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SPEEDSKATING

Miho Takagi celebrates during the women's sprint medal ceremony at the ISU World Speedskating All-round & Sprint Championships
MORE SPORTS / Speedskating
Mar 11, 2024
Sprint queen Miho Takagi pulls out of all-round championship at worlds
"I am frustrated to be leaving midway through, but my body began screaming and I decided I should not keep skating," she wrote on her website.
Miho Takagi, the Beijing Olympics 1,000 gold medalist, totaled 147.545 points after her four race times were converted, which was enough to win her second world sprint championship.
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Mar 9, 2024
Takagi retains lead to grab second world sprint title
Takagi, the Beijing Olympics 1,000 gold medalist, totaled 147.545 points after her four race times were converted to pace the field.
Miho Takagi competes in the 1,500-meter event at the single distance speedskating championships in Calgary on Sunday.
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Feb 19, 2024
Miho Takagi wins 1,500 at single distance worlds in Canada
Miho Takagi claimed her second gold medal of the world championships by winning the women's 1,500 meters on Sunday.
Japan's Miho Takagi races to her first gold medal in an individual event in the speedskating world championships in Calgary on Saturday.
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Feb 18, 2024
Miho Takagi wins 1,000 for first individual gold at world championships
The Beijing Olympics winner over the distance clocked 1 minute, 12.83 seconds at Calgary's Olympic Oval, finishing 0.44 ahead of Chinese runner-up Han Mei.
Shomu Sasaki, 17, celebrates after winning the men's mass start World Cup event in Quebec City on Saturday.
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Feb 4, 2024
Japanese teen Sasaki wins World Cup mass start
The youngster broke away late and held off South Korea's Chung Jae-won in a sprint to the line for his maiden World Cup gold.
Japan's Miho Takagi skates during the women's 1,000 meters at a World Cup event in Quebec City on Saturday.
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Feb 3, 2024
Japan's Takagi wins second straight 1,000 meter season title
Takagi had already captured her third straight overall title in the 1,500, and is now focused on the world single distance championships.
Miho Takagi stands on the podium after winning the women's 1,000-meter race at the Four Continents Speed Skating Championships in Salt Lake City on Sunday.
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Jan 22, 2024
Miho Takagi skates to victory in 1,000-meter race to claim another gold
Miho Takagi collected another gold medal at the Four Continents Speed Skating Championships on Sunday.
Japan's Miho Takagi competes in the women's 1,500 meters at the Four Continent's championships in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Friday.
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Jan 20, 2024
Miho Takagi wins 1,500 gold at Four Continents
The 29-year-old, who won silver over the distance at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics, finished comfortably ahead of second-placed Mia Manganello.
Miho Takagi of Japan competes en route to winning gold in the women's 1,000 meters at a World Cup speedskating meet in Tomaszow Mazowiecki in Poland on Sunday.
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Dec 11, 2023
Takagi wins 1,000 meters at speedskating World Cup in Poland
The Japanese star is on top of the women's 1,000 World Cup table with 228 points, while the second-ranked Goetz has 193.
Japan's Miho Takagi competes in the 1000 meters during a World Cup event in Stavanger, Norway, on Friday.
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Dec 2, 2023
Takagi and Shinhama finish second at World Cup speedskating meet
Women's Beijing Olympics gold medalist Takagi clocked 1 minute, 15.52 seconds, 0.26 behind Dutch winner Jutta Leerdam.
Tatsuya Shinhama speaks to the media after the men's 500 meters in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on Friday.
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Nov 10, 2023
Tatsuya Shinhama leads Japanese men's 500 sweep at World Cup
Shinhama clocked 34.52 seconds to win by 0.17 over Wataru Morishige, with Yuma Murakami rounding out the medals.
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

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.
[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

Longform

Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores
By Alex K.T. Martin

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

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