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OLYMPICS
Feb 5, 2022
Japanese snowboarder Kokomo Murase makes confident debut to ease into slopestyle finals
Murase, who was too young to compete at Pyeongchang 2018, advanced to the finals in second place.
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OLYMPICS
Nov 3, 2021
Japan's skiing and snowboarding hopefuls look to soar in Beijing
Medal predictions released last week by Nielsen's Gracenote had Japan winning three golds at the Beijing Games and they all were in either skiing or snowboarding.
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Mar 17, 2021
Miyabi Onitsuka grabs bronze in big air at world championships
Miyabi Onitsuka finished third in the women's snowboard big air Tuesday on the final day of the International Ski Federation Snowboard and Freeski World Championships in Aspen, Colorado.
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Dec 15, 2019
Miyabi Onitsuka soars first World Cup big air title
Miyabi Onitsuka snared her first gold medal of the snowboard World Cup season, winning the women's big air in Beijing on Saturday.
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CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Jun 1, 2019
'Shoe Dog' review: A 'crazy idea,' a multibillion dollar company
For runners and nonrunners alike, 'Shoe Dog' is an invaluable glimpse into one of the world's most recognizable companies and its groundbreaking founder.
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Mar 10, 2019
Snowboarder Yuto Totsuka wins men's halfpipe gold at World Cup finals
Yuto Totsuka overcame challenging weather conditions at Mammoth Mountain in California to win the men's snowboard halfpipe finals at the World Cup season finale on Saturday.
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Mar 2, 2019
Miyabi Onitsuka places third in women's slopestyle final at U.S. Open
Miyabi Onitsuka placed third in the women's slopestyle final Friday at the U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships at Vail Mountain Resort in Colorado.
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Jan 13, 2019
Onitsuka wins second straight slopestyle World Cup
Miyabi Onitsuka claimed her second straight women's slopestyle snowboard World Cup with a win in Kreischberg on Saturday, while Hiroaki Kunitake finished third in the men's competition.
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Nov 4, 2018
Reira Iwabuchi, Takeru Otsuka win big air World Cup gold
Japanese teenager Reira Iwabuchi won her second straight women's World Cup big air competition on Saturday, while compatriot Takeru Otsuka topped the podium in the men's event.
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Sep 8, 2018
Snowboarders Reira Iwabuchi, Miyabi Onitsuka finish 1-2 in women's big air event in season opener
Reira Iwabuchi and Miyabi Onitsuka claimed gold and silver, respectively, Saturday in the women's big air at the snowboard World Cup season opener in Cardrona, New Zealand.
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OLYMPICS
Feb 22, 2018
Reira Iwabuchi crashes during final run, finishes fourth in Big Air
Teenager Reira Iwabuchi missed out on becoming the youngest ever female Japanese medalist at the Winter Olympics as she finished fourth in the snowboarding women's Big Air competition on Thursday.
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LIFE / Style & Design
Jan 21, 2018
The 2018 fashion cycle is just beginning
The "new year, new you" cliche that tempts consumers to spend more on style at this time of the year often has even the most cynical admitting that an excuse to indulge feels good. But when it comes to genuinely new fashion, it's actually always lacking at the very start of the year, given that the lion's share of shops are still trying to shift autumn and winter stock, which in the case of autumn was probably on the shelves in mid summer.
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LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 26, 2016
Tokyo fashion week: Womenswear's mixed messages
The 2016 fall/winter womenswear collections that were unveiled on the catwalk during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo offered a wealth of cozy clothing that will likely appear in stores later this year. As has been the case in recent seasons, the designs were as varied as the selections presented on a conveyor belt at a kaiten sushi restaurant, and featured a mixed platter of items that ranged from modest glamour to primitive streetwear.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Mar 26, 2016
Andrea Pompilio: 'Keep wearing fashion the way you want to'
Name: Andrea PompilioAge: 42
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LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 24, 2015
Tokyo fashion week: womenswear gets a welcome jolt of energy
The 2016 spring/summer womenswear lineup certainly threw up its fair share of surprises at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Tokyo earlier this month. The biggest talking point of the shows, however, was an edgy tribute to one of the country's traditional garbs — the luxurious kimono.
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LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 29, 2014
Fashion Week Tokyo: opening the floodgates
International brands are no longer shunning the country's biannual collections

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