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Jun 30, 2023
Japan Times 1923: Youth ’fired’ for improving hotel, now he manages Tokyo Imperial!
A young upstart in 1923 shows his former employer at a hotel by rising up the ranks, while, 50 years later, a Japanese hotel opens in New York.
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Feb 6, 2023
Yuki Ito leads Japan's first podium sweep in women's ski jumping World Cup event
Ito earned her first World Cup victory since March 2017.
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LIFE / Style & Design
May 23, 2021
Nozomi Project gives new life to broken pottery — and the prospects of its artisans
With a motto of “finding beauty in brokenness,” the women-led company balances remembrance of the 2011 disaster with hope and progress.
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Jan 22, 2021
Runner Hitomi Niiya named track association's top athlete of 2020
The Japan Association of Athletics Federations honored the 32-year-old after she set a national record in the 10,000 during last month's distance championships in Osaka.
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Mar 13, 2020
Akane Yamaguchi, Nozomi Okuhara book Tokyo Olympics berths
Akane Yamaguchi and Nozomi Okuhara have ensured their places at the Tokyo Olympics by advancing Thursday to the women's singles quarterfinals at the All England Open Badminton Championships.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 18, 2019
Tokyo-Osaka shinkansen killer gets his wish — a life sentence
A court Wednesday sentenced a man to life in prison over a random knife attack aboard a shinkansen last year that killed one passenger and injured two others.
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Dec 1, 2019
Kento Momota wins second straight title at national championships
World No. 1 Kento Momota won his second straight badminton national championship after defeating Kenta Nishimoto in the men's singles final on Sunday.
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Oct 29, 2019
Badminton standout Nozomi Okuhara reaches No. 1 in women's singles world rankings
Nozomi Okuhara has become the second Japanese to be ranked No. 1 in women's singles, according to the Badminton World Federation's latest list released on Tuesday.
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Jul 28, 2019
Kento Momota and Akane Yamaguchi capture titles at badminton's Japan Open
World champion and world No. 1 Kento Momota defended his men's singles title with a straight-sets win, while Akane Yamaguchi beat Nozomi Okuhara in an all-Japanese women's singles final at the Japan Open on Sunday.
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May 20, 2019
Nozomi Okuhara rescues Japan from early exit at mixed-team world championships
Japan gambled by resting top-ranked Kento Momota and nearly paid the price, suffering a huge scare before battling back to beat Russia 3-2 in their Sudirman Cup opener on Monday.
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Dec 16, 2018
Ayaka Takahashi, Misaki Matsutomo grab Tour Final doubles crown
Olympic champions Ayaka Takahashi and Misaki Matsutomo captured their second badminton's World Tour Finals championship in women's doubles on Sunday.
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Dec 15, 2018
Nozomi Okuhara, Kento Momota book spots in title matches at BWF World Tour Finals
Nozomi Okuhara advanced to the women's singles title match of badminton's BWF World Tour Finals with a straight-games victory over compatriot Akane Yamaguchi on Saturday.
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Sep 16, 2018
Kento Momota wins first Japan Open title
Reigning world champion Kento Momota won his first Japan Open title on Sunday, beating Thailand's Khosit Phetpradab in straight games.
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Sep 1, 2018
Japan claims sixth consecutive WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup crown
Powerhouse Japan blanked Taiwan 6-0 in the final to capture its sixth straight championship in the WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup on Friday.
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Aug 22, 2018
Japan wins first Asian Games gold in women's team badminton since 1970
The Japan women's badminton team won gold at the Asian Games for the first time since 1970, beating China 3-1 in the final on Wednesday.
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Jul 16, 2018
Nozomi Okuhara tops Pusarla Sindhu in Thai Open women's singles final
Reigning world champion Nozomi Okuhara won the women's singles title at the Thailand Open on Sunday, beating India's Pusarla Sindhu in straight games.
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May 25, 2018
Japan women outplay South Korea, advance to Uber Cup finals
Japan's women advanced to the finals of the Uber Cup on Friday with a 3-1 victory over South Korea.
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Dec 2, 2017
Injured Nozomi Okuhara pulls out of World Superseries Finals
Reigning world champion Nozomi Okuhara withdrew from the women's singles event of the World Superseries Finals to be held Dec. 13-17 in Dubai, national head coach Park Joo-bong revealed Saturday.
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Sep 23, 2017
Takahashi, Matsutomo make quick work of Fukushima, Hirota to reach Japan Open final
Ayaka Takahashi and Misaki Matsutomo on Saturday earned a berth in the Japan Open women's doubles final, while women's singles world champion Nozomi Okuhara withdrew with an injury.
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Sep 21, 2017
Okuhara, Yamaguchi secure spots in Japan Open quarterfinals
World champion Nozomi Okuhara breezed past India's world No. 2 Pusarla Sindhu in straight games at the Japan Open badminton tournament on Thursday, advancing to the quarterfinals of the women's singles competition.

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