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MIURA

Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jan 12, 2023
‘Trapped Balloon’: Grief-stricken characters rise above cliched plot
Though the storyline offers few surprises, Toko Miura and Masahiro Higashide give layered and raw performances as two islanders grappling with loss in Hiroyuki Miyagawa's drama.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Jan 8, 2023
Evergreen Kazuyoshi Miura to play in Portuguese second tier
The 55-year-old is expected to sign a half-season contract with Oliveirense, which shares a parent company with his current club Yokohama FC.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 23, 2022
Kazuyoshi Miura to make decision on Portugal move in early 2023
Former Japan striker Kazuyoshi Miura has indicated he will make a decision early next year about whether to start a new chapter in his evergreen career with a move to Portugal.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Dec 22, 2022
Japan's top pair to miss national championships due to plane delay and lost baggage
Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, the first Japanese figure skaters to win the Grand Prix Final pairs title, will miss this week's national championships due to a delayed flight and lost baggage while traveling from their training base in Canada, the Japan Skating Federation said Thursday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 22, 2022
‘I Am What I Am’: Knights in shining armor need not apply
Toko Miura takes on her first starring role in Shinya Tamada's drama that pushes back on rom-com conventions and focuses on a woman who seeks out independence rather than a romantic partner.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Dec 10, 2022
Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara win historic pairs figure skating gold for Japan
Miura and Kihara scored 136.50 points for their free skate at the Palavela in Turin to total 214.58 and claim Japan's first-ever pairs medal at the Grand Prix Final.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Dec 9, 2022
Elvis inspires Japanese figure skating pair in Grand Prix Final
Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara turned in a superb routine to the sound of an Elvis Presley and Marcus Mumford medley of 'You'll Never Walk Alone.'
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 30, 2022
Kazuyoshi Miura sets JFL's oldest scorer record with penalty kick
The former Japan star's goal was his first since March 2017, when he was playing for Yokohama FC in the J2 League.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Oct 30, 2022
Shoma Uno and Rinka Watanabe among Japanese winners at Skate Canada
Japanese skaters also topped the podium in the women's and pairs events to complete a near-sweep of the Grand Prix event.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Oct 23, 2022
Kao Miura second at GP season opener; Kaori Sakamoto leads women
Miura finished on his first Grand Prix podium as American Ilia Malinin thrilled the crowd with his now-trademark quadruple axel to win the men's competition at Skate America.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 10, 2022
Kazuyoshi Miura rewrites record for oldest player in debut at new National Stadium
Miura, at 55 years and 225 days old, came on in the 76th minute for the Suzuka Point Getters
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
May 28, 2022
Trips to Kamusari bring diminishing returns
While the latest in the 'Kamusari' series is full of information on folk culture, the story could use a slightly better narrator.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2022
Professors estimate gender gap indexes for Japanese prefectures
Tokyo tops the list in politics with a smaller gender gap than other areas, but the entire country lags far behind real equality in all sectors.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 20, 2022
Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara vow to press on after finishing seventh
The pair, who this season became the first Japanese to qualify for a Grand Prix Final, said the event made them realize that their target of fifth at the Games is not impossible to reach.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 17, 2022
'Team Riku-Ryu' hoping to reach rarefied air for Japan in Olympic pairs competition
'Miura and Kihara, the true stars of pairs skating this season,' tweeted Meagan Duhamel, who helped Canada win gold in the team event in 2018.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jan 8, 2022
Exciting translations and books about Japan to bookmark for 2022
From Yoko Tawada's “Scattered All Over the Earth” to Sayaka Murata's “Life Ceremony,” this year's new releases are sure to brighten up your 2022.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Dec 30, 2021
54-year-old Kazuyoshi Miura set to play for fourth-tier club Suzuka
Suzuka play in the Japan Football League, one tier below the pro soccer's J-League third division.
Japan Times
SOCCER / J. League
Dec 22, 2021
Eight clubs in the race to sign 54-year-old 'King Kazu' Kazuyoshi Miura
Offers have arrived from Suzuka Point Getters and FC Osaka of the Japan Football League, one tier below the J. League's third-tier J3, while he is planning to meet with J3 side YS Yokohama.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 2, 2021
Haruki Murakami and the challenge of adapting his tales for film
“Drive My Car,” from the rising director Ryusuke Hamaguchi, is the rare movie based on the author's work to excel. The writer and director explain the difficulties.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Oct 31, 2021
‘The Easy Life in Kamusari’: Leave the city behind, the mountains are calling
In Shion Miura's novel, a young man from Yokohama finds it difficult to fit in with a rural mountain community, but he soon discovers there's more to life than the trappings of city living.

Longform

Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces