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MIU HIRANO

Japan Times
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Jun 3, 2017
Hirano advances to semis at worlds
Miu Hirano guaranteed the first medal for her country in 48 years in the women's singles at the World Table Tennis Championships on Friday, beating Feng Tianwei of Singapore in straight games to reach the semifinals.
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Jun 1, 2017
Hirano, Ishikawa reach third round at worlds
Miu Hirano and Kasumi Ishikawa were victorious on the third day of action at the World Table Tennis Championships Wednesday, making it five out of five Japanese to advance to the third round of the women's singles.
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May 23, 2017
Mizutani determined to succeed at worlds
Rio Olympic bronze medalist Jun Mizutani knows what he must do in order to stand on the podium at the World Table Tennis Championships for the first time, and is poised to continue challenging China's dominance in the sport.
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Apr 15, 2017
Hirano completes Asian championships run by outplaying Cheng in final
Miu Hirano completed a remarkable run at the Asian table tennis championships on Saturday, winning the women's singles title after defeating the world's top two players on their home turf.
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Jan 22, 2017
Teen Hirano captures national table tennis title
Sixteen-year-old Miu Hirano became the youngest player to win the national table tennis championships in women's singles Sunday, while Jun Mizutani won a record ninth men's title.
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Dec 4, 2016
Japan claims junior table tennis double
Japan won both the men's and women's team events at the world junior table tennis championships for players aged 18 and under on Saturday.
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Oct 11, 2016
Hirano aims to improve game in China
Recent table tennis world cup winner Miu Hirano is hoping an upcoming stint in China will serve her in well and allow her to speed up her development ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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Oct 10, 2016
Teen Hirano becomes first Japanese table tennis World Cup winner
Sixteen-year-old Miu Hirano became the first Japanese to win the table tennis World Cup in the women's singles on Sunday, defeating Cheng I-ching of Taiwan 11-9, 11-5, 11-4, 11-8 in Philadelphia.
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Oct 6, 2016
Japan Sports Council selects sprinter Sani Brown, six other athletes for new overseas training program
The Japan Sport Council said Thursday it has chosen up-and-coming male sprinter Abdul Hakim Sani Brown and six other promising Japanese athletes to participate in a new intensive overseas training program eyeing major competitions such as the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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Apr 25, 2016
Hirano, Mizutani win Polish Open
Miu Hirano and Jun Mizutani won the women's and men's singles finals, respectively, to highlight Japan's dominant showing at the Polish Open on Sunday.
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Oct 3, 2015
Ito, Hirano beaten in Asian table tennis championships final
Table tennis prodigies, Mima Ito and Miu Hirano, came up short in the women's doubles final at the 2015 Asian table tennis championships on Saturday, losing in straight games to North Korea's Kim Hye Song and Ri Mi Gyong.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
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.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
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.
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.

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