third-place contest.
Hina Hayata (left) and Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan compete in a mixed doubles semifinal during the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships in Houston in November 2021.
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Nov 14, 2023
Harimoto, Hayata to play for Japan in table tennis mixed team event
Japan's governing body had originally decided against taking part in the Mixed Team World Cup in China over the awarding of individual rankings points.
Japan's Miu Hirano hits a return against China's Chen Meng in the table tennis women's team final at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Tuesday.
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Sep 27, 2023
China defeats Japan for Asian Games women's table tennis team gold
The final turned out to be one of the most closely watched events at Asia's version of the Olympics.
Japan Times
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Jul 4, 2023
Miu Hirano upsets world No. 1 Sun Yingsha in Zagreb final
In the race among Japanese players for two women's singles spots at next year's Paris Olympics, Hirano is placed second behind Hina Hayata.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 2, 2021
Japan off to winning start in table tennis men's team event
Led by veteran Jun Mizutani, Japan got off to a winning start in the table tennis men's team competition on Monday, easing to a 3-0 win over Australia at the Tokyo Games.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 23, 2020
Japan's athletes hitting reset button in preparation for postponed Tokyo Olympics
The Japanese Olympic Committee is sticking to its goal of winning 30 gold medals at the Tokyo Games.
Japan Times
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Aug 2, 2018
New table tennis league set to begin
Tomokazu Harimoto, Miu Hirano and other top Japanese table tennis players will look to develop themselves to genuinely become the world's dominant powerhouse by competing in the newly launched professional T.League.
Japan Times
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May 6, 2018
Japan falls to China in World Team Table Tennis Championships women's final
The Japanese team of Mima Ito, Miu Hirano and Kasumi Ishikawa on Saturday was defeated 3-1 by defending champion China, which claimed its fourth consecutive women's title at the World Team Table Tennis Championships.
Japan Times
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May 4, 2018
Japanese women advance to semifinals at World Team Table Tennis Championships
Japan's women advanced to the semifinals of the World Team Table Tennis Championships on Thursday with a 3-0 victory over Ukraine.
Japan Times
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Jan 21, 2018
14-year-old Tomokazu Harimoto becomes youngest national table tennis singles champion
Fourteen-year-old Tomokazu Harimoto became Japan's youngest national table tennis singles champion on Sunday, beating Rio de Janeiro bronze medalist Jun Mizutani 4-2 in the men's final.
Japan Times
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Dec 14, 2017
Miu Hirano loses in first round at season-ending ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
Miu Hirano, a bronze medal winner at this year's World Table Tennis Championships, made a first-round exit in the women's singles at the season-ending ITTF World Tour Grand Finals on Thursday.
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Nov 22, 2017
Harimoto, Hirano qualify for Grand Finals
Teenagers Tomokazu Harimoto and Miu Hirano qualified for the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals as the world governing body of table tennis released the entry list for the four categories on Tuesday.
Japan Times
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Oct 30, 2017
Defending champion Hirano misses out on World Cup podium
Defending champion Miu Hirano was beaten by Liu Shiwen of China 4-0 in the singles semifinal and finished a disappointing fourth at the Women's World Cup table tennis competition on Sunday.
Japan Times
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Oct 5, 2017
Chinese Table Tennis Super League to exclude Japanese players: source
Japanese players will be barred from competing in the Chinese Table Tennis Super League, possibly until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, a source at the Japan Table Tennis Association said Thursday.
Japan Times
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Jun 19, 2017
China taking notice of Japan's rising talents
Although the Japan Open showcased Chinese table tennis supremacy rather than Japan's rise, China's stars have a wary eye on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic hosts — if their words are taken at face value.
Japan Times
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Jun 17, 2017
Ito squanders two-game lead against Wang in Japan Open quarterfinals defeat
Sixteen-year-old Mima Ito relinquished a 2-0 lead against 2014 and 2015 world junior champion Wang Manyu, bowing out of the Japan Open in the women's singles quarterfinals on Saturday.
Japan Times
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Jun 16, 2017
Wang eliminates Ishikawa in first round at Japan Open
Third seed Kasumi Ishikawa went out in the first round of the Japan Open on Friday, losing 4-1 to China's Wang Manyu in the women's singles.
Japan Times
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Jun 4, 2017
Japan captures first world championship in mixed doubles in 48 years
Maharu Yoshimura and Kasumi Ishikawa won Japan's first mixed-doubles gold in 48 years on Saturday at the World Table Tennis Championships, while Tomokazu Harimoto became the youngest player to reach quarterfinals.
Japan Times
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Jun 3, 2017
Harimoto continues historic run at World Table Tennis Championships
Tomokazu Harimoto became the youngest player to reach the World Table Tennis Championships quarterfinals on Saturday, when the 13-year-old defeated Lubomir Pistej of Slovakia 4-1 in the men's singles.
'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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