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Jan 14, 2018
Austrians gather to celebrate 'The Legend' Kasai's career
A celebration was held Saturday for ski jumper Noriaki "The Legend" Kasai to commemorate his achievements in a career spanning nearly 30 years.
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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 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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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 22, 2017
Snowboarders Ayumu Hirano and Tomoka Takeuchi named to Japan Olympic team for Pyeongchang Games
The Ski Association of Japan announced Friday that Sochi snowboarding silver medalists Ayumu Hirano and Tomoka Takeuchi, as well as 10 other athletes, will compete in February's Pyeongchang Olympics.
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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 17, 2017
Hakuba likely to host World Cup Nordic combined event in 2018
The village of Hakuba in Nagano Prefecture is expected to host a World Cup Nordic combined competition next winter for the first time in 15 seasons, an informed source said Thursday.
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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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Mar 4, 2017
Watabe brothers nab sprint bronze
Akito Watabe and younger brother Yoshito earned the men's team sprint bronze on Friday at the Nordic World Ski Championships as Eric Frenzel and Johannes Rydzek rallied to secure victory for Germany.
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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.
'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.
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.
India seen overtaking Japan in nominal GDP in 2025
The skyline of central Mumbai's financial district
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.
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.

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