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SOCHI OLYMPICS

Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Dec 31, 2013
Bombings bode ill for Olympic security
President Vladimir Putin's daring bid to host the Winter Olympics in the politically dicey Caucasus Mountains may not pay off as he hopes.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2013
Putin plays games to salvage Sochi Olympics
Ahead of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, President Vladimir Putin is playing his own game of trying to make his autocratic regime more palatable to world leaders wondering whether they should show up at all.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 28, 2013
Five-time Olympian Okazaki to retire
Tomomi Okazaki, who skated for Japan at five Winter Olympics, said Saturday she will retire, after failing to make the team for the 2014 Sochi Games.
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MORE SPORTS
Dec 27, 2013
Speed skater Tabata qualifies for fifth Olympic team
Speed skater Maki Tabata will be going to the Olympics for the fifth time in February after locking up a spot Friday on Japan's team for the Sochi Games.
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Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Dec 27, 2013
Mao must let the triple axel go for shot at gold in Sochi
Enough already. It is time for two-time world champion Mao Asada to give up the triple axel.
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Figure Skating
Dec 23, 2013
Suzuki outperforms Mao, grabs first national title
In a night filled with great drama, the script did not go quite according to plan.
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Figure Skating
Dec 22, 2013
Mao stays on target for seventh national title
Mao Asada moved within grasp of her seventh national title with a fine short program on Sunday in the All-Japan Championships at Saitama Super Arena.
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Dec 22, 2013
Ski jumper Takanashi wins third consecutive World Cup event
Sara Takanashi prevailed again Sunday with a third straight victory of the World Cup season.
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Dec 21, 2013
Takanashi soars to World Cup triumph
Sara Takanashi captured her second straight World Cup victory on Saturday, when she won a women's HS 108 event.
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Figure Skating
Dec 21, 2013
Hanyu delivers fantastic performance in men's short program
Yuzuru Hanyu shattered his own world best with a score of 103.10 in a spectacular short program at the Japan nationals on Saturday night and firmly established himself as the favorite for the gold medal at the Sochi Olympics in the process.
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Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Dec 20, 2013
Odds on Ando making Olympic team for Sochi very long
"Do you believe in miracles?"
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Figure Skating
Dec 8, 2013
Despite shaky performance, Mao collects fourth Grand Prix Final title
Mao Asada captured a record-tying fourth Grand Prix Final victory on Saturday night despite a less-than-inspiring free skate.
MORE SPORTS
Dec 7, 2013
Japan wins team ski jumping event
Japan rallied to win the mixed team jump at a World Cup meet on Friday.
Figure Skating
Nov 28, 2013
Injured Takahashi won't compete in Grand Prix final
Daisuke Takahashi will miss the chance to defend his title at the upcoming Grand Prix Final in Fukuoka after sustaining a leg injury, the Japan Skating Federation announced Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 25, 2013
Will the torch of gay intolerance shine at Sochi?
Assurances from Russian officials that there will be no discrimination against gays at Sochi are irrelevant and misleading.
Figure Skating
Nov 13, 2013
Ando, Kim to compete at Golden Spin
Miki Ando is set to compete against Olympic champion Kim Yu-na of South Korea at the Golden Spin of Zagreb next month after they were among entries announced by the Croatian skating federation on Wednesday.
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Figure Skating
Nov 8, 2013
Mao, Suzuki are 1-2 in women's competition; Takahashi leads men after NHK Trophy short program
Two-time world champion Mao Asada established a solid lead in the short program at the NHK Trophy on Friday night at Yoyogi National Gymnasium.
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Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Oct 5, 2013
Kim's injury could open door for Mao at Sochi Games
It is amazing how quickly the dynamic can change in skating.
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Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Sep 6, 2013
Kim selects program music as road to Sochi begins
Defending world and Olympic champion Kim Yu-na has selected the music for the programs she hopes will carry her to a second straight gold medal next year at the Sochi Games.
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Jul 27, 2013
Ski jumper Takanashi finishes second in Summer Grand Prix
Teenager Sara Takanashi placed second in the women's competition at the FIS Ski Jumping Summer Grand Prix on Friday.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
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.

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