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SARA TAKANASHI

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Mar 25, 2018
Sara Takanashi sets career World Cup wins records
Sara Takanashi captured her elusive 54th career victory on Saturday to become the ski jumper with more World Cup wins than any other in the world.
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Feb 13, 2018
Four years later, Sara Takanashi lands Olympic medal
Sara Takanashi exorcised the ghost of Sochi with a bronze medal in the normal hill jump at Alpensia Ski Jumping Centre on Monday night.
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Feb 10, 2018
Sara Takanashi says speaking to Abe gave her a lift
Sara Takanashi found inspiration for the Pyeongchang Olympics from an unlikely source — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
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Jan 29, 2018
Takanashi finishes fourth in final pre-Olympic meet
Sara Takanashi, who shares the all-time record for most individual ski jumping World Cup victories, finished fourth Sunday in her 100th career event on the global tour.
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Jan 28, 2018
Sara Takanashi finishes third again in Slovenia
Sara Takanashi finished third in Saturday's World Cup ski jumping event and remains one win short of the all-time record for individual victories.
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Jan 25, 2018
Athletes stage ceremony before departure for Pyeongchang Olympics
Speedskater Nao Kodaira and ski jumper Sara Takanashi on Wednesday joined a group of Japanese athletes for an inauguration ceremony ahead of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
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OLYMPICS
Jan 23, 2018
Sara Takanashi to replace Noriaki Kasai as flag-bearer for opening ceremony
Sara Takanashi will replace fellow ski jumper Noriaki Kasai as Japan's flag-bearer during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics' opening ceremony, the Japanese Olympic Committee announced Tuesday.
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Jan 21, 2018
Yuki Ito and Sara Takanashi finish second and third at World Cup event
Yuki Ito and Sara Takanashi finished second and third, respectively, at a ski jumping World Cup event on Sunday.
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Jan 20, 2018
Japan women's ski jump squad wraps up season sweep in World Cup team events
Japan completed a sweep of the season's two women's ski jumping World Cup team events by winning Saturday's finale.
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Jan 19, 2018
Sara Takanashi places fourth at World Cup event in Yamagata
Sara Takanashi continued to struggle on the World Cup ski jump circuit, finishing fourth on Friday.
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Jan 14, 2018
Sara Takanashi claims best World Cup result of season with runner-up finish
Sara Takanashi posted her best result of the season on the ski jumping World Cup circuit Sunday, finishing runner-up in Sapporo.
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Jan 13, 2018
Sara Takanashi finishes third at Sapporo World Cup event
Sara Takanashi was "disappointed" at missing another chance to set the record for career ski jumping World Cup wins Saturday after finishing third in Sapporo.
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Jan 12, 2018
Sara Takanashi aims for big results this weekend
Sara Takanashi said Thursday she is looking for a boost at this weekend's World Cup meet in Sapporo that will carry her through to next month's Olympics.
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Jan 11, 2018
Ski Association of Japan announces 11-member team for Pyeongchang Olympics
Record-holding jumper Sara Takanashi will headline Japan's hunt for skiing gold at next month's Pyeongchang Winter Olympics after the Ski Association of Japan named her and 10 others to its team on Thursday.
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Dec 4, 2017
Sara Takanashi claims first podium finish of season
Sara Takanashi failed to set the record for career ski jumping World Cup wins Sunday but reached the podium for the first time this season with a third-place finish.
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Dec 3, 2017
Sara Takanashi settles for fourth again
Sara Takanashi missed another chance to set the record for all-time ski jumping World Cup wins at the season-opening women's event in Lillehammer, taking another fourth-place finish on Saturday.
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Dec 2, 2017
Sara Takanashi places fourth in season-opening World Cup event
Sara Takanashi missed the chance to set the record for all-time ski jumping World Cup wins at the women's season-opening event in Lillehammer, Norway on Friday, placing fourth.
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Nov 4, 2017
Ski jumper Sara Takanashi soars to victory in Ito Cup
Sara Takanashi claimed the women's title at the Ito Cup summer jump on Saturday, defeating compatriot Yuki Ito.
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Nov 3, 2017
Sara Takanashi and Junshiro Kobayashi nab national ski jumping titles
Sara Takanashi soared to victory in the women's ski jumping competition at the Nordic ski national championships on Friday.
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Oct 27, 2017
Sara Takanashi labels Carina Vogt top foe for Olympics
Sara Takanashi expects Germany's Carina Vogt to raise her game once again and be the one to beat in the women's ski jumping competition at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
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.
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.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
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.
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.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

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