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Feb 25, 2017
Takanashi comes up short with third-place finish at worlds; Ito claims silver
Sara Takanashi missed out on Japan's first gold medal and failed to break her jinx at the Nordic Ski World Championships when she finished third in the women's ski jumping on Friday.
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Feb 24, 2017
Watabe finishes fifth at Nordic combined worlds
Akito Watabe came up well short in his bid for a first individual medal at the Nordic World Ski Championships, placing fifth in a Nordic combined event on Friday.
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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.
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Jan 20, 2017
Ito triumphs in ski jump event
Yuki Ito came from behind to capture her second title of the season on home soil on the first day of a women's World Cup meet on Friday, while Sara Takanashi finished in fifth place.
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Jan 14, 2017
Ito claims first World Cup title; Takanashi finishes second
Yuki Ito captured her first World Cup title on Saturday after finishing ahead of compatriot and three-time overall winner Sara Takanashi.
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Jan 7, 2017
Ski Association drops sponsorship
The Ski Association of Japan rescinded its sponsorship of five snowboarders on Friday after three underage halfpipe riders were caught drinking last February in Sapporo.
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Dec 9, 2016
Ski Association of Japan suspends snowboarders, staff after scandalous behavior
The Ski Association of Japan suspended all its scholarship holding snowboarders and staff members and set up a third-party investigation committee on Friday following a number of incidents involving the use of marijuana and underage consumption of alcohol.
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Aug 28, 2016
A ski resort success, Niseko defies rural Japan's demographic decline
Japan's shrinking population has weighed on the world's third-biggest economy, alarmed government forecasters and turned some rural communities into veritable ghost towns.
BUSINESS
May 7, 2016
Foreign ski instructors may get visa incentives to work in Japan
The government plans to ease visa requirements for foreign ski instructors to help attract skiers from abroad amid the sport's declining popularity in Japan, a government source said Saturday.
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Apr 27, 2016
Two teenage snowboarders banned over marijuana use while on U.S. tour
The Ski Association of Japan said on Wednesday it has indefinitely banned two teenage snowboarders after they were found to have used marijuana on a tour to the United States in December.
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Mar 4, 2016
Takanashi triumphs in Hokkaido
World Cup winner Sara Takanashi won the International Miyasama Ski Games title on Friday, notching 248.0 points on Miyanomori Ski Jump Stadium's normal hill.
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Feb 28, 2016
Takanashi claims 14th win of season
Sara Takanashi earned a narrow victory to claim her 44th career win on the women's ski jumping World Cup circuit on Sunday.
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Feb 22, 2016
Takeuchi makes return to podium after long absence
Taku Takeuchi produced his first podium finish in more than two years, finishing third at a ski jumping World Cup event on Sunday.
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Feb 19, 2016
Takanashi wraps up third World Cup title
Teenager Sara Takanashi clinched her third World Cup title on Friday as she claimed her 12th win of the season and the 42nd of her career in overwhelming fashion.
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Feb 14, 2016
Takanashi's win streak stops at 10
Sara Takanashi's World Cup winning streak ended at 10 as she settled for second on Saturday.
'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.
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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