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SKI JUMPING

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Jan 7, 2018
Noriaki Kasai secures eighth straight Winter Olympic berth
Ski jumper Noriaki Kasai secured his place at an eighth consecutive Winter Olympics on Saturday, the Ski Association of Japan announced.
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Dec 30, 2017
Ski jumper Junshiro Kobayashi places second in qualifying for World Cup event
Junshiro Kobayashi set himself up for a potential second World Cup win this season, when he took second place Friday in a qualifier.
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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 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 20, 2017
Junshiro Kobayashi wins first World Cup individual title
Junshiro Kobayashi claimed the men's ski jumping title Sunday at the 2017-18 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, topping the podium at the tournament for the first time.
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Nov 5, 2017
Evergreen Noriaki Kasai claims Nordic nationals ski jump title
Forty-five-year-old veteran Noriaki Kasai claimed the men's large hill title on the final day of the Nordic ski national championships on Sunday after landing a pair of strong leaps.
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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.
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Sep 9, 2017
Takanashi soars to second Grand Prix win of summer series
Sara Takanashi posted her second win of the summer Grand Prix season on Saturday, comfortably taking the fourth leg of the women's ski jumping series in Chaikovsky, Russia.
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Aug 19, 2017
Ito nabs Grand Prix win; Takanashi DQ'd
Yuki Ito won the second event of the women's ski jumping summer Grand Prix competition on Friday, while Sara Takanashi was disqualified in the qualification because her ski length did not meet regulations.
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Aug 12, 2017
Takanashi takes second in first summer Grand Prix competition
Sara Takanashi and Yuki Ito finished second and third, respectively, at the first summer Grand Prix competition of the season on Friday.
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Mar 4, 2017
Ito outshines Takanashi in Sapporo competition
Yuki Ito got the better of this season's overall World Cup winner Sara Takanashi to claim the International Miyasama Ski Games title on Saturday.
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Feb 28, 2017
Takanashi reflects on performance at Nordic worlds
Ski jumper Sara Takanashi returned to Japan with mixed feelings on Tuesday after winning two bronze medals at last week's Nordic Ski World Championships in Lahti, Finland.
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Feb 24, 2017
Ski jumper Nakamura soars to victory in large hill individual event
Naoki Nakamura led Japan to a 1-2 finish in the men's large hill individual event at the Asian Winter Games on Friday.
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Feb 22, 2017
Sato, Iwasa soar to 1-2 finish
Yukiya Sato and Yuken Iwasa won the gold and silver medals, respectively, to give Japan a 1-2 finish in the individual competition in men's normal hill ski jumping at the Asian Winter Games on Wednesday.
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Feb 16, 2017
Ski jumper Takanashi ties all-time mark of 53 World Cup victories
Ski jumping star Sara Takanashi captured the 53rd World Cup event title of her career to tie Austrian Gregor Schlierenzauer’s all-time record at a meet on Thursday.
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Feb 6, 2017
Ski jumper Takanashi soars to third consecutive victory
Sara Takanashi continued her return to dominance in women's ski jumping, winning her third straight World Cup competition on Sunday.
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Jan 30, 2017
Takanashi captures 50th crown of career
Three-time overall champion Sara Takanashi won the 50th women's ski jumping World Cup competition of her career on Sunday.
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Jan 21, 2017
Ski jumper Ito soars to another World Cup victory over rival Takanashi
Yuki Ito earned her second straight World Cup win on Saturday, beating Sara Takanashi by 0.8 points for her third career win — all coming in an eight-day span on home soil.
'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.
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.
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.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
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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