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OLYMPICS

COMMENTARY / World
Feb 7, 2018
South Korean President Moon Jae-in's Olympic realpolitik
South Korea's president has both neutralized the threat of North Korean disruption to the Olympic Games and kept a thin-skinned U.S. president firmly on his side.
OLYMPICS
Feb 7, 2018
Pyeongchang Games ready to welcome world
The competition at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics gets underway on Thursday with events in alpine skiing, biathlon, luge, curling and ski jumping, ahead of the official opening of the Winter Games on Friday night.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 7, 2018
Kim Jong Un sister to visit South Korea as part of Olympic delegation
In a stunning move, North Korea will dispatch the powerful younger sister of leader Kim Jong Un as part of a high-level delegation to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in the South, Seoul said Wednesday.
Figure Skating
Feb 7, 2018
Hanyu aiming to join immortals with second straight Olympic title
Japan's most popular sport will be the focus of millions over the next two weeks at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, as superstar Yuzuru Hanyu attempts to etch his name alongside the immortals of the sport with a second straight gold medal in men's singles figure skating.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 7, 2018
Metro government says Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic venue construction on schedule
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is building seven new permanent venues for the games, including the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza badminton and modern pentathlon fencing arena.
OLYMPICS
Feb 5, 2018
Sport climbing gaining hold ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics
The Olympics have the power to turn obscure sports into much bigger attractions once they've been included on the program for the global sports extravaganza.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Feb 3, 2018
Has Christel Takigawa cursed Japan with her 2020 Olympics omotenashi pitch?
"One thing made clear from (our) survey is that the wholehearted looking after guests is not necessarily appreciated."
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 2, 2018
Olympic perks for North Korean athletes in doubt as sanctions nip at Samsung phones, Nike uniforms
All of the almost 3,000 athletes competing at the upcoming Pyeongchang Winter Olympics are set to get perks including the latest $1,100 Samsung smartphones, top of the range new equipment to take home and sleek Nike uniforms.
Naked man’s rampage in Saitama linked to one fatality and 10 injured
Police believe Daisuke Nishimura may have been involved in roughly 20 incidents in the 90 minutes leading up to his arrest, including a fatal hit-and-run and multiple assaults.
Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ¥12,000.
Japan brings forward deadline for electronic travel authorization system
Japan is planning to implement by March 2029 a new online screening system in which foreign visitors who don’t need a visa apply for a certification before entering the country.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Tokyo prices rise most in two years, backing central bank's hike path
Consumer prices excluding fresh food in Tokyo gained 3.4% in April from a year earlier, as a mixture of impacts from last year’s school fee cuts and higher food and energy costs accelerated inflation, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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