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REIRA IWABUCHI

Japan Times
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Oct 23, 2022
Reira Iwabuchi, Takeru Otsuka win big air World Cup season opener
Iwabuchi stomped the three highest-scoring runs of the evening in the women's competition in Chur, while an equally dominant Otsuka claimed the men's crown.
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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.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 10, 2022
Snowboarders set to lead Japan in Beijing while Yuzuru Hanyu chases history
The Olympic sports analytics gurus at Nielsen's Gracenote have predicted Japan will reach a record medal total, surpassing the previous high of 13 set in 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
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Mar 29, 2021
Reira Iwabuchi captures first World Cup slopestyle title of career
Teenage rider Reira Iwabuchi finished her FIS Snowboard World Cup season on a high Sunday, winning her first ever slopestyle event and leading a one-two finish for Japan in Silvaplana, Switzerland.
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Dec 21, 2019
Reira Iwabuchi, Kokomo Murase finish 1-2 at Big Air event in Atlanta
Snowboarder Reira Iwabuchi clinched the big air crystal globe for the second straight year after winning the two-day World Cup season finale in the Big Air event on Friday.
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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.
Japan Times
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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Jan 20, 2018
Snowboarders Reira Iwabuchi and Hiroaki Kunitake meet Olympic qualification criteria
Reira Iwabuchi and Hiroaki Kunitake are among four snowboarders who met the qualification criteria for February's Pyeongchang Olympics on Friday, according to requirements set by the Ski Association of Japan.
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Jan 13, 2018
Snowboarders Hiroaki Kunitake and Reira Iwabuchi claim runner-up finishes
Teenage snowboarders Hiroaki Kunitake and Reira Iwabuchi finished second Friday in their respective slopestyle World Cup events in the United States.
'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.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
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
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
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.

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