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PARALYMPIC ATHLETICS

Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Sep 5, 2021
Japan's Misato Michishita wins Paralympic gold in women's T12 marathon
The 44-year-old visually impaired runner was a gold medal favorite in Tokyo after winning silver at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Sep 4, 2021
Belgian wheelchair sprinter says he overcame sabotage to win gold medal
Peter Genyn's coach and staffers worked quickly to repair his wheelchair before Friday's race, in which he broke his own Paralympic record.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Sep 2, 2021
Why Markus Rehm was slightly disappointed with his gold medal-winning jump
Rehm has won three straight long jump gold medals and owns a world record that would have given him gold in the last seven Olympic Games. But he's still looking to push things forward.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Aug 31, 2021
Japan's Shinya Wada wins silver in men's T11 1,500 meters
The 44-year-old Wada won in 4 minutes and 5.27 seconds. Yeltsin Jacques of Brazil won gold in a world record time of 3:57.60.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Aug 30, 2021
India's Sumit Antil smashes world record three times on way to gold
Once Antil was out of attempts, the men's F64 javelin world record stood at 68.55 meters, which gave him the gold medal by a wide margin.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Aug 29, 2021
Tomoki Sato wins second gold of Tokyo Paralympics in T52 1,500 meters
In a repeat of the podium for the T52 400 meters, Raymond Martin of the U.S. took silver while Sato's compatriot Hirokazu Ueyonabaru won bronze.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Aug 28, 2021
American Nick Mayhugh goes from soccer to track to the top of Paralympic podium
Mayhugh was a soccer player a little over a year ago and admits he's still learning how to be a track and field athlete. Luckily, he's a fast learner.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Aug 27, 2021
Polish Paralympic cyclist suspended after positive EPO test
Marcin Polak, who just won a bronze at the Tokyo Games, will not be allowed to participate in his second race.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Aug 27, 2021
Tomoki Sato delivers Japan's second Paralympic gold medal
The current world record holder and reigning world champion, Sato finished in a Paralympic record time of 55.39 seconds.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Aug 27, 2021
Prosthetic fit key to runner Sae Tsuji's bid to return to Paralympic podium
'Momentum helped me win (a bronze in Rio) when I didn't really understand what the Paralympics are all about,' Tsuji said.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Aug 27, 2021
Japan's Kenya Karasawa and Shinya Wada take Paralympic silver and bronze in men's T11 5,000m
In his Paralympics debut, Kenya Karasawa surged forward with a lap to go and scorched past most of the field to finish second in the men's T11 5,000-meter event.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Aug 26, 2021
Pyeongchang sit ski champion Momoka Muraoka set to make Summer Paralympic debut
Muraoka is hoping to provide the same kind of excitement she did in Pyeongchang, where she won half of Japan's 10 medals.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Aug 24, 2021
Blade jumping champion puts Olympic discontent aside to focus on 'being the best'
Markus 'Blade Jumper' Rehm is well aware of concern in Japan about hosting the Games amid the pandemic, but has promised to do his part to protect public health.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
Golden Week crowds greeted with high temperatures as holiday period kicks off
The departure lobby for domestic flights is crowded with travelers at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Saturday, the first day of this year's Golden Week holidays.
India seen overtaking Japan in nominal GDP in 2025
The skyline of central Mumbai's financial district
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
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Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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