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TENNIS

Shingo Kunieda competes during the Miami Open Wheelchair Invitational in Miami on Wednesday.
TENNIS
Mar 29, 2024
Retired Kunieda beats world No. 1 Hewett to win Miami Open
Shingo Kunieda appeared at the tournament as its director and a player.
Japan's Mima Ito competes against Romania's Bernadette Szocs during the team event at the table tennis world championships in Busan, South Korea, on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS
Feb 23, 2024
Japanese women secure medal in team event at table tennis world championships
The Japanese women are guaranteed at least bronze in Busan, South Korea, as there is no third-place contest.
Miwa Harimoto in action during her women's doubles semifinal match with Miyuu Kihara against South Korea's Jeon Jihee and Shin Yubin in Hangzhou, China, on Oct. 2.
MORE SPORTS / Table tennis
Feb 6, 2024
Japan picks Harimoto over Ito for Olympic women's table tennis team
Harimoto was picked over Mima Ito in a decision closely watched in Japan and other powerhouse nations.
Shunsuke Togami during a match at the national table tennis championships in Tokyo on Friday
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Jan 30, 2024
Japan to see effects of new Olympic table tennis selection process
The process aims to ultimately end China's decadeslong dominance of the sport.
Designated hitter and closer Shohei Ohtani (center) and catcher Yuhei Nakamura are mobbed by their Samurai Japan teammates after Ohtani struck out American slugger Mike Trout to clinch Japan’s third World Baseball Classic and first since 2009, at LoanDepot Park in Miami on March 21.
SPORTS
Dec 26, 2023
Images of 2023: Sports
For some, 2023 was a year of sweet victory, after many years of not making it to the summit. For Shohei Ohtani, it was yet another year of brilliance.
Hina Hayata (left) and Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan compete in a mixed doubles semifinal during the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships in Houston in November 2021.
MORE SPORTS / Table tennis
Nov 14, 2023
Harimoto, Hayata to play for Japan in table tennis mixed team event
Japan's governing body had originally decided against taking part in the Mixed Team World Cup in China over the awarding of individual rankings points.
Poland's Iga Swiatek in action during her WTA semifinal match against Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka in Cancun, Mexico, on Sunday
TENNIS
Nov 6, 2023
No. 2 Swiatek beats No. 1 Sabalenka in WTA semifinal
Sabalenka had beaten Swiatek in last year's WTA Finals semifinals and they had split two prior meetings this year, both on clay.
South Korea's Jeon Ji-hee and Shin Yu-bin embrace North Korea's Cha Su Yong and Pak Su Gyong after winning the table tennis women's doubles final at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, on Monday.
MORE SPORTS / Table tennis
Oct 3, 2023
North and South Korea meet for gold in table tennis women's doubles
The women's doubles final was not only between players from the two Koreas, but also without representation from table tennis powerhouse China.
Ukraine's Kateryna Volodko hits a return against Switzerland's Viktorija Golubic during a qualifying match prior to the start of the WTA Guangzhou Open in Guangzhou, China, on Saturday.
TENNIS
Sep 17, 2023
Women's tennis returns to China after Peng Shuai boycott
The WTA tournament in the southern metropolis of Guangzhou will be the first in mainland China since 2019.
Former world No. 1 Simona Halep has been provisionally suspended since October 2022 after a positive doping test.
TENNIS
Sep 13, 2023
Simona Halep to appeal four-year ban for anti-doping rule violations
The 31-year-old former Wimbledon and French Open champion had been provisionally suspended since October 2022.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jul 5, 2023
Tunisia's Ons Jabeur '100% there' for WTA event in Saudi Arabia
WTA chief executive Steve Simon said last week that his organization is considering the 'challenging topic' of taking the sport to Saudi Arabia.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jul 4, 2023
Miu Hirano upsets world No. 1 Sun Yingsha in Zagreb final
In the race among Japanese players for two women's singles spots at next year's Paris Olympics, Hirano is placed second behind Hina Hayata.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jun 21, 2023
Five decades on, Billie Jean King says birth of WTA among her greatest moments
The Women's Tennis Association has gone from strength to strength over the last 50 years, with circuit restructures and the onboarding of major worldwide sponsors helping drive growth.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jun 21, 2023
Shingo Kunieda predicts wheelchair tennis domination by Tokito Oda
The 17-year-old beat top-seeded Alfie Hewett for the title at the French Open.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jun 10, 2023
Tokito Oda wins French Open to become youngest Grand Slam wheelchair singles champ
Oda defeated top-seeded Alfie Hewett of Britain 6-1, 6-4, avenging his loss in their Australian Open final matchup in January.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jun 6, 2023
Kato lodges appeal after French Open women's doubles default
The player said she had been 'really encouraged' after receiving plenty of support from her fellow players via Twitter following the incident, and looks forward to her next outing.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 26, 2023
Tomokazu Harimoto and Hina Hayata reach mixed doubles final at world championships
Tomokazu Harimoto and Hina Hayata advanced to the mixed doubles final at the world table tennis championships with a 3-1 win over China's Lin Shidong and Kuai Man on Thursday.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
May 18, 2023
Table tennis star Kasumi Ishikawa felt time was right to retire
Japanese women's table tennis standout Kasumi Ishikawa said Thursday she felt the time was right to wrap up her distinguished career.
Japan Times
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May 1, 2023
Table tennis star and three-time Olympic medalist Kasumi Ishikawa announces retirement
Ishikawa earned three Olympic women's team medals and was a five-time singles national champion.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Mar 3, 2023
Wheelchair tennis great Shingo Kunieda to receive People's Honor Award
Kunieda, a winner of 28 Grand Slam titles and three Paralympic gold medals in men's singles, retired while at the top of the world rankings in January.
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.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Ukraine is far from doomed
When comparing Ukraine’s military situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible.
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.
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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