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SKIING

Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Winter Paralympics
Mar 13, 2018
Para-skiing legend Brian McKeever and guide Graham Nishikawa share Japanese roots
In cross-country skiing for visually impaired athletes, trusting the sighted guide and being in sync with the person who sends navigational commands makes all the difference.
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Mar 3, 2018
Ikuma Horishima triumphs in men's moguls at World Cup meet in Akita Prefecture
Ikuma Horishima defeated newly crowned Pyeongchang Olympic champion Mikael Kingsbury to win the men's moguls Saturday at the Freestyle Skiing World Cup held at Lake Tazawa ski resort in Akita Prefecture.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Feb 9, 2018
Twenty years on from the Olympics, Nagano is still the home of Japan's winter sports
Nagano Prefecture's bountiful snow continues to be the stuff of ski and snowboarding legend, with classic Olympic resorts such as Hakuba Happo-one, Nozawa Onsen and Shiga Kogen.
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BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2018
China's winter resorts face tougher terrain despite Olympics excitement
At its peak a decade ago, the Muchengjian mine churned out mountains of coal on the western outskirts of Beijing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 9, 2018
Preserving skiing's horsehide origins in China's remote west
On the western edge of China, Sulita straps on his skis and heads out into a winter morning. The temperature is minus 30 degrees Celsius (minus 22 Fahrenheit).
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JAPAN
Feb 9, 2018
Group of French skiers lost, then found, outside Hokkaido resort
A group of six French skiers who disappeared on the slopes of Hokkaido's famous Furano Ski Resort on Thursday have been found safe and sound, the resort's operator confirmed on Friday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jan 26, 2018
Snow and spirituality in Tottori: Winter on a sacred peak
Mount Daisen in Tottori Prefecture is the largest mountain in the Chugoku region of western Honshu. An isolated peak with views over the Sea of Japan, the mountain stands at 1,729 meters and gets plenty of snow in the winter, making it one of the preferred destination for skiers and boarders living in nearby Hiroshima, Osaka and Kyoto.
Japan Times
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Jan 11, 2018
Sho Endo earns silver in men's moguls at World Cup event
Sho Endo grabbed silver in men's moguls Wednesday at the freestyle skiing World Cup event, showing promising form a month out from the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
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Dec 28, 2017
Alpine skier Naoki Yuasa punches ticket to third Winter Olympics
Naoki Yuasa claimed a berth for the men's Alpine skiing slalom event for his third Olympics at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games after winning the event on the final day of the national championships on Thursday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Dec 14, 2017
Japan's para Alpine skiing trio aim for gold rush at Pyeongchang Games
Three medalists are aiming to sweep the podium in the men's Alpine skiing sitting category when the Paralympic Games kick off in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in less than 100 days.
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Mar 9, 2017
Horishima claims gold at freestyle ski worlds
Debutant Ikuma Horishima on Wednesday became the first Japanese man to capture moguls gold at the Freestyle World Ski Championships.
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Mar 8, 2017
Onozuka claims silver in women's halfpipe
Ayana Onozuka claimed the silver medal in the women's halfpipe in the freestyle skiing World Cup season finale on Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS
Feb 18, 2017
Moguls maestro Kingsbury records 39th career triumph
Ikuma Horishima could only manage sixth place as Canadian star Mikael Kingsbury posted an all-time record 39th freestyle career win in the men's moguls at a World Cup event on Saturday.
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Feb 18, 2017
Onozuka falls short of third consecutive halfpipe title
Ayana Onozuka missed out on her third consecutive overall halfpipe title after placing third in a freestyle skiing World Cup meet on Saturday.
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Feb 17, 2017
Freestyle skier Endo sidelined by back injury
Men's moguls ace Sho Endo on Friday pulled out of this weekend's freestyle skiing World Cup meet in Akita Prefecture due to an injury injury.
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Feb 7, 2017
Vonn stumbles out of Super-G on first day at world championships
Lindsey Vonn's first run-out at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships lasted just a few seconds on Tuesday when the American slid out of the Super-G.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Nov 23, 2016
'The Rondo of the Squall': More damp squib than thrilling storm
The film's formulas cover lead actor Hiroshi Abe's best efforts in a white blanket of mediocrity.
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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Mar 11, 2016
Onozuka triumphs in last women's halfpipe event of season
Ayana Onozuka placed fourth in women's halfpipe in the final freestyle skiing event of the World Cup season on Thursday, good enough to secure her the overall halfpipe "crystal globe" title for the second season in a row.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 6, 2016
Suspect held over Sapporo ski event blast
Shortly after Princess Akiko had delivered a speech at an international skiing event in Sapporo, police took a man into custody after a blast at the venue.
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 homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
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.
'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.
Air China to buy 100 locally made C919 jets in $11 billion deal
A Comac C919 during an aerial display at the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore in February
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.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
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.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday
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.

Podcast

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Longform

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