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RIO OLYMPICS

Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 2, 2016
Japan targets 14 gold medals in Rio: JOC
Top-ranking officials of the Japanese Olympic Committee delegation spoke on Monday about the country's prospects for a strong performance at the upcoming Rio Olympics, expressing their hope for 14 gold medals as the team gears up for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games.
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Aug 1, 2016
Kimura aiming higher than bronze
As the first Japanese to make four Olympic volleyball teams, Saori Kimura is burning to improve on her team's 2012 bronze-medal finish.
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Aug 1, 2016
Japan faces uphill battle in athletics
Japan has not seen one of its athletics competitors on the top step of the podium since the 2004 Olympics in Athens, when Mizuki Noguchi ran to a win on the historic marathon course and Koji Murofushi took the Olympic title in the hammer.
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Jul 31, 2016
Japan hopeful of reclaiming past Olympic judo glory
Japan's judoka had an uncharacteristically dismal showing at the London Olympics four years ago, with Kaori Matsumoto winning the sole gold medal for the originator of the sport, in the women's 57-kg weight class.
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SOCCER
Jul 31, 2016
Brazil tops Japan in final Rio tuneup
Japan was of no challenge to Brazil as Makoto Teguramori's side went down 2-0 at the hands of Neymar & Co. in its final Rio Olympic warm-up on Saturday.
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OLYMPICS
Jul 30, 2016
Fencer Ota targets gold in Olympic swan song
Having become the first Japanese world champion, two-time Olympic silver medalist Yuki Ota is ready to bring home the first gold medal in fencing in what will be his fourth and final Summer Games.
SOCCER
Jul 30, 2016
Young Boys may give OK for striker Kubo to play in Olympics: Shimoda
Japan Football Association technical director Masahiro Shimoda said on Friday that there is a possibility that Swiss club Young Boys could release Japan Under-23 striker Yuya Kubo for the Rio Olympics after all.
TENNIS
Jul 30, 2016
Daniel, Sugita added to 64-man Olympic tennis draw
Taro Daniel and Yuichi Sugita will both compete in the men's singles at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after being added as new entries, the Japan Tennis Association said on Saturday.
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SPORTS / SPORTS SCOPE
Jul 30, 2016
IOC's decision on Russia a disgrace
The IOC has exposed itself as a toothless tiger. The Olympics' global governing body showed it lacked the moral fortitude and backbone to take a necessary stand against Russia.
OLYMPICS
Jul 26, 2016
International Canoe Federation issues ban on five Russians for Rio Games
Five Russian canoe sprint athletes — including the 2012 Olympic champion Alexander Dyachenko — have been banned from competing at next month's Rio Olympics by the International Canoe Federation (ICF), after they were implicated by the McLaren Report.
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OLYMPICS
Jul 25, 2016
Japan reacts after IOC declines to ban Russia from Rio Olympics
Rejecting calls by anti-doping officials for a complete ban of Russia, Olympic leaders give individual sports federations the task of deciding which athletes should be cleared to compete in next month's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
OLYMPICS
Jul 22, 2016
IOC announces 45 failed doping retests from Beijing, London
Forty-five athletes have failed doping tests after their samples from the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Games were reanalyzed, the International Olympic Committee said on Friday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jul 21, 2016
Japan men's soccer squad departs for Rio, aims for Olympic medal
The Japan men's Olympic soccer team left for Brazil on Thursday, with coach Makoto Teguramori saying the young Samurai Blue will go all in for their first match against Nigeria.
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Jul 20, 2016
Japan badminton team ready to escape gambling shadow in Rio
The head coach of Japan's Olympic badminton team insists the gambling scandal that engulfed the sport three months ago will not cast a shadow over his squad at next month's Rio Games.
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Jul 19, 2016
Japan men's gymnastics squad relaxed, focused before long journey to Rio
Ahead of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, superstar Kohei Uchimura and four other members of the Japan men's gymnastics team got haircuts a few days ago.
OLYMPICS
Jul 19, 2016
Japan to dispatch 331 athletes to Rio
The Japanese Olympic Committee said Monday it is sending a total of 331 athletes to the Rio de Janeiro Games.
Rugby
Jul 17, 2016
Yamada, Fujita dropped from Japan's sevens squad for Olympics
Last year's World Cup heroes Akihito Yamada and Yoshikazu Fujita will not be travelling to Brazil for the Rio Olympics after they were omitted from Japan's 12-man squad for rugby sevens.
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Jul 17, 2016
Cambridge wins 200-meter race by matching personal best
Japan's Aska Cambridge equaled his personal best of 20.62 seconds to claim the men's 200 meters at the Night of Athletics on Saturday.
Rugby
Jul 16, 2016
Sakura Sevens squad revealed for Rio Games
Chiharu Nakamura will captain the Japan women's rugby sevens team at the 2016 Rio Olympics, the Japan Rugby Football Union announced Saturday, when the names of 12 team members and two backups were released.
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Jul 15, 2016
After one-medal showing in London, Japan track team aims for better performance in Rio
With less than a month until the track and field competition begins at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, the Japanese delegation for the sport assembled at Tokyo's National Training Center for a send-off event hosted by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations on Friday.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Kishida defends planned rule to revoke foreigners' residency
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a meeting of the Lower House Judicial Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Human bone-like objects found at Nippon Steel plant’s molten iron pot, with one worker missing
Police believe it’s highly possible that human bones found in a molten iron pot at Nippon Steel's Oita factory belong to a missing male employee.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Man suspected of using smart glasses to cheat on Waseda University exams
The Waseda University campus in Tokyo. An 18-year-old male test-taker is suspected of using smart glasses to cheat during the university's entrance exam.
Japanese rap creates its mecca in Pop Yours
Tokyo-based artist Jumadiba says he forgoes the label of simply “rap” for his music because the Japanese rap scene isn’t confined to a particular sound.
Who’s toughest on China? Biden’s tariff tactic ups ante as election looms.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about new actions to protect American workers and businesses from China's "unfair" trade practices, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
Was Onosato's defeat of Terunofuji an era-defining bout?
Onosato (right) defeats Terunofuji at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on May 12. While nothing in sumo is guaranteed, it seems almost inevitable that Onosato is destined for the top of the sport's pyramid.
Ishin struggles to set itself apart from other parties
Nippon Ishin no Kai Secretary-General Fumitake Fujita (right) speaks beside Yui Kanazawa, the party's candidate in the Tokyo 15th district by-election on April 28. Nippon Ishin lost in this by-election as well as another in Nagasaki held on the same day.
In Japan, 68,000 people over 65 projected to die alone at home this year
As Japan grapples with its population's rapid aging, supporting people who live and age alone is looming larger on the policy agenda.

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