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NA SANG HO

Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 17, 2018
Nao Kodaira and Lee Sang-hwa await showdown in women's 500 meters
Nao Kodaira will look to emulate men's figure skating star Yuzuru Hanyu when she takes her second crack at a sprint gold medal in the women's speedskating 500 meters on Sunday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 13, 2018
Nao Kodaira honed skills, developed mean streak while living in Netherlands
Nicknamed the "Angry Cat" for her posture and a mean streak developed during two seasons honing her skills in the Netherlands, Nao Kodaira has sharpened her claws and is poised to pounce in the women's speedskating 1,000 meters at the Pyeongchang Games.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 3, 2018
Nao Kodaira aims for double gold at Pyeongchang Olympics
Sprint queen Nao Kodaira is set to take center stage in women's speedskating events at the Pyeongchang Olympics, with the seemingly unstoppable 31-year-old's form making her the favorite to take the 500- and 1,000-meter gold medals.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 18, 2017
Hideki Matsuyama shoots even-par 71, falls eight shots off pace at Dunlop Phoenix
Hideki Matsuyama fell eight strokes off the pace of American Brooks Koepka after Saturday's third round of the Dunlop Phoenix.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Feb 10, 2017
Kodaira captures women's 500-meter title at world championships
Nao Kodaira added another laurel to her dominant season in the 500 meters on Friday, becoming the first Japanese woman to win an individual title at the ISU's World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 10, 2016
Kodaira victorious at World Cup event
Nao Kodaira stormed to her fourth women's 500-meter World Cup win of the season on Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 6, 2016
China seeks 'new chapter' in first visit with Myanmar's Suu Kyi
China and Myanmar pledged to open a "new chapter" in their sometimes strained relationship, raising the prospect that stalled Chinese investment projects in the Southeastern Asian country could be allowed to resume.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 15, 2016
Myanamar's Thein Sein has mixed legacy despite leading nation to democracy
When U.S. President Barack Obama hosts a meeting of Southeast Asian leaders in California this week, his Myanmar counterpart Thein Sein will be notably absent.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 16, 2015
Japan, South Korea remain apart on 'comfort women' issue despite talks
Japan and South Korea have concluded talks on the issue of "comfort women" procured for the Japanese military's wartime brothels without a breakthrough.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 17, 2014
Hill of Freedom: 'Looking for lost love in a Seoul back alley'
Speaking in another language makes you a different person, especially, I've noticed, if you happen to be a non-native fluent in Japanese. The mild-mannered Aussie transforms into a slangy tough-guy, rolling his r's and living in his own mental version of a yakuza movie. And the frank-talking American who transforms into a master of self-deprecatory, reflexively apologetic keigo (polite language) and wins the "more Japanese than the Japanese" award in her Tokyo suburb year after year.
MORE SPORTS
Nov 21, 2014
Speedskater Kodaira triumphs in 500-meter race
Nao Kodaira beat Olympic champion Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea in the women's 500 meters to claim her first World Cup win in the second event of the season on Friday.
Japan Times
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Nov 14, 2014
Speedskater Lee triumphs in women's 500 meters at season-opening World Cup meet
Winter Olympic champion Lee Sang-Hwa of South Korea won the women's 500 meters and Nao Kodaira turned in a runner-up finish at the first World Cup meet of the season on Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 5, 2014
Washington takes hands-off stance on future of Myanmar's Suu Kyi
Despite hailing Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as "an icon of democracy," U.S. President Barack Obama is quietly acquiescing to the government's decision to bar her from running for the presidency in next year's election, U.S. officials say.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Oct 15, 2014
Tale of panic and pain strikes an operatic chord
At a time when Japan is being rapped over the knuckles by the U.N. for hate-speech rallies against ethnic Koreans, a movie like "The Tenor: Lirico Spinto" takes on special significance. Directed by Kim Sang-man, "The Tenor" (released here as "The Tenor: Shinjitsuno Monogatari") is a collaborative project between Japan and South Korea that brings together actors Yusuke Iseya and Yoo Ji-tae in a film based on the real-life tale of South Korean tenor Bae Jae-chul.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2014
Korean guide still loves Japan despite racist slurs on temple sites
A South Korean guide whose trail marker stickers on the famed pilgrimage route in Shikoku may have been targeted by racist posters said Thursday night that she is perplexed by the reaction but still loves the Japanese people.
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2014
Emperor greets Vietnamese president ahead of bilateral talks
Emperor Akihito greeted Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang with a welcoming message in a meeting Monday at the Imperial Palace, the Imperial Household Agency said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2014
South Korean becomes first foreign female Shikoku pilgrimage guide
A South Korean living in Seoul has become the first non-Japanese woman to qualify as a guide for the 88-temple pilgrimage course in Shikoku.
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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