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SWIMMING 3

Japan Times
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Feb 9, 2017
Hagino seeking return to competition next month in Madrid
Rio Olympic gold medalist Kosuke Hagino is eyeing a return to competition in Madrid on March 10-12 following right-elbow surgery last September.
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WORLD
Jan 16, 2017
German swimmers dive into frosty waters to become 'Ice King of Chiemsee'
Some 30 swimmers braved the frosty waters of Germany's Chiemsee over the weekend, racing to be crowned "Ice King" of the famous lake near Munich.
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Nov 20, 2016
Inui, Nakamaki win Asian synchronized swimming title
Yukiko Inui and Kanami Nakamaki won the women's duet free routine in synchronized swimming at the Asian swimming championships on Sunday.
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Nov 19, 2016
Sakai outperforms Seto in 200-meter butterfly showdown
Masato Sakai held off fellow Rio Olympic medalist Daiya Seto to win the men's 200-meter butterfly at the Asian swimming championships on Saturday.
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Nov 18, 2016
Ikee triumphs twice at Asian championships
Sixteen-year-old Rio Olympian Rikako Ikee won the women's 50-meter butterfly and 50m freestyle on Friday at the Asian swimming championships.
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Nov 17, 2016
Seto triumphs in 400-meter individual medley at Asian championships
Rio Olympic bronze medalist Daiya Seto won the men's 400-meter individual medley at the Asian swimming championships Thursday, while countrywoman Rikako Ikee renewed her own national record in the women's 100-meter freestyle.
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Oct 22, 2016
Seto victorious in 400-meter IM
Daiya Seto won the men's 400-meter individual medley and also the 200 butterfly at a short-course World Cup meet on Friday in Singapore.
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JAPAN
Sep 7, 2016
73-year-old man completes 30-km swim from Honshu to Hokkaido
A 73-year-old man successfully completed a 30-km swim Wednesday between Honshu and Hokkaido, making him the oldest swimmer to achieve the feat.
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Sep 2, 2016
Decorated swimmer Matsuda to retire after National Sports Festival
Takeshi Matsuda, who helped Japan win the silver medal in the men's 4x100-meter medley relay at the 2012 London Olympics, announced Friday he is to retire after the annual National Sports Festival next week.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 17, 2016
Japan's Inui, Mitsui win synchronized swimming duet bronze in Rio
Displaying poise, passion and precision, Japan's Yukiko Inui and Risako Mitsui captured the synchronized swimming duet bronze medal, while Russia underlined its dominance of the event with victory in the final at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday.
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OLYMPICS
Aug 12, 2016
Kaneto victorious in 200-meter breaststroke; Phelps beats Hagino for 22nd gold
Rie Kaneto won gold in the women's 200-meter breaststroke but failed in her mission to break the world record at the Rio Olympics on Thursday night.
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Oct 27, 2015
Seto withdraws from Tokyo meet
Daiya Seto has pulled out of the World Cup in Tokyo as a precaution to fully recover from surgery on his heels, a Japan Swimming Federation source revealed Tuesday.
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Oct 2, 2015
Fukuoka among three finalists to host 2021, '23 swimming worlds
Only three cities, all in Asia, remain in the running to host the 2021 and 2023 World Swimming Championships after two more potential bidders dropped out, FINA, swimming world's governing body, told Reuters.
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JAPAN
Aug 18, 2015
Shark sightings keep tourists away after authorities impose swimming bans
An increasing number of shark sightings at beaches across Japan this month is affecting tourism, with visitors shunning popular summer destinations where authorities have imposed swimming bans.
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Jul 27, 2015
Inui, Mitsui earn bronze in duet technical routine at worlds
Yukiko Inui and Risako Mitsui won the bronze in the women's duet technical routine in synchronized swimming at the FINA World Aquatics Championships on Sunday, the first medal in the biennial event for Japan since 2007.
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Jul 2, 2015
Hagino could miss worlds due to elbow injury
Kosuke Hagino will likely not compete in the upcoming 16th FINA World Championships after suffering an injury at the national team's training camp in France, the Japan Swimming Federation announced on Thursday.
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Apr 12, 2015
Hagino earns fourth title at nationals
Kosuke Hagino won the men's 400-meter individual medley to capture his fourth crown at the National Swimming Championships on Sunday.
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Apr 11, 2015
Koseki takes national 200 breaststroke title
Yasuhiro Koseki blew away the field to win the men's 200-meter breaststroke at the national swimming championships on Saturday.
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Apr 10, 2015
Watanabe breaks own national record in women's 200 IM
Kanako Watanabe rewrote her Japanese record in the women's 200-meter individual medley on Friday, the fourth day of the National Swimming Championships.
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Apr 9, 2015
14-year-old swimmer Ikee qualifies for worlds
Rikako Ikee on Thursday became the first Japanese middle school student to qualify for the FINA World Aquatics Championships since 2001.
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.

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