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Apr 11, 2020
Japanese athletes helping people stay fit at home amid pandemic
Japanese athletes reach out to fans stuck at home
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Mar 9, 2020
Speedskaters Tatsuya Shinhama, Nao Kodaira secure overall titles
Tatsuya Shinhama won the men's 500-meter race at the ISU speedskating World Cup final on Sunday to clinch his maiden overall title, while compatriot Nao Kodaira claimed her third overall crown and first in three seasons in the women's 500.
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Feb 29, 2020
Miho Takagi, Tatsuya Shinhama lead chase for world sprint titles
Miho Takagi won two races to lead the women's sprint standings at the ISU World Sprint and Allround Speed Skating Championships on Friday, while countryman Tatsuya Shinhama also positioned himself atop the men's standings.
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Feb 9, 2020
Nao Kodaira zooms to victory in women's 500 in Calgary
Nao Kodaira won the women's 500 meters in a speedskating World Cup meet on Saturday, a day after prevailing in the 1,000 for the first time since November 2018.
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Feb 8, 2020
Nao Kodaira claims first 1,000-meter victory since November 2018
Nao Kodaira won the women's 1,000 meters at a speedskating World Cup meet on Friday, claiming her first win in the event since November 2018.
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Dec 13, 2019
Nao Kodaira wins in Nagano to capture 30th World Cup gold
Nao Kodaira won the women's 500 meters on home soil Friday for her 30th speedskating World Cup gold medal.
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Nov 24, 2019
Nao Kodaira records first 500-meter World Cup victory of season
Nao Kodaira won the women's 500-meter race in the speedskating World Cup on Saturday, bouncing back from her third-place finish last week that saw her 23-race winning streak come to an end.
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Nov 17, 2019
Nao Kodaira's 23-race World Cup 500-meter win streak ends
Nao Kodaira lost a speedskating World Cup women's 500-meter race for the first time in four seasons when she finished third on Saturday.
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Oct 25, 2019
Nao Kodaira claims 10th national 500 meters title
Nao Kodaira won her 10th National Single Distance Championships title in the women's 500 meters on Friday.
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TENNIS
Apr 21, 2019
Misaki Doi wins singles match to clinch Japan's Fed Cup victory over Netherlands
Misaki Doi shook off minor leg trouble in her singles win against the Netherlands to clinch Japan's 4-0 victory in their Fed Cup World Group II playoff tie in Osaka on Sunday.
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Apr 20, 2019
Japan off to strong start against Netherlands in Fed Cup
Japan is in control of its Fed Cup World Group II relegation showdown against the Netherlands following singles wins by Misaki Doi and Nao Hibino on Saturday.
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Mar 16, 2019
Nao Kodaira zooms to 500-meter victory in Calgary
Nao Kodaira won the women's 500 meters Friday at the Olympic Oval Finale in Canada but fell short in her pursuit of a new world record.
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Mar 10, 2019
Japanese speedskaters set national marks in long track competition
Nao Kodaira, Miho Takagi and Tatsuya Shinhama all set national records on the first day of the ISU long track World Cup speed skating finals on Saturday.
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Feb 25, 2019
Nao Kodaira defends lead to capture world title
Nao Kodaira claimed the women's overall title for the first time in two years at the ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships in Heereveen on Sunday.
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Feb 24, 2019
Nao Kodaira sprints to top of standings at worlds
Nao Kodaira won the first 500-meter race and finished fourth in the 1,000 to position herself at the top of the women's standings at the ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships on Saturday.
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TENNIS
Feb 9, 2019
Japan, Spain split singles on first day of Fed Cup World Group II tie
Japan came within one point of taking a 2-0 lead against Spain, but Misaki Doi was unable to hang on for victory as the two sides split Saturday's singles in their Fed Cup World Group II tie.
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Feb 9, 2019
Nao Kodaira's 37-race unbeaten streak at 500 meters ends
Olympic champion Nao Kodaira's two-year undefeated run in the 500-meter race came to an end Friday when she finished second at the ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships.
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Feb 3, 2019
Nao Kodaira wins 37th straight 500-meter race
Olympic champion Nao Kodaira won the first of two women's 500-meter races at a World Cup round in Norway on Saturday to continue her two-year undefeated run over the distance.
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Jan 30, 2019
Naomi Osaka not named for Japan's Fed Cup clash against Spain
Women's world No. 1 and two-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka was not named for Japan's upcoming Fed Cup clash with Spain, the Japan Tennis Association said Wednesday.
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Jan 12, 2019
'Friendship for Grown-Ups' evokes the ambiguity of everyday life
Keshiki is a chapbook series published by Strangers Press designed to showcase some of the most exciting writers working in Japan today. "Friendship for Grown-Ups" by Nao-Cola Yamazaki is the second book in the series. The recipient of five Akutagawa Prize nominations, Yamazaki's skill in evoking the ambiguity of contemporary life is exhibited by the three short stories that make up the publication.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
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.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
As visitors surge, Japan seeks ways to make tourism eco-friendly
Much like other hot spots across Okinawa, Onna has diligently strived to captivate both domestic and international tourists, while at the same time grappling with the environmental strain induced by the influx of visitors.
'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.

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