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TABLE TENNIS

Japan Times
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Jun 2, 2017
Harimoto stuns Mizutani at table tennis worlds
World Table Tennis Championships debutant Tomokazu Harimoto secured a shock 4-1 win over Rio bronze medalist Jun Mizutani on Thursday in the second round of men's singles.
Japan Times
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May 23, 2017
Mizutani determined to succeed at worlds
Rio Olympic bronze medalist Jun Mizutani knows what he must do in order to stand on the podium at the World Table Tennis Championships for the first time, and is poised to continue challenging China's dominance in the sport.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Apr 15, 2017
Hirano completes Asian championships run by outplaying Cheng in final
Miu Hirano completed a remarkable run at the Asian table tennis championships on Saturday, winning the women's singles title after defeating the world's top two players on their home turf.
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Dec 10, 2016
Japan Table Tennis Association reveals plan to establish new league
The Japan Table Tennis Association's board approved Saturday a plan to establish a new league for professional and amateur players with an eye to launch it in the fall of 2018.
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Dec 8, 2016
Harimoto, 13, captures table tennis world title
Tomokazu Harimoto won the boys' singles at the World Junior Table Tennis Championships for players age 18 and under on Wednesday, becoming the youngest-ever champion in the event at age 13.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Sep 21, 2016
Table tennis star Fukuhara announces marriage to Taiwanese player
Double Olympic medalist Ai Fukuhara on Wednesday announced her marriage to fellow table tennis Olympian Chiang Hung-chieh, who is Taiwanese.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 18, 2016
Japan settles for silver in team table tennis
Japan managed to take a match off China but the two-time defending Olympic champions prevailed 3-1 in the end to win another gold medal in the men's team event at the Rio Games on Wednesday.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Aug 12, 2016
Mizutani makes history with bronze for Japan’s first-ever Olympic singles table tennis medal
Jun Mizutani made Japanese table tennis history Thursday, winning the country's first Olympic singles medal, a bronze, when he beat Vladimir Samsonov of Belarus 4-1 in Rio.
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May 5, 2016
Fukuhara, Ishikawa secure Olympic spots
Ai Fukuhara and Kasumi Ishikawa both qualified for the women's singles at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics based on the latest rankings released by the International Table Tennis Federation on Thursday.
Japan Times
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Mar 6, 2016
China denies Japan world table tennis title
Japan's women were defeated 3-0 by China in the final of the World Team Table Tennis Championships on Sunday, missing out on the title they last won in 1971.
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Mar 4, 2016
Japan men advance to semifinals at table tennis worlds
Japan's men beat Hong Kong 3-1 in the quarterfinals of the World Team Table Tennis Championships on Friday, securing a medal for the fifth straight tournament.
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Mar 3, 2016
Japan paddlers roll into second round at worlds
Japan's men made it five wins out of five and topped its group at the World Team Table Tennis Championships on Wednesday as they geared up for the second round.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 22, 2016
Table tennis coach instills Japanese spirit into Brazilian players
Hugo Hoyama, a third-generation Japanese-Brazilian table tennis coach, is working to impart to Brazil's Olympic hopefuls the skills and spirit he learned in Japan.
Japan Times
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Jan 16, 2016
Mizutani wins one title, eyes another
Jun Mizutani took one step towards a national table tennis championships singles-doubles sweep on Saturday when he and partner Masaki Yoshida won the men's doubles title at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.
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Dec 11, 2015
Teenager Ito earns table tennis accolade
Mima Ito, a 15-year-old table tennis prodigy, won the newly established Breakthrough Star of the Year award on Wednesday at the International Table Tennis Federation's end-of-year awards in Lisbon.
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Oct 3, 2015
Ito, Hirano beaten in Asian table tennis championships final
Table tennis prodigies, Mima Ito and Miu Hirano, came up short in the women's doubles final at the 2015 Asian table tennis championships on Saturday, losing in straight games to North Korea's Kim Hye Song and Ri Mi Gyong.
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May 2, 2015
Japanese pair left to settle for third
Kenta Matsudaira and Koki Niwa will leave the table tennis world championships with bronze medals in men's doubles after losing their semifinal on Saturday.
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Feb 6, 2015
Japan table tennis team to skip matches in Kuwait, Qatar
The Japan Table Tennis Association announced Thursday it will not send a team to either the Kuwait Open or the Qatar Open later this month after two Japanese hostages were killed by the Islamic State group.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / SEEN AT CEATEC
Oct 7, 2014
Omron's ping-pong robot built to rally
Seeking a ping pong partner who never tires? Omron Corp. might have granted your wish with a robot unveiled Tuesday that can continuously rally — or at least until its batteries run out.
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May 1, 2014
Japanese men reach quarterfinals
Japan defeated Hungary 3-2 to advance to the men's quarterfinals at the world team table tennis championships in Tokyo on Thursday.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
'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.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
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.
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.

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