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May 15, 2019
Tiger Woods eyeing first Olympics appearance in Tokyo
Tiger Woods indicated Tuesday that he has every intention of representing the United States at the Tokyo Olympics next year.
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Nov 20, 2018
Zozo set to host PGA Tour event in Japan
Japan will host its first-ever PGA Tour event starting next year with one of the fastest growing online business companies in the nation as the tourney's title sponsor, organizers announced on Tuesday.
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Aug 12, 2018
Hideki Matsuyama stumbles at PGA Championship as Brooks Koepka takes lead
Hideki Matsuyama shot a 3-over 73 to fall 12 strokes off the pace during the third round at the PGA Championship as American Brooks Koepka claimed the lead in the year's final major on Saturday.
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Jul 1, 2018
Nasa Hataoka drops to 23rd at Women's PGA Championship
Nasa Hataoka shot a 1-over-par 73 and dropped to 23rd place after Saturday's third round of the Women's PGA Championship.
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Jun 29, 2018
Nasa Hataoka fires 3-under 69 in opening round at Women's PGA Championship
Nasa Hataoka got off to a solid start with a 3-under 69 Thursday, trailing first-round leader Park Sung-hyun of South Korea by three shots at the Women's PGA Championship, the third of five majors on the LPGA Tour.
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Oct 3, 2017
Ryo Ishikawa misses chance to secure PGA Tour card
Ryo Ishikawa missed out on a PGA Tour card after failing to finish among the top 25 players in the annual four-event Web.com Tour Finals on Monday.
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Aug 25, 2017
Matsuyama gets off to abysmal start in PGA playoffs
PGA Tour points leader Hideki Matsuyama struggled to a 4-over-par 74 in Thursday's first round of the Northern Trust, leaving him in a tie for 102nd place.
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Aug 17, 2017
Ishikawa shifts focus to next season, securing PGA Tour card
Ryo Ishikawa said Wednesday that winning the season-ending Wyndham Championship is not a realistic season-ending goal.
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Aug 15, 2017
Golf great Matsuyama reveals he's been married since January, a father since July
Hideki Matsuyama announced on Monday that he has been married since January and is now a father, news that caught Japanese media and fans by surprise.
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Aug 14, 2017
Matsuyama faces up to PGA Championship heartbreak
Hideki Matsuyama knew a major title wouldn't come easy, but after coming so close and letting victory slip through his hands it was harder to accept the fact he didn't come out on top in the season's final major.
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Jun 28, 2017
Miyazato eyes first major title
Former women's world No. 1 Ai Miyazato is hoping to break her major hoodoo at the Women's PGA Championship starting on Thursday in Illinois.
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Jun 22, 2017
Nishikori, Miyazato hail Matsuyama
Kei Nishikori on Tuesday heaped praise on his "amazing" countryman Hideki Matsuyama for reaching No. 2 in the PGA Tour rankings, the best ever position for a Japanese male golfer.
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Jan 6, 2017
PGA announces new streaming deal with Twitter
You can follow golfers Tiger Woods, Jason Day and Rory McIlroy on their Twitter accounts. Now you can watch them play there, too.
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Jul 20, 2016
Woods ends season without playing major
Tiger Woods has shut it down for the rest of the professional golf season, bringing into question his playing future as the best golfer of his generation will be away from the sport for over a year when, and if, he returns.
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Jun 13, 2016
Henderson tops Ko in sudden-death playoff to claim KPMG Women's PGA Championship
Canadian Brooke Henderson won her first major title by beating Lydia Ko in a sudden-death playoff at the KPMG Women's PGA Championship on Sunday.
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Jun 2, 2016
Trump blasts PGA Tour plan to move major golf tournament from his Doral course to Mexico
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump blasted the PGA Tour on Wednesday for plans to move a major golf tournament from Trump's Doral course in Miami to Mexico.
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WORLD / Politics
Jul 8, 2015
PGA match joins exodus, dumps Trump links over slur on immigrants
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump suffered a fresh blow on Tuesday with the announcement that a professional golfing event scheduled for October at a Trump course in Los Angeles will be moved, the latest fallout from his vitriol against undocumented immigrants from Mexico.
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Jun 14, 2015
Yokomine tied for 10th at Women's PGA Championship
Sakura Yokomine racked up five birdies against a lone bogey Saturday in the third round of the Women's PGA Championship, moving up to a tie for 10th place at 5-under 214, nine shots off the lead.
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Aug 10, 2014
Mickelson climbs into contention for PGA Championship title
Phil Mickelson birdied four of his last five holes Saturday to put himself in contention for his sixth major title, shooting a 4-under 67 that left him three shots behind leader Rory McIlroy at the PGA Championship.
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Aug 8, 2014
Westwood tied for PGA lead
Lee Westwood stormed into a share of the PGA Championship lead with five birdies in his last six holes on Thursday as four-times winner Tiger Woods ended the opening round a distant nine shots off the pace.
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.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Ukraine is far from doomed
When comparing Ukraine’s military situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible.
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.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
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.
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.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday

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